About me
I am a fully accredited and experienced psychotherapist. I have accompanied adults on a wide range of life experiences: including grief; generalised anxiety; depression; emotional distress; relationship difficulties/abuse; climate and social injustice; and childhood trauma & loss. I have a welcoming, respectful and approachable manner.
I offer a free initial consultation.
Training, qualifications & experience
Training and Qualifications:
- My professional training is as a Core Process Psychotherapist (MA UKCP). This approach centres around a psychodynamic, body-based, mindfulness lens.
- I have a Diploma in Jungian Psychology and I'm interested in how dreams can provide a window into the inner psyche.
- I have a PG Diploma in Movement Psychotherapy; a somatic, body-orientated approach. I have trained in Authentic Movement.
- I have a mindfulness practice & have trained with Thich Nhat Hahn in Plum Village, the Karuna Institute & Gaia House Teachers.
- I have received whiteness training and diversity training and attempt to welcome all people as they are.
- I have trained with Francis Weller as a Grief Attender.
- I have trained in Focusing, Non-violent Communication & Authentic Movement.
- I have trained in Earth-based ecological practices at the Tariki Trust and am a member of the Climate Psychology Alliance (CPA)
- I have a BA (Hons) in Politics & Sociology.
Experience
I have clinical experience working in the NHS, Social Services and charity sectors & now have a long established private practice.
Professional membership:
- I am a fully accredited member of the United Kingdom Council of Psychotherapy (UKCP).
- I am a member of CAPPP a networking organisation for counsellors and psychotherapists in private practice in the South West
- I am a member of the Association of Core Process Psychotherapists (ACPP)
- I am a member of Psychotherapists and Counsellors for Social Responsibilities (PCSR)
- I am a Climate & Social Justice Campaigner and a member of Climate Psychology Alliance
- I am a member of a long running psychotherapy peer support group.
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 UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) is a leading professional body for the education, training and regulation of psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors. Its register is accredited by the government's Professional Standards Authority.
As part of its commitment to protect the public, it works to improve access to psychotherapy, to support and disseminate research, to improve standards and to respond effectively to complaints against its members.
UKCP standards cover the range of different psychotherapies. Registration is obtained by training or accrediting with one of its member organisations, or by holding a European Certificate in Psychotherapy. 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
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Fees
£65.00 - £90.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
The introductory meeting (which usually lasts up to 30 minutes) is free of charge.
My fee is for a one-hour session. I offer some short-term (6 week) concessional places.
Further information
I offer a friendly, professional and client-focused space.
My work is underpinned by the belief that each of us has a deep complexity, formed through early childhood experiences that continue to play out in our adult lives. My approach is created through the lens of attachment & early childhood development, Jungian psychology, dream-work, socio-political framing, eco-psychotherapy, mindfulness & Buddhist philosophy.
I have found through experience that suffering & struggle can take on destructive repeated patterns of feeling and acting that does not create happiness for ourselves or for others, but we feel powerless to change these dynamics. By being with the material together, in a safe and supportive environment, clients have often reported a lightness, a courage and a sense of increased meaning-making & the power to act when returning to their lives to build more meaningful relationships with others and the community.
