About me
Are you struggling to cope with experiences from your earlier years or the challenges life keeps throwing at you ? Are you feeling increasingly stressed, alone, and overwhelmed? Is your confidence being negatively impacted by your ability to make even the smallest of decisions?
Reaching out for support can be both the hardest thing to do but also the most rewarding, when you prioritise yourself. Through your counselling journey you can explore your deep emerging and often hidden emotions, setting yourself on the path of recovery. Accepting what you cannot change but taking control over what happens in your life, moving forward.
My journey through counselling allowed me the unique opportunity to unravel the confused emotions embedded within, I was able to realise my deep need to be accepted for who I was. This released me from the misguided belief imposed on me from the past.
What can you expect from me? I believe it is important to create an environment where you feel safe and supported to empower you to explore your feelings and emotions without judgement and at your own pace.
Whoever you are, you’re welcome, whether you are looking for a space to offload or perhaps you are just tired of pretending everything is fine. Together we can look at this, where it is coming from, and what impact it is having on your day-to-day life.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have a degree in Person Centred Counselling and practise an integrative approach, this demonstrates my ability to engage in different aspects of personal issues.
I believe that everyone is unique and not one size fits all, the tools I gained in an academic way, enables me to adapt my skills for today’s ever-changing environment.
I have over 10 years of experience which includes supporting adults suffering from the effects of domestic and sexual abuse, survivors of childhood sexual abuse, bereavement, and loss. As well as people struggling from a wide range of life’s challenges including relationship difficulties, family conflicts, substance misuse, anxiety, depression, panic attacks, lack of confidence, self-harm, anger as well as aggression. This is not an exhaustive list and I have experience in many other fields, and gives an indication of the work I have done.
As well as my counselling degree, I have a level four qualification working with children and I am also a qualified accredited clinical Supervisor.
I am a registered member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). I adhere to the Code of Ethics and Practice to ensure I work ethically and within safe guidelines, I also receive regular supervision.
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
£50.00 - £60.00
Additional information
Cost per Session: From £50.00 to £60.00
Free initial in-person or online session
Supervision for students reduced rates negotiable
Further information
I offer both short and long-term, via telephone, online or face-to-face evening sessions.
Counselling sessions are for 50 minutes, I offer an initial telephone or online consultation to see if we would be a good fit to work together, this is for 15 minutes and free of charge. If you think I could be of any help to you, I would like to hear from you.
