About me
As a Trauma Informed Person Centred Counsellor, I offer you safety, connection, respect, dignity and empathy, which are they essential components for recovery.
Choosing a Counsellor is a personal decision. You will be looking for someone that you feel comfortable with - someone who will listen, see and hear what you say, as well as what you can't yet. The issue can be, none of this feels comfortable. Counselling is sometimes uncomfortable. I can offer you a place to feel safe in your uncomfortable times. You do not need to be alone anymore.
I have experience working with many challenging areas that life can hold and have a particular interest in helping manage stress, anxiety, depression. I also work safely with the complex symptoms of childhood trauma, PTSD and C-PTSD, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts and feelings and Self Harm.
The impacts of mental ill health also impact the body and, as part of your personal development, we can discuss your physical health. The body and mind are connected.
If you would like to contact me we can arrange a free brief consultation by telephone to see if this is the right path for you, to learn a little more about each other and for you to ask any questions you may have. If we feel that we can work together we will arrange our first session where we can discuss in more detail the way in which your counselling will happen. I work with adults of all ages and backgrounds.
Training, qualifications & experience
If you have experienced Trauma and are living with the complex symptoms of that, such as C-PTSD, , PTSD, EUPD (BPD), Substance addictions, Process Addictions (Gambling, Gaming, Social Media, Sex, Excercise, Shopping) Suicidal feelings and thoughts and acts of Self Harm, I can assure you that I work in a Trauma Informed way to support you in ways to navigate life. I understand that safety and connection are essential to change, and these are at the centre of my working practice.
I am a qualified and experienced Person Centred Counsellor. I have worked and supported people for 20 years to make changes in their lives as a Counsellor, Support worker, mentor and volunteer. My approach facilitates personal growth by allowing you to explore and identify and your strengths and personal qualities and put these to use in your life.
Level 2, Counselling Skills CPCAB
Level 3, Counselling Skills CPCAB
Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling CPCAB
DBS Enhanced
Understanding and Embedding Trauma Informed Care, Reset-21 CIC
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
£60.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
£70 for 50 minute session in person in counselling room
£70 for 60 minute session in person in nature - walking
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