This professional is available for new clients.
This professional is available for new clients.
About me
I work from the premise that you have the answers you need within yourself to feel better. It may not seem this way right now, if you are stuck, lost or overwhelmed, but I explore this premise by listening to your story with a non-judgmental ear. Sometimes just feeling heard can give you space to understand and value yourself. From there you may want to explore together with me: your patterns, your thinking or your way of being. You may not feel like exploring anything. You may just want to let out your distress with another human being. I am here for this. I believe this is a powerful step to take.
My approach is integrative, combining humanistic and existential ways of working:
The humanistic approach respects your uniqueness and works with how you are affected by the world and other people in your life, rather than clinically assessing or labelling you.
The existential approach sees your relationships as the key to understanding any anxiety, uncertainty and choices.
I have been a musician all my life. If you like to sing, play or listen to music, we can work with the cathartic and healing potential in this area if it appeals to you.
I practice meditation daily and experience the many benefits of living mindfully. I would be happy to share this with you if it is something you are drawn towards.
I am a member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy.
I also offer Mindful Singing for Well-being. You do not need to be a singer, only to have an interest in connecting to your feelings with the healing power of your own voice. I facilitate chakra tones ( long notes to calm the chattering brain ), mindfulness and mantra to help with anxiety, depression and finding to inner peace.
For more information on this you can look up my website
Training, qualifications & experience
Certificate in Counselling, Diploma in Counselling, Working with Trauma certificate, Childhood Sexual Abuse training, Suicide Ideation training.
Agencies/Charities I have worked and trained with:
- Kinergy - counselling for childhood sexual abuse
- Mind - counselling one to one
- Womankind - for women looking to gain self-empowerment as a way of managing a variety of mental health issues.
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
Additional information
Introductory Session of 40 minutes £35
Sessions cost £55 for 50 minutes
When I work
Monday 9am to 4pm Tuesday 8.30am to 4pm. Wednesday 9am to 4pm Thursday 8.30 am to 4pm
