About me
I’m an experienced UKCP registered psychotherapist and clinical supervisor working with individuals struggling with anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, loss, men's issues, life transitions and relationship issues. I work out of comfortable consulting rooms in Brighton & Hove, Lewes, and I also work online.
You may feel that you are struggling with these issues alone and that you can’t talk to your partner, friends or family. You might worry that these issues keep repeating themselves and that you will always feel stuck. Perhaps this is affecting how you feel about yourself in your relationships or at work. This might lead to you feeling confused by your feelings and think you need to hide them from everyone, though this only makes it worse.
I see therapy as offering a space to step aside from your everyday life - a confidential and judgement-free space - where we approach your concerns with curiosity and compassion. By exploring the feelings and experiences you find difficult, we will uncover, process and come to understand the feelings you are struggling with and how this informs how you move forwards.
How therapy works for you
Clients experience a variety of outcomes, from the initial sharing of a problem that has been weighing them down, to a growing and deepening understanding of how these issues came about, to positive change in their key relationships, to how they feel about themselves in their daily lives.
Through this process, I will work with you so you can begin to make sense of the issues which can seem daunting, as you gain insight into your emotional reactions and behavioural patterns - such as getting frustrated, angry, scared, withdrawing or self-criticising - as you begin to build a new self-awareness. This emerging understanding will provide you with new ways of responding to situations you find difficult and - in the longer-term - will help you develop more of a say in how you lead your life and in the increasing life choices you can make.
Next steps?
If you connect with what you've read here then contact me to book a free 30 minute consultation where we'll discuss what you want to get out of therapy, I can answer any questions you may have and you'll get a sense if working with me feels right. Email me to book a free phone consultation.
Or call (or text) me on 07540 784 533.
Training, qualifications & experience
My training includes a Masters in Advanced Clinical Practice with a focus on relational psychotherapy. Prior to this, I was trained in various therapeutic schools or modalities (this is called 'integrative'). This enables me to tailor the therapy to the specific needs of each client.
My training base is 'humanistic' which means that the needs and humanity of each client are at the core of the therapy and that I aim to help the client understand and connect with their internal, often under-used resources.
I'm trained in 'psychodynamic' counselling and psychotherapy which believes that the past has often had significant influence on how you live your life today. This approach can provide valuable self-knowledge, enabling you to better understand yourself and adapt to events in the present and the future.
I also have an interest and background in 'narrative'. Clients often feel, when we look at 'self-narrative' together, that they are seeing it for the first time. And yet, it becomes clear that it was often created a long time ago, perhaps in childhood. This revealing process can provide an understanding of why you behave the way you do, but also, it can enable you to connect with who you are now.
Qualifications
MA in Advanced Clinical Practice in Psychotherapy and Counselling
Advanced Diploma Integrative Humanistic Counselling (including Psychodynamic Counselling)
Diploma Integrative Humanistic Counselling
Certificate Integrative Humanistic Counselling
Further training:
- Relational psychotherapy
- Bereavement counselling
- Existential psychotherapy
- Narrative therapy
- Mindfulness in therapy
As well as my private practice in Lewes and Hove/Brighton, I've spent the past few years working for a large South-West London counselling service supporting clients with a wide-range of issues.
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.
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.
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
£75.00 - £90.00
