About me
I am a registered Psychotherapist & Counsellor based in Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire. I see clients remotely and in person, I have rooms I use for clients in both counties. I use a variety of theoretical approaches to assist you in understanding and working through your issues. The relationship with you, the client, is central to my work. Please feel free to explore my website and telephone me on: 07721537886 or use the Contact page to talk to me or to set up an appointment.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Certificate in Working with Couples
- CPCAB Level 5 Diploma in Children & Young People
- CPCAB Level 5 Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling
- CPCAB Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling (accredited with NCPS)
- CPCAB Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Studies
- CPCAB Level 2 Certificate in Counselling Skills
- CPCAB Certificate in Introduction to Counselling
- Skills Certificate in Online and Telephone Counselling
- Own my Life Course CPD accredited facilitator training
- Own my Life Course CPD accredited facilitator training
- Freedom Programme facilitator training
- Safeguarding Levels 2 & 3 for Children
- What counsellors need to know (Counselling Tutor)
- Play Therapy Course (Pesi)
- Applying Attachment Theory In Clinical Practice (Pesi)
- Trauma & Attachment Essentials: Today’s most effective healing Interventions for Complex Clients
- Mental Health & The Body: Treating Trauma (Carolyn Spring)
- Working with Relational Trauma (Carolyn Spring)
- Understanding Autism Training (CAHMS)
- Annual certificate in Prevent Duty (National College)
- County Lines: Preventing Criminal Exploitation of Children & Adults (National College)
- Working with Shame (Carolyn Spring)
- Working with Disassociative Disorders in Clinical Practice (Carolyn Spring)
- Support Young People to be Body Positive (Barnardos)
- Safety Planning & Disruption (Barnardos)
- The modern Slavery Act (Barnardos)
- Child Exploitation (Safeguarding Beds)
- Working Creatively with Young people in Counselling (Lisa Bowes)
- Creative CPD for working with Young People (Cara)
- Developing an Understanding of Child Sexual Abuse (NSPCC)
- Working with Eating Disorders (Caraline)
- Certificate in Understanding FGM (female genital mutilation) (National College)
- GSRD client work- through the lens of Minority Stress (Michale Carrington)
- Safeguarding Levels 2 & 3 for Adults
- Safeguarding everyone in Level 1
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).
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£60.00 - £90.00
Additional information
Adult/Young People £60 per session for 50 minutes
Couple Counselling is £90 per session for 60 minutes
Further information
I am a registered BACP Counsellor and Psychotherapist with experience of working with clients from many walks of life and motivations to enter therapy.
I am deeply committed to your healing, well-being and the development of you as a whole person: body, mind and spirit. I’m an Integrative Psychotherapist, which broadly means that I’m trained in lots of different approaches and modalities. I can also use a combination of art, music, and drama in our therapy as well as meditation techniques.
I currently work as a School Counsellor, my passion for working with Children and young people has developed over many years. I have extensive experience of working with 11–25-year-old through my volunteer Counsellor role with a Local Counselling Charity, Bedfordshire Open Door which I did for 2 years. I have lots of experience and exposure working with Children and Young People that are Neurodivergent. I realised that I wanted to make Counselling accessible to all young people and gravitated towards looking at creative ways of working.
