This professional is available for new clients.
This professional is available for new clients.
About me
I offer integrative, relational therapy to adults, young adults and adolescents. I also work with children using a play therapy and attachment-based approach, and support parents and families. Having recently lived and worked in Asia, I have an understanding of different cultural approaches, and a particular interest in in supporting expats and those who have spent formative years living or being educated in cultures different from their parents’ (adult/third culture kids).
We are all the product of our genes, temperament, family, social and cultural environment, relationships and life experiences. How these and other factors interact can often lead to us developing beliefs, attitudes and habitual patterns of thinking and behaving that can be unhelpful to us and cause distress. In therapy, I offer a safe, non-judgmental and compassionate space to work together to make sense of all this, and come to a better understanding of yourself, your world and your options, to help you to get your life back on track, feel more at ease with yourself, grow in confidence or improve your relationships.
Training, qualifications & experience
My qualifications and experience include:
MA in Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy, University of Roehampton (BACP accredited course)
Registered Circle of Security Parenting Facilitator
Experience of working with adults, adolescents and children from a diverse range of backgrounds in both short term and long term work, in the NHS, in employee assistance programmes and in schools, both in the UK and internationally. I have worked with a wide variety of emotional health issues and life events that bring them to counselling, including depression, anxiety, troubled relationships, low self-confidence, stress, abuse, self-harm, parenting, caring, long term illness, addictions and living with addiction in the family.
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).
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£70.00 per session
Free initial telephone session
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
I offer some appointments at concessionary rates. Please enquire.
Further information
As an integrative therapist, with a strong basis in person-centred therapy, my focus is on building a safe, trusting relationship within which you feel free to express yourself fully and explore your feelings and experiences. I bring in different ways of working based on other theories and approaches, depending on what feels appropriate and helpful to you as an individual and your particular needs and wishes.
The first session is for us to get to know each other and see if working with me feels right for you. We will discuss the issues that bring you to therapy, and what you would like to get out of therapy.
For work with children and teenagers, I will have an initial phone or video call with parents/carers to discuss their concerns, observations and relevant information before a first meeting with the young person.
