About me
I aim to offer a safe and confidential space, where you can feel welcome and able to be yourself.
I imagine you may have a range of thoughts and feelings about beginning therapy. You might be clear about what you would like support with, or what change you hope to see in your life. Or you might not really know why you feel the way you do but know you aren't living your life as fully as you would like. Either is welcome.
My approach is relational, which means that the quality of relationship we build together is an important part of the work. I take care to create a space where you can feel accepted and heard. I find it helpful to hold a curious and non-judgemental attitude as we begin to understand what is happening for you. I will work with what you choose to bring to each session, at a pace that feels right for you. I'm interested not only in what has brought you to therapy at this time, but in getting to know you as a whole person.
I understand that it can be difficult to voice some of our more uncomfortable or unwanted feelings and thoughts. So together we’ll pay close attention to what supports you to build trust and express yourself in a way that helps to make sense of your responses to the world around you. I believe there is much value in giving dedicated time to share and deeply consider our most difficult and challenging experiences, alongside someone we can trust.
Often in life, we have had to find ways of coping with situations where we may have had little support. These strategies that once served us well can become fixed patterns or limiting beliefs that can stay with us long after we truly need them. One task of therapy is to grow an awareness of how we might hold ourselves back, or get stuck in ways of thinking and relating that no longer feel helpful. With awareness, we can then begin to consider our different choices and experiment with finding new ways of responding to ourselves and others which feel more fulfilling and authentic.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am UKCP accredited (UK Council for Psychotherapy) and am a higher accredited member of UKAHPP (UK Association of Humanistic Psychology Practitioners). I hold professional liability insurance and have an up-to-date enhanced DBS certificate.
I work as a psychotherapist in private practice in Bristol, alongside my role as a school counsellor and as part of a team of therapists at Gloucestershire Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers (GARAS), where I work with unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.
I have completed a five-year Post Graduate Diploma in Gestalt Psychotherapy and a two-year Post Qualifying Diploma in Counselling Children and Young People.
I was drawn to Gestalt for its holistic and experiential nature, and I enjoy bringing creativity into my work. When I meet with a person, I am interested in gathering a picture of their world and their place within it. I have found that using resources such as drawing, image cards, objects and sandtray can be useful ways to enable self-expression and help bring what may be outside of our awareness into the room. Most importantly, my focus is on meeting you where you are and discovering what supports you to feel most at home in yourself.
I am passionate about learning and committed to continuing my professional development, as well as my own personal growth, alongside my work with clients. I recently completed a two-year Shadow Work course, which continues to enrich my relationships and deepen my compassion for the struggles and difficulties we can find ourselves in.
My background as a youth and community worker has laid a solid foundation for how I understand and relate to the world around me. Over the last eighteen years, much of my work in the community has focused on meeting people wherever they are and finding empowering ways to access more support and choice in their lives.
QLS Level 7 Post Qualifying Diploma in Counselling Children and Young People, I’m OK, You’re OK Counselling & Training Ltd, (2026)
Healing the Shadow - 2 Year Shadow Work CPD Program, Marianne Hill, Frome (Jan 2024 – Nov 2025)
Post Graduate Diploma in Gestalt Psychotherapy, Gestalt Centre Wales, Chepstow (Sep 2018 – Jul 2023)
Foundation Training in Systemic Constellations, The Centre for Systemic Constellations, Bristol (Mar 2023 – Jul 2023)
Gestalt Fundamentals, Gestalt Centre Wales, Chepstow (May 2018 – Dec 2018)
Certificate in Therapeutic Mentoring, Trauma Recovery Centre, Bath (Sep 2017 – Apr 2018)
Non-Violent Communication: Transforming Conflict, Seeds of Peace, Bristol (Sep 16 – Jun 17)
Foundation in Art Therapy, Truro College, Cornwall (Sep 2013 – Apr 2014)
BA (1st Class Hons) Youth and Community Development, Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds (Sep 2009 – July 2012)
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.
UKAHPP is a national accrediting organisation for all those who apply the theories of Humanistic Psychology in their work. The UKAHPP is an independent member organisation of the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) and the UK Register of Counsellors. The Association is made up of a number of different membership classes e.g. Associate Members, Affiliate Members, Full Members, each with different requirements for entry. Full Members may use the initials 'MAHPP' after their names, and have undergone a rigorous accreditation procedure relevant to their discipline. All members of the Association of Humanistic Psychology Practitioners must commit to acceptance of the UKAHPP Code of Ethical Principles, the UKAHPP Code of Practice, the UKAHPP Ethical Review Procedure and the UKAHPP Complaints Procedure.
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.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£55.00 per session
Additional information
I currently offer individual therapy sessions on a weekly basis with young people (ages 16+) and adults.
My fee is £55 for a 50-minute session.
If you are interested in working together and would like to book an initial session, please contact me via email.
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