About me
I’m a practicing therapist and yoga teacher, integrating the mind-body connection into talking therapy. Maybe you notice you are feeling tense, irritable, unable to rest, needing to distract yourself or maybe you’re feeling lost, low in energy or unable to get going. Our experiences don’t just live in our mind, brain and thoughts, they’re felt physically too.
Together we will build awareness of what’s happening for you. We’ll combine talking things through with paying attention to how your body feels, as this can offer clues to what’s going on for you. Sometimes it’s obvious why we’re feeling something; other times it makes no sense. I believe that a lot of what shapes our behaviour and feelings happens below the surface, without us realising.
Over time, the aim is to help you move between different emotional states more easily and make sense of them as they happen. Being emotionally healthy doesn’t mean feeling calm all the time. It means being able to feel the full range of human emotions, the difficult ones as well as the fulfilling ones, without becoming overwhelmed or stuck. Together, we’ll build your resilience and ability to adapt, so you can deal with whatever life brings.
If you're interested in working together, please do book an introductory call and we can talk on the phone.
What to expect when working with me
I'm not a passive listener, you'll find me to be an active presence, guided by my sense of what you need. Therapy is a place where you can bring all parts of your life, the challenges and difficult feelings as well as the moments of energy and celebration. I bring my whole self in the hope that over time, you can too.
My training
I achieved my masters in Integrative Psychotherapy from the Sherwood Psychotherapy Training Institute. I have worked with a wide variety of adults (18+) particularly around the issues of sexual abuse, trauma and dissociation, relationship difficulties, anxiety and low self-esteem.
My work is trauma-informed and places importance on the body, seeing humans as interconnected. I have also completed extensive personal therapy of my own, so I know how it feels to enter counselling and go through this process.
Training, qualifications & experience
Qualifications:
- Masters in Integrative Psychotherapy from the Sherwood Institute
- Qualified Yoga Teacher (200HR YTT)
Additional Training:
- Achieving Safety & Stabilisation in Trauma Therapy
- Transgenerational Trauma
- Child Sexual Abuse: Hope for Healing Training
- Quetzal Child Sexual Abuse Training
- Managing Risk When Delivering Counselling Online
Organisations worked with:
- Quetzal (Leicester)
- The Leicester Counselling Centre (Leicester)
- The Offload Project (Nottingham)
- Sunrise Wellbeing (Anstey)
- Loughborough University (Loughborough)
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
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UKCP standards cover the range of different psychotherapies. Registration is obtained by training or accrediting with one of its member organisations, or by holding a European Certificate in Psychotherapy. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
Accredited register membership
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
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Fees
£60.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
In-person and online sessions are 60 mins long, charged at £60 (payable on the day of the session).
You are not limited to a certain number of sessions - I work on an open-ended basis, so together we can decide when the right time is for you to finish. My availability is dependent on what I have committed to already, so do email or book a call to discuss availability.
Further information
If you're interested in working together, book an intro call or send me an email. We will then have a 15-20 minute phone call (free of charge) for you to get a sense of me, and for me to hear what you’re looking for. If we feel we are a good fit for each other, we will book an initial 60 minute session.
I work from two locations: Thurmaston & Loughborough. I am at Hygge House in Thurmaston on Tuesday afternoons and Fridays. I am at Charnwood Counselling in Loughborough on Tuesday mornings and Thursdays. I work online on Wednesday afternoons. In our initial conversation I will let you know availability at each location. My rooms at Hygge House require climbing stairs so unfortunately are not wheelchair accessible.
I'm mindful of how difficult it can be to reach out for support, so I hope to make you feel as comfortable as I can.
