This professional is available for new clients.
This professional is available for new clients.
About me
I believe it’s important to find the right therapist for you and I offer a free 30-minute introductory session online to enable you to decide whether you would like us to work together.
As an integrative counsellor I aim to see you as a whole person and to tailor the therapy to meet your needs by drawing on techniques or understanding from various therapeutic approaches. However integration has another meaning for me, that of becoming whole, of becoming more of who we really are.
"To round itself out, life calls not for perfection but for completeness...” Carl Jung.
I place a lot of emphasis on safety. Therapy is a place to explore your thoughts, feelings and experiences but it’s really important you do this at your own pace and have ways of managing and coping with the feelings and experiences that arise as you go through the process. If it helps, we can either talk about or practice together grounding or calming exercises aimed at helping you feel more calm and relaxed.
I’m interested in what gives your life meaning, whether this is what you believe or have faith in, your background or community, who you love and connect with, what you do or what you think.
Your life might be affected by discrimination, inequality or not being accepted for who you are, and I believe therapy is a good place to explore that.
In our work together I will aim to be alongside you, not judging or directing, but listening and collaborating with you to make sense of your experience.
Training, qualifications & experience
In March 2024 I completed my Diploma in Humanistic and Integrative Counselling with Bath Center for Counselling and Psychotherapy. I have also completed a Foundation Certificate in Psychodynamic Counselling and a Certificate in Person Centered Counselling.
In addition to counselling training and throughout my twenty-five year career in mental health and wellbeing services I have received training on a wide range of topics and approaches which support my empathy and understanding as a counsellor. These include:
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution Focussed Therapy
- Race Equality and Cultural Capability training
- ASISST suicide prevention training
- Psychologically informed approaches to supporting people who have a diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder
- Creating Psychological Safety for Trans and Gender Diverse Clients
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 per session
Further information
I work on Mondays and Fridays throughout the day and early evening. I also have some slots early evening on other days. Please get in touch to find out my current availability.
