About me
Whether it’s your first experience of receiving counselling or you have accessed multiple clinical support services previously, I understand this step can feel challenging and I want to help support you through this process. I hold a strong belief that given suitable conditions, you can become your own expert.
I currently run my private practice whilst also working for the Charity, Young Gloucestershire. I enjoy counselling a diversity of clients in an ethical, inclusive space. You can expect warmth, calmness and consistency. My style of counselling is integrative, allowing me to draw on multiple psychological theories and techniques to enhance your therapy experience. The core of my service is focused on providing an authentic, non-judgemental and empathic space where together we can explore your world to help you gain greater clarity, self-compassion and forward momentum for change and improved wellbeing.
We may look at the impacts of your past, present or perceived future and the ways in which you may have adapted in life to exist. Are these adaptations still working for you?! I may draw on mindfulness, experimental practice, creative interventions or be informed by cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). Your experiences may include anxiety, stress, low mood, bereavement, grief, relationship breakdown, low self-worth, cultural/religious challenges or you could be in the process of a diagnosis for health, personality or neurodiversity. These are just some areas of distress that I have worked with and welcome.
Training, qualifications & experience
My Experience:
I have over 20 years' experience of building therapeutic relationships with clients to help support them in working towards their desired goals. This has been in various roles and industries.
Over the past six years, I have worked as a therapeutic support worker as well as a counsellor within education, the voluntary sector and private practice.
My training and qualifications are ongoing and include:
- Registered Membership with the BACP.
- Foundation Degree Arts in Integrative Counselling (Awarded Distinction) Level 5
- Introductory Certificate in Counselling Level 4
- Diploma in Social Sciences - Psychology, Sociology, Criminology, Social Policy Level 3
My Continuing Personal Development includes:
- Grief
- Bereavement
- Trauma
- Abuse
- Neurodiversity
- Safeguarding
- Emerging Adults
- Young People.
- Inner Child
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.
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
I would encourage you to reach out regardless of your presenting distress/reason for seeking counselling. We can then establish through the initial free call if the service maybe right for you.
Therapies offered
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Fees
£55.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I offer a free initial 20 minute consultation call to help establish if the support could be the right fit for yourself.
The first session will then allow us time to go through the counselling agreement and begin to find out a little more. This may include discussing what you would like to explore in counselling and what you would like to achieve by doing this.
Each session is 50 minutes.
Further information
The clinic is in Earlswood, Solihull and the therapy room is within a relaxed and calming farmhouse building, 5 minutes walk from Earlswood Lakes. Parking is free and the surroundings are tranquil and comforting. Tri Wellness is based in Solihull and on the border of Warwickshire and is easily accessible from the M40 and M42.
I offer open-ended in-person sessions but I appreciate this may not work for all and subject to accessed suitability, online or phone therapy are also available options.
