About me
However it is that you are feeling and whatever it is that you are experiencing, I will work with you to help you resolve your difficulties. My approach is friendly, gentle and non-judgmental and my aim is to create a safe and welcoming environment for you to be listened to and supported. I will welcome you as you are, listening with patience and sensitivity, and together we can consider the changes you might want to make.
This is the first step in a gentle approach that will help you to relate to your feelings instead of just reacting to them in the old, familiar ways. By changing the way we relate to difficult feelings, we are actually changing the relationship we have with ourselves and those around us. This is a powerful form of change and is the path that we will work on together.
Training, qualifications & experience
I trained and qualified in Humanistic Psychotherapy at the University of Brighton and have also completed a further years' study as an Experiential Psychotherapist. Alongside my private practice, I have worked as a therapist for a number of years at a local counselling service in Lewes, working with people experiencing a diverse and complex set of problems.
In particular, I have experience working with:
- anxiety
- social anxiety
- low mood and sadness
- low self-esteem
- low self-confidence
- trauma
- addiction
- panic attacks
- depression
- stress
- anger
- separation and divorce
- relationship problems
- family issues
- identity issues
- self-harm
- coercive control
I am fully insured, receive ongoing clinical supervision and am committed to continuous professional development training. I am also a registered member of the BACP (British Association of Counselling & Psychotherapy) and I adhere to their ethical framework and standards. Details of my membership can be found on their site.
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
£50.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
- Initial 30 min consultation: free
- Session fee: £50
- Session length: 50 minutes
When I work
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Further information
Next Steps
If you would like to talk further about what happens next, please get in touch. We can then arrange a free initial session to talk about what you want to get out of counselling, and for you to check whether I am the right counsellor for you.
If you don't get through to me straight away, please leave a message. I aim to respond to all messages within 4 hours.
I look forward to working with you!
