About me
Our relationship is the most important aspect of our work. I bring care, sensitivity and enthusiasm. Together we can build a safe dynamic through which to encounter old relational patterns, and explore options in narratives that may have felt fixed. I will work creatively to support you towards your own experience of agency. My aim is to honour the courage it takes to want change. My passion is to support your growth towards a more authentic and deliberate way of living.
I have experience working with emotional trauma, abuse, addictions and with individuals who find themselves struggling at transitional points in their lives and who need a safe place in which to reflect, be heard, feel valued and explore. I have worked in the NHS with people who have received various mental health diagnoses and I currently work in the charity sector with CLEAR Emotional Trauma and Therapy Specialists.
My training is integrative which means that I draw upon a range of therapeutic modalities both humanistic and psychodynamic. I have a particular interest in attachment theory and how early experiences, whether subtle or pronounced, impact relational patterns in later life.
I sometimes offer the arts in sessions - especially when words feel too much or not enough; Using creative methods can help illuminate unconscious process. I will always support you in working with images and absolutely no previous experience or artistic skill is needed. Some clients use the arts more than others and some not at all; the individual needs of each client will guide the development of the therapy and inform a flexible response from me.
I aim to accompany my clients towards understanding themselves better, liking themselves better, making better sense of what has happened to them and inhabiting their lives more fully.
Training, qualifications & experience
Qualifications: MA Integrative Arts Psychotherapy (Merit): Institute for the Arts in Therapy and Education, London. / Post graduate Certificate in the Therapeutic Arts (Distinction): Institute for the Arts in Therapy and Education, London. / Mentalisation-Based Treatment Basic Training: Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families, London. I am a registered member of the HCPC.
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.
The HCPC are an independent, UK-wide health regulator. They set standards of professional training, performance and conduct for 16 professions.
They keep a register of health professionals who meet their standards, and they take action if registered health professionals fall below those standards. They were created by a piece of legislation called the Health Professions Order 2001.
Registration means that a health professional meets national standards for their professional training, performance and conduct.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£60.00 per session
