About me
Hi, I’m Talia!
I know that reaching out to a counsellor can often feel like the hardest step, and it’s important to find someone you truly connect with.
Whether you’re struggling with anxiety or depression, an addiction, anger management or abuse, relationship problems or family issues, personality disorders, managing ADHD or trauma and PTSD, I’m here to support you.
I’m trained in a range of approaches, including Person-Centred Therapy, Existential Therapy, Gestalt Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Solution-Focused Therapy and Psychodynamic Therapy. This means I can adapt the way we work together around you, your needs and what you hope to achieve.
You can come as you are. There’s no pressure to have everything figured out - we’ll start wherever you are and explore what feels important to you, together.
The aim of our sessions are to empower you to make the changes you want in your life and help you better understand your experiences. We’ll work one on one to identify which approach resonates most with you.
Together, we will explore your past to help understand the source of your struggles, while also working on how to manage the present and set goals for the future.
Starting therapy can feel overwhelming and confusing. To make sure you feel comfortable and informed, I offer a free consultation call to answer any questions you may have and give you a sense of what therapy with me would be like.
If you decide you’d like to continue, I’ll send over an agreement for you to review, and when you're ready, we can begin our work together.
You don’t have to navigate this journey alone. I’m here to support you every step of the way.
Taking the first step can sometimes feel like the hardest part. If you’re wondering whether counselling might be right for you, you’re very welcome to reach out. We can talk about what’s bringing you here and what you’d like support with, with no pressure or expectation.
When you’re ready, you can take the next step in whichever way feels most comfortable for you. You’re welcome to send me an email here, or, if you’d prefer to talk things through first, you can book a free consultation call here.
Training, qualifications & experience
Qualifications:
- Post Graduate Diploma in Integrative Counselling and Coaching (2022).
- BA with Honours in Community Justice (2018).
- BSc with Honours in Applied Social Sciences (Criminology) (2014).
Training:
I continue to complete relevant Continued Professional Development trainings and workshops, including trauma, sexual trauma, lifespan integration, art therapy, creative therapy, post traumatic stress disorder, neuro-diversity, domestic abuse, and working with young people.
Experience:
- Trainee Counsellor at Headstrong Hackney, February 2021-May 2022.
- Sixth Form Counsellor at Camden School for Girls, November 2022-July 2023.
- Wellbeing Counselling at EAP helpline, January 2023-April 2023.
- Counsellor within private practice since August 2022.
Separate to counselling experience, I have experience working therapeutically in one-to-one and group settings within the Criminal and Youth Justice Service over the last decade.
I have experience as a mental health adviser at a university, and counsellor at a sixth-form, an EAP, and at placement. I am currently completing a course in psychosexual therapy and sexually harmful behaviour.
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
£70.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I offer concessionary rates upon discussion.
When I work
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Further information
I can offer a free initial 20 minute phone call to discuss your interest in starting therapy and how we can best work together, to support you in making the right choice for you.
