About me
I work in a non-directive way, helping you to understand yourself better and see yourself from a fresh perspective. This can give you space to think differently and make new choices in life. We will explore your thoughts and feelings as they come to mind during a session, and come to notice how some of your early experiences and relationships affect your adult life in conscious and unconscious ways.
I offer psychodynamic counselling and psychotherapy with adults, usually working together in person in regular weekly sessions. Twice-weekly sessions are possible if these feel appropriate for you.
We can have an initial session for 50 minutes so you can decide if it feels right for us to work together. I charge a fixed fee for this session.
I also offer supervision for therapists, either face-to-face at my practice in Westbury, Wiltshire, or online.
Training, qualifications & experience
I trained for 7 years after seeing the benefits of this approach during years of offering pastoral care. I've gained a BACP-accredited qualification in psychodynamic counselling and a BPC-accredited qualification in psychodynamic psychotherapy
My work has included: loss, anxiety including generalised anxiety disorder (GAD), relationship issues, sadness, trauma, bereavement, low self-confidence, social anxiety, low mood, emotional and physical abuse, depression, stress, life crises, loneliness, feeling stuck, attachment disorder, bullying, feeling trapped, low self-esteem, low self-compassion, indecision, issues relating to childhood and growing up, family issues, issues relating to faith (such as change, related relationship issues and loss of faith), spirituality, and career and work-related issues such as change of direction, work-related stress, redundancy and retirement.
My experience includes working in private practice, a psychotherapy training organisation, a counselling agency, a GP surgery, clergy and church staff counselling services and a further education college.
Qualifications I gained before my counselling training include a bachelor's degree in theology, a graduate diploma in ministry and a certificate in spiritual direction.
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.
The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) is a leading professional body for the education, training and regulation of psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors. Its register is accredited by the government's Professional Standards Authority.
As part of its commitment to protect the public, it works to improve access to psychotherapy, to support and disseminate research, to improve standards and to respond effectively to complaints against its members.
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.
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.
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
Fees
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
My psychotherapy and supervision fees start from £60.
Further information
Sessions are 50 minutes long regularly on the same day and time every week.
I am registered with UKCP (UK Council for Psychotherapy) and BACP (British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy).
Free on-street parking is available outside my private practice in Westbury, Wiltshire.
Westbury is easily accessible from Trowbridge, Bradford-on-Avon, Melksham, Bath, Warminster, Frome, Devizes, The Deverills and surrounding areas. Westbury train station is a major junction for train services in the South West.
