About me
I am a warm and friendly person-centred counsellor, offering compassionate support for a wide range of issues including anxiety, stress, bereavement, identity, trauma, and the impact of abuse. Sessions can be in person, online or by phone; whichever works best for you.
I provide a safe, non-judgemental environment where you can explore your feelings and experiences at your own pace. My calm and accepting approach focuses on helping you to build a deeper understanding of yourself and encouraging personal growth and healing. Working respectfully and intuitively with clients from all backgrounds, I bring a grounded and steady presence, together with empathy and clear support, helping you to bring about lasting and meaningful change.
Training, qualifications & experience
I hold a Post Graduate Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy and have training in, amongst other areas, anxiety, depression, bereavement, gender identity, sexuality and relationships.
I have worked as a senior leader in education for over 20 years and specialise in working with young people (14+). I'm warm and open, and I understand the difficulties young people face. I continue to work part-time as a school counsellor in a Sixth Form school.
I'm also a cancer survivor and have a deep and empathetic understanding of the issues this can bring for sufferers, and for their loved ones, although of course, everybody's experience is unique. But sometimes it can help to know that the person you are talking to has a lived experience of some of those difficulties.
Member organisations
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.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
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Fees
£60.00 per session
Further information
I work from a lovely, recently refurbished, practice in Padiham, near Burnley, in Lancashire. There is plenty of free parking nearby and the practice is easily accessible by road, with excellent public transport links.
