About me
Searching for the right therapist can feel confusing and overwhelming. It's important to feel understood and accepted in the therapeutic relationship, and safe to explore painful experiences.
With over twenty years as a practising psychotherapist, I bring insight and empathy to supporting people through change and recovery.
I offer a relationship in which you can feel deeply understood. I can help you gain insights into the meanings of your experiences, support you to come to terms with what’s happened to you, and identify ways of moving forward with confidence.
I work within the Person Centred tradition, and integrate EMDR therapy into my practice:
EMDR
Sometimes old disturbing memories can be stored in the brain in isolation – they get locked in the nervous system with the original images, sounds, thoughts and feelings. This old distressing material gets stuck, and just keeps getting triggered over and over, preventing healing taking place.
In another part of the brain, you already have most of the information you need to resolve the problem – the two just do not connect. With EMDR, linking starts to take place. New information can come to mind to resolve the old problems.
EMDR can help you to reassess old negative beliefs and find new realistic beliefs that support you as you move forward.
Person Centred Approach
As a Person Centred therapist I provide an environment in which you can feel deeply accepted as you are. This can help you to experience and accept more of who you are as a person, and reconnect with your own values and sense of self-worth.
Training, qualifications & experience
Experience:
For over twenty years, I have supported clients in a range of settings including Primary Care, the Charitable Sector, Sexual Health, Higher Education, Secondary Education, Alternative Provision, and private practice.
As former Head of Student Wellbeing at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), I set up and developed the Student Wellbeing Service, leading a team of eight counsellors, Student Wellbeing Advisor and Dietician.
I am a qualified Clinical Supervisor, supporting other psychotherapists, counsellors and trainees in their work with clients.
I deliver MHFA Adult and Youth courses in a variety of settings.
For over a decade I was a counselling tutor at The City Lit in London, teaching on Introductory, Certificate and Diploma courses.
Qualifications
MA (2009) and PGDip (2004) in Counselling & Psychotherapy from University of East London.
EMDR Nexus EMDR Europe Accredited training Parts 1, 2 & 3 (2024)
Certificate in Clinical Supervision (2012) from Metanoia.
Accredited and Registered with the BACP
I regularly attend trainings to keep abreast of new ideas and developments in the sector. Recent trainings include: Working with Traumatised Adults with Undiagnosed ADHD & ASD (NScience); Leading on Adult Safeguarding (Safe CIC); Hearing Voices (The Voice Collective)
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.
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
£95.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
When I work
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Further information
I deliver trainings for Mental Health First Aid, delivering courses in the Arts, Charitable, and Education sectors.
