About me
Are anxiety symptoms the result of overwhelm and possible burnout?
If your anxiety is due to repressing an old wound, I can help you to face your fear in a safe space where you will not be judged.
It is not unusual to carry old wounds that can leave us feeling stuck or unable to move forward. Therapy offers a safe space to explore the past with curiosity and compassion, and to understand the coping strategies you may have developed to protect yourself from physical or emotional pain.
As human beings, we often seek clarity and certainty, yet life can be complex and unpredictable. Although black-and-white thinking may feel safer, learning to tolerate the uncertainty and “grey areas” can bring greater understanding, acceptance and emotional freedom. The therapeutic process may sometimes feel uncomfortable, but you will be supported as you begin to understand yourself more deeply and grow emotionally.
As you become more connected to your authentic self, life and relationships can feel easier to navigate. Being open and appropriately vulnerable can help you form deeper connections with others, while also creating space for greater self-compassion and self-care.
Many clients describe feeling lighter after sharing painful thoughts and emotions. I often use the analogy of holding a beach ball beneath the water: however hard we try to keep it submerged, it eventually rises to the surface. Our feelings can be similar—when they are pushed down or avoided, they often return until we feel safe enough to acknowledge and work through them.
I offer a free 20-minute telephone consultation, giving you an opportunity to ask questions, gain a sense of how I work and consider whether I may be the right therapist for you.
Training, qualifications & experience
Areas of Expertise
Anxiety:
Whilst a certain amount of anxiety is ok and propels us to take action, it can be unhelpful when we reach overwhelm. Do you sometimes lose your rational thinking and allow negative, unhelpful thoughts to take root. At its worst, panic attacks take hold and can be traumatising.
Together we will explore the triggers for your anxiety, understanding how they have taken hold in your life. This may involve working both in the past and present to understand how life experiences have shaped you.
Depression:
Together we will make sense of how your depressive symptoms have manifested themselves in your mind and body. Our work will focus on your thoughts, feelings and behaviours. How life has changed for you during this period and how we will work together to get to the life you want.
Stress/Work Related Stress:
Our aim is to explore how stress has impacted your mind and body. How unhelpful ways of thinking, being and doing have perhaps become habitual. I will support you in securing healthier strategies, and consequently supporting you forward emotionally.
Loss:
I have worked extensively with clients traumatised by the loss of a loved one. Grief is unique to each and every one of us and as such, we all begin this journey at a different stage depending upon where you are in your journey of loss.
Symptoms of loss are experienced in ways other than the death of a loved one. It can be felt by:
- The end of a relationship
- Loss of a job
- Loss of independence
- Empty Nest (children leaving family home)to name but a few reasons.
Short Courses:
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Psychiatry, Psychopathology and Psychodynamics
- Time-Limited Counselling
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Photos & videos
Fees
£70.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
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Initial Assessment Session (1 hour) - £70
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Standard Counselling Session (50 mins) - £70
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*Block of 6 Sessions - £360 (equivalent of £60 per session)
*Six sessions rate must be purchased in advance
Concessions available: £50 per session for students and unemployed. Concessions day time only.
When I work
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Further information
Concessionary rates of £35.00 are offered for a maximum of 3 clients at a time.
