About me
If you’ve struggled with anxiety, overthinking, panic, trauma, intrusive thoughts, compulsions, low confidence or patterns that just won’t seem to shift, you’ll know how exhausting it can be to keep trying to manage or “cope” with them.
You may already understand why you feel or behave the way you do. You may even have talked about it before. But understanding a problem and being able to change your automatic response to it are not always the same thing.
That’s where I work differently.
I’m an experienced psychotherapist and an Advanced Accredited Practitioner in BWRT® (BrainWorking Recursive Therapy) — a modern, neuroscience-informed approach designed to work with the automatic responses that can happen before we have time to consciously think about them.
Rather than simply helping you cope better with an unwanted response, our aim is to help your brain stop producing that response in the first place.
BWRT® can be particularly helpful where you find yourself thinking, “I know this doesn’t make sense, but I still can’t stop feeling it.”
My approach combines BWRT® with many years of experience as a psychotherapist and clinical supervisor. Therapy is tailored to you: focused and practical when appropriate, but with the space to explore more deeply when that is what you need.
You don’t need to know which type of therapy you need before contacting me.
Start with a Clarity Call.
It’s an informal initial conversation where you can briefly tell me what’s been happening, ask questions and find out whether my approach feels right for you. There’s no pressure or obligation to continue.
Sometimes the most useful first step is simply finding out whether things really could be different.
Training, qualifications & experience
Training & Qualifications
BA (Hons) Integrative Counselling & Psychotherapy – University of Worcester
MIBWRT (Acc) – Advanced Accredited BWRT® Practitioner
Certified Online & Telephone Counselling Practitioner
Clinical Supervisor
Professional Experience
Bereavement Counselling Service, Plymouth – including complex and complicated grief
Former NHS Paramedic
International Taekwondo Instructor
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
I also provide life coaching where this is helpful.
Therapies offered
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Fees
£65.00 - £100.00
Additional information
Clarity Call – free, 20 minutes.
A relaxed, no-obligation conversation to discuss what’s happening and whether I can help.
Discovery Meeting – £100 (90 minutes)
A comprehensive first session where we explore what’s been happening, what you’d like to change and the best approach for you. There’s no obligation to continue into therapy afterwards.
Individual therapy – £65 per 60-minute session.
I don’t believe in keeping people in therapy longer than necessary. Where appropriate, BWRT® can be a focused, relatively brief approach, and we’ll regularly review your progress together.
When I work
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Further information
You don’t need to know what type of therapy you need before getting in touch.
People often come to me knowing that something needs to change, but not necessarily why they feel the way they do or what will help.
My approach is practical, collaborative and focused on you as an individual. I integrate psychotherapy with BWRT® where appropriate, rather than trying to fit everyone into the same therapeutic model.
I’m particularly interested in helping people with anxiety, trauma, intrusive thoughts, compulsions, fears and phobias, confidence and self-esteem, and recurring emotional or behavioural patterns that seem resistant to change.
I offer sessions in person in Plymouth and online, giving you the flexibility to choose what works best for you.
If you’re unsure whether I’m the right therapist for you, the easiest place to start is a free 15-minute Clarity Call. There’s no obligation to continue — it’s simply an opportunity to talk briefly about what you’d like help with and see whether we feel we could work well together.
Please visit my website for further information: www.brainworktherapy.com
