About me
I am a qualified counsellor, offering a safe, non-judgmental space to explore areas of your life where you feel anxious, stuck or want to make changes. You may have noticed yourself repeating patterns, struggling with relationships or feel your life has gone off course and need support and a new perspective to get back on track.
Whatever your reasons for seeking counselling, I will take the time to listen and understand what is important to you. We can then decide the best way to move forward, at a pace that is right for you.
I work with a range of therapeutic approaches, adapting them to suit your individual needs. My core training is in Transactional Analysis (TA), a talking therapy that helps us understand why we think, feel and behave as we do. TA is based on the belief that we are born with the ability to make life changes, but our past experiences and the stories we tell ourselves can limit this. In counselling we will gently, unravel these old patterns together and discover new paths and possibilities.
Have you ever wondered why anxiety and trauma can affect your ability to think clearly or make decisions?
When the nervous system responds to signals of danger, it moves into fight, flight or freeze responses and switches resources away from the brain to the body. When the danger passes the body usually begins to relax, however for many people the nervous system struggles to rebalance. When that occurs, talking therapy alone may not be enough as our thinking has temporarily "gone off-line." I use somatic approaches to help you to reconnect with your sense of inner safety and support emotional regulation.
Training, qualifications & experience
Counselling Qualifications:
Level 7 Advanced Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy.
Level 6 Diploma in Counselling, (Transactional Analysis).
Certificate in Interpersonal Neurobiology
Certificate in Embodied T.A.
Certificate in Advanced Counselling Skills
I am an accredited member of the National Counselling Society and member of professional associations including UKATA, ITAA and EATA. My client work is professionally supervised.
Experience
My career has been centered around supporting people to make empowered choices and improve their well-being. I continually seek to increase and update my counselling skills and knowledge through research, training and learning from the lived experiences of clients.
I have volunteered as a bereavement counsellor at St. Wilfrid’s Hospice in Eastbourne and as a befriender at Langley Green Mental Health Hospital.
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
The National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society This Not For Profit association of counsellors and psychotherapists aim to support the counselling profession, members and training organisations. In 2013 the NCS register was accredited by the Professional Standards Authority under the Accredited Voluntary Register Scheme. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
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
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I offer a free, 20-minute consultation available by phone or online.
Discounts are offered to all NHS staff, teachers, police, emergency service and armed services personnel.
There is no requirement to prepay for blocks of sessions.
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