About me
I'm a qualified, trauma informed counsellor, offering in person sessions near Tadcaster, and online. I also work at a local university counselling young adults.
Whatever your reason for seeking support, I offer you a compassionate space to work through your feelings at your own pace and without judgement. Together we can look at the difficulties you are facing and begin to untangle feelings which may feel overwhelming and difficult to manage alone. I have a flexible approach to counselling drawing upon different ways of working, to suit your unique needs and can work either short or long term with you.
I am experienced working with anxiety, depression, low self confidence, and relationship difficulties, but if this doesn't sound like you, that's ok. Or, you may not know what the issue is, you just know that things are not right for you. The counselling process is different for everyone and I am qualified to work on a wide range of issues.
When painful things happen, either one event or over time there can be a lasting impact emotionally and physically. I am trained to understand how the body responds to emotional pain and can work with you focusing on ways to soothe the body using grounding and other techniques. This way of working can be empowering for a person, helping to build emotional strength and a greater sense of self.
To give you a sense of what it is like to work with me I offer a free introductory telephone consultation. I welcome enquiries from people over 14 yrs old and invite you to get in touch via email to book, or visit my website linked above for more information.
Training, qualifications & experience
- CPCAB Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
- BSc (Hons) Psychology
Recent CPD has included:
- Janina Fisher - Embracing our fragmented selves, A trauma informed approach to healing through parts work
- Trauma Informed Practice
- The TA101 course, Introduction to Transactional Analysis
- Counselling adolescents
- Putting Polyvagal theory into practice
- Working with Trauma (Carolyn Spring)
- Dissociation and DID (Carolyn Spring)
- Dealing with distress, working with suicide and self-harm
- Integrating artwork into counselling practice (BACP)
- Telephone and online counselling
- Safeguarding
- Bereavement Awareness
- Working with relational trauma - attachment styles
- Pregnancy and Infant loss training - Foundation for Infant Loss
- Introduction to CBT workshop
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
Additional information
Sessions last for one hour
I offer a free initial telephone call (up to 15 minutes) to give you a feel for what it is like to work with me. You may wish to give me a short description of what has caused you to seek counselling or it can be an opportunity for you to find out more about what counselling with me is like, we can also discuss our availability for sessions.
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