About me
I am an Integrative Therapeutic Counsellor and Psychotherapist with an extensive experience in running my own private practice over the past 11 years. I am an accredited member of the BACP and abide by their ethical framework and code of conduct striving to provide the best possible practice for my clients.
I support Adults, Young People and Children 12+ providing individual therapy and work with individuals from across a wide range of cultures and faith-based beliefs. I have also worked in a variety of settings such as community centres, schools, university colleges, the NHS Outpatients Department. The therapy sessions are online using video-linked zoom and are a therapeutic hour of 50 minutes.
I will provide you with a warm and safe therapeutic space for you to feel comfortable to bring yourself fully to therapy. We will aim to establish a therapeutic relationship based on mutual respect and trust. The therapy will allow you to explore and understand your relationship with yourself and where you find yourself in the present. We will work together to make sense of your past experiences, how you perceived and interpreted them and the thoughts you hold. You might have coped and protected yourself from painful feelings by setting rules and developing unhelpful and restrictive behaviours. These may be domineering you and may not free you to have agency over your own life.
We will consider your goals and the changes you wish to make and look at learning healthier coping skills and gently challenging your fears. I will guide you, as an individual with your own unique experiences, and facilitate you to feel empowered to engage more fully in life.
My work covers a large range of issues such as Anxiety, Depression, Obsessive Compulsive Disorders (OCD), Stress, Perfectionism, Self-Harm, pre- and post- Bereavement, Loss and Grief, Loneliness, Suicide, Anger, Bullying and Discrimination, Belonging, Identity, Self-Esteem and Confidence, Abuse and Trauma, to Eating Disorders and Neurodiversity; Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
I have in addition, specialised in supporting clients with Disordered Eating and Eating Disorders; Anorexia Nervosa (AN), Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID), Bulimia Nervosa (BN), Binge-Eating Disorder (BED), Rumination Disorder, Pica and selective eating. I also support clients who present as Neurodiverse in particular Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and/or Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) who have eating disorders and the associated co-morbidities.
Please feel free to visit my website www.yourhaven-counselling.co.uk for more information about me and the therapy I offer.
Training, qualifications & experience
Current Employment:
- Integrative Therapeutic Counsellor running my own Private Practice called Your Haven Counselling.
- Member of the National Centre for Eating Disorders (NCFED) working with eating disorders, disordered eating and any associated neurodivergence.
Past Employment:
- Eating Disorders Psychotherapist at Orri - Eating Disorders Treatment Clinic on Hallam Street, London
- College Counsellor at Bellerbys College Cambridge - a Private International College for students studying for their A-levels and Foundation year
- Centre 33 - charity for children and young people from the ages of 13-25 years
- JHD Counselling Services - Therapy for undergraduate and postgraduate students at the Cambridge University Colleges
- Talk to Stars - Bereavement Therapy for children in primary and secondary schools
- Family Play Therapy sessions - Families in the midst of domestic violence
- Workshops and Talks
Qualifications:
- Accredited MBACP
- Autism and Eating Disorders/ARFID with NCAMH
- NCFED Certificate in Nutritional Interventions for Eating Disorders
- NCFED Diploma in Practical Skills for Eating Disorders
- Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
- Diploma in Working with Depression
- BSc Psychology
- MBBS Medicine
I have a MBBS in medicine and a BSc in Psychology. I find the knowledge and experience I have received in these fields extremely valuable in offering the best practice as a psychotherapist for my clients.
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.
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 have a special interest in Eating Disorders and its many multi-faceted aspects such as nutritional rehabilitation primarily consisting of behavioural work and the cognitive and emotional work. The cognitive and emotional work is intricately involved in the neural pathways of the brain with strong core beliefs and hot emotions such as shame and guilt.
I consider the whole person - the nutrition, ED mindset, rigid rules and habits, perfectionism, self-esteem and self-worth, identity, relationships, assertiveness and boundaries, values, body image, stress management, trauma, co-existing disorders such as anxiety, depression, OCD, PCOS and much more.
Therapies offered
Fees
£85.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
- Individual therapy sessions
- Short-term or long-term therapy
- Online sessions
- 50-minute sessions
- Weekly or fortnightly
- A free 20-minute phone consultation
I offer an initial assessment for us to meet and discuss what brought you to therapy and the possible hopes and aspirations you have for therapy. It is also an opportunity for us to get to know a little about each other and to find out if we are happy to continue further sessions together. The therapeutic relationship is crucial and so it is really important to choose a therapist whom you can engage with and feel safe to open up to.
We will review the therapeutic process at regular intervals and assess how the therapy is going.
Please feel free to contact me to discuss any questions you may have about starting therapy.
Please feel free to book a free phone consultation as your first step.
When I work
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