This professional is available for new clients.
This professional is available for new clients.
About me
I provide person-centred counselling to individuals of any age, gender, sexuality, ethnic culture, class, religion or social background. I am as happy listening to people who come with an immediate crisis as with people who know they would like to explore subtle or long-standing issues.
My starting point is respect for each person who comes to counselling: you are the expert on your own life, and you already have everything you need to enable your growth and healing process whatever the outward circumstances. How well we work together will depend upon your needs and wishes and how they fit with what I am able to provide through experience and ability.
I prefer to meet in person but I will meet online via Zoom, Skype or FaceTime occasionally when necessary.
If we have previously worked together at any time in the past, text or email me and we can set up an appointment.
Appointments generally last an hour or another duration you prefer.
We can meet weekly, fortnightly, or more or less often, depending on your preference, although I find it is best if we have 2 or 3 weekly sessions to start with.
Originally from London, I have been living in Glasgow for 30 years.
Training, qualifications & experience
Certificates in Counselling Skills (1993) and Counselling Theory (1994)
University of Strathclyde Postgraduate Certificate in Counselling Skills (2009) and Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling (2011)
Centre for Meditative Listening Certificate in Meditative Listening (2017)
British Focusing Association Certificate of Focusing Skills (2017)
COSCA Counselling Supervision Certificate (2017)
COSCA Introduction to Group Counselling Skills (2018)
Centre for Meditative Listening Advanced Training: Practitioner of Meditative Listening (2019)
The British Focusing Association Focusing Teacher certification (2019)
I worked as a volunteer counsellor at the Tom Allan Centre in Glasgow 2010-2020 and have also been working independently since 2014.
I am qualified to teach experiential focusing and listening to individuals and groups.
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
Any type of life challenge
Creative blocks
Family relationship problems
Inner child or younger you
Lack of motivation
Life transitions
Perfectionism
Personal growth
Problems that have no name or are hard to identify
This list is not exhaustive: I listen to you as a person, not a collection of issues
Fees
£45.00 per session
Concessions offered for
When I work
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Times available vary each week.
Further information
I prefer to be contacted in writing.
Email me and I will send more information to give you an idea of how and where I work.
For initial enquiries I aim to get back to you within 24 hours but, depending upon how busy I am, it may be another day or two before I am free to reply.
