About me
Do you ever feel overwhelmed and feel no one understands you?
Perhaps you worry about making the wrong choice—disappointing someone, causing regret, or just failing. And all the while, you feel you have to keep up a brave front, hiding the inner conflict that no one else seems to notice or truly understand.
If any of this resonates, you don’t have to carry this on your own. Through these words, I hope to show you that I recognise how challenging life can be. With that understanding, I aim to help you feel heard, understood, and supported.
I help people who experience anxiety, depression, loneliness, grief, disability, or struggle with relationships. I’ll support you gently in finding the words, without any judgement. We’ll explore your disappointments and pain, barriers, and expectations placed on you, as well as hopes, fantasies, possibilities.
We can reflect on familiar patterns, and help discover your own strengths and resources, new ways of seeing yourself and your situations. I offer a free chat, so you can see if you feel we’re a good fit, without obligation. We’ll only start when you feel ready—with whatever’s on your mind—and we’ll take it one step at a time, together.
A little about me: Before becoming a counsellor, I worked for many years in corporate settings, where I often felt a lack of compassion. I also have extensive experience of working with people with disabilities, and have come to understand the frustration and isolation that many face. My approach is grounded in the belief that society could be more inclusive and accessible. I can communicate using Sign Supported English.
Training, qualifications & experience
I qualified with a Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Development - Psychosynthesis Counselling. The training is accredited by BACP and I am qualified to work with adults. As a registered member of the BACP I work within their Ethical Framework, and ensure that you get professional counselling.
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
£60.00 per session
When I work
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Some of the availability is online only - please check with me about your preferences.
Further information
I can see clients online, or in-person in Twickenham, London, and I am available Monday-Friday daytime, and some evenings. Please enquire with me about your specific requirement.
