About me
Birth, death and lots in between. This is my working experience to date, spanning life's ages and stages.
I am grateful for the wide variety of experience this has brought me and how I can help a broad spectrum of people, individuals and couples.
I am an integrative counsellor which means I don’t fit you to an approach. I work with you and what you bring in terms of the therapeutic approaches we may use.
Therapy can offer you the space and time needed to work through whatever is going on for you. It is an opportunity to be heard and to feel understood. It can help in building better self-awareness and self care and helps with relationships and overall quality of life.
Choosing a counsellor that feels like the right person is really important. I would encourage you to make a number of enquiries before deciding who best, you feel, can meet your needs. If you would like to see if I am that person, contact me. The options are to book straight in for an assessment session when we can talk things through or if you prefer we can have a brief chat on the phone first before that.
I offer face to face or online sessions. I am based in Canterbury. I am able to be flexible in my assessment scheduling and then if we choose to continue we can work out a mutually agreeable time to have sessions.
I work short or long term dependant on client needs.
I run my own private practice and I am the Lead Counsellor for Pilgrims Hospices here in East Kent. I have previously worked in schools as a counsellor
I believe that the counsellor client relationship is the most important element in helping someone feel comfortable to talk about any issues or problems they may be experiencing. Our working relationship could help you to make sense of experiences, behaviours, feelings and emotions. It could help you to gain a better understanding of yourself; make shifts and changes where you want in your life, and to move forward.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Level 7 London Diploma in Psychosexual and Relationship Therapy - current training
- Level 7 Advanced Diploma in Supervision
- Level 6 Advanced Diploma in working with Children and Young People
- Level 5 Certificate in working with Children and Young People
- Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
- Level 3 Counselling skills
- Level 2 Counselling skills
- Level 5 Diploma in Adult Education and Antenatal Education
Additional courses / CPD
- Advanced Communication Skills
- Sage and Thyme
- Grief Awareness
- Safeguarding
- Trained Mindfulness in school project (MISP) .b Mindfulness Teacher
- TA101 Transactional Analysis
- Building the Bonds of Attachment
- Youth Mental Health First Aider
- Youth Suicide Awareness and Prevention
- Drug User Screening Tool Training
- Alcohol Awareness training
- Counselling for Autism
- Child Protection training
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
Therapies offered
Fees
£45.00 - £60.00
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
Free initial telephone discussion
Assessment session £60
Ongoing session £45 - £55
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Further information
What now?
Message me here or 07399488962.
I will reply as soon as I can and we can talk about your requirements.
