About me
I provide a safe, open place to talk about any difficulties you are facing, free of judgement. I will work with you to understand your thoughts and feelings, to help you consider what is happening in your life, and to help you understand why. I look for patterns in thoughts, feelings, and behavior that perhaps won't be immediately obvious to you. I view counselling as being focused around a particular issue or problem. Often, this can be addressed over a shorter period. Psychotherapy doesn't have this same specific focus and is more open-ended. It can take time and can be more intense, but can be deeper and rewarding.
I work in person, online, and on the phone.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have been a therapist for over ten years.
I work using an integrative model as allows me to draw from different approaches depending on what a client's issues or needs are, as different approaches work for different people. I studied a foundation certificate in psychotherapy and counselling at Regents University and a postgraduate diploma in integrative therapeutic counselling at the Mary Ward Centre.
I have a background working for low-cost counselling services, for charities, on behalf of the NHS, and in private practice. Outside of this work, I have worked in the charity sector, working with client groups including the homeless, people in addiction, and those with serious mental illness. Previously, I worked in media, journalism, the music industry, and the arts.
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
£45.00 - £85.00
Additional information
I work according to a sliding scale as follows:
- £13,000 & below - £40
- £13,000 - £20,000 - £45
- £20,000 - £30,000 - £55
- £30,000 - £45,000 - £65
- £45,000 - £50,000 - £75
- £50,000 and above - £85
If you would like to discuss this, please contact me.
Further information
Not everyone has a clear idea of what they want from therapy, and starting can be quite daunting. The first session would be about getting to know each other, and to think about what you would like to get out of coming. Typically, this session would be finding out about what is going on in your life and what's led you to want to talk to someone. I see my job as a therapist to help you think about what is happening in your life, and to help you understand why. I would also explain how I work. It can take time to get to a point where we both trust and are comfortable with each other. This is something I will discuss with you as we meet, so we can both have an idea of where we are.
If you are interested in booking an appointment, I offer an initial free 20-minute meeting online or on the phone. Anything we discuss would be completely confidential.
