About me
Hello and welcome. Finding a space that feels safe and comfortable to begin to talk about things causing you hurt or distress can be difficult.
I offer safety, sensitivity and trust along with a collaborative approach to enable you to start to talk about and process the things troubling you. By working together, we can start to understand your thoughts and feelings and the personal meanings attached to them.
Through the building of a trusting, non-judgemental and compassionate relationship you can find a way of learning about who you are, building confidence, self esteem and an understanding of your wants and needs both of yourself and of others.
I have worked with adults, children, young people and families for over 20 years. It is always a privilege to be a part of someone’s life for as short or as long as needed.
I am very experienced working with families and parents and the challenges that parenting can bring. I have experience of working with adopted children and both adults and children who are or feel that they may be neurodivergent and the difficulties that can arise from navigating this complex world.
I offer a flexible approach that can combine counselling, coaching and fun therapeutic activities or any combination of the above.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Foundation Degree (FdSC) Counselling from Bath Spa University (2010)
- Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling and Psychotherapy, Central Awarding Body (CPCAB) Level 4 Diploma (2010)
- Certificate in counselling skills (Children and Young People) (2007)
- Dyadic Developmental Practice (DDP) Level 1 (2017)
- ILM Coaching and Mentoring. Level 5. (2022)
- Theraplay® Foundation Certificate, through the Theraplay® Institute (2024)
- Theraplay® Intermediate Certificate, through the Theraplay® Institute (2025)
- Understanding Autism Level 2 (2020)
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
£50.00 per session
Concessions offered for
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Further information
I offer a free initial 30 minute face to face or telephone introductory call for you to ask any questions you may have and to help you make an informed decision regarding starting therapy.
I am a member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)
I am also a member of the Theraplay® Institute and am certified in Theraplay® to intermediate level, working with both parents and children to support and build on their relationship and felt sense of safety. Using Theraplay® Informed practice can support with feelings associated with the fight, flight and freeze response and support parents to find ways to help their child regulate when they start to experience these complex and difficult emotions.
I hold a level 3 safeguarding certificate for working with Children and Young People and an enhanced DBS certificate.
