About me
Is there something in your life that is not how you want it to be or that you are struggling to move past? Do the same unwanted patterns keep repeating themselves? Sometimes it can help to talk things through, unravel thoughts and behaviours or simply experience your feelings in a safe space.
I am an integrative psychotherapist, which means that I draw on a number of different therapeutic approaches and tailor the way I work to you as an individual. My training has included humanistic, psychodynamic, body, creative and mindfulness-based approaches. .
I believe that our past experiences and early relationships can have a profound influence on how we experience ourselves and our relationships in the present. Exploring these experiences can help us understand patterns that may have developed over time and begin to create different possibilities for the future.
I also pay attention to what happens in the body as well as the mind. We don't always experience difficult feelings as thoughts or words; sometimes our bodies tell us something before we are consciously aware of it. Developing greater awareness of these responses can help us understand and manage our emotions.
The relationship we develop together is an important part of my work. I pay attention to what happens between us and use this to help make sense of difficulties in your relationships more generally. I may also draw on mindfulness or creative approaches where these feel useful to you.
These are my starting points rather than a fixed formula. Therapy is a collaborative process and I adapt my approach according to each individual person and relationship.
I have a particular affinity with people who experience themselves as highly sensitive. Perhaps you feel things very deeply, are easily overwhelmed by the world around you, or have spent much of your life adapting yourself to other people. You may find yourself people-pleasing, avoiding confrontation, masking, comparing yourself to others or questioning whether you are somehow getting life wrong.
Sometimes this sensitivity can feel much more like a burden than a gift, leaving the world feeling exhausting, frightening or lonely.
For some people, exploring neurodivergence such as autism or ADHD can offer a new way of understanding these experiences. For others, they may have nothing to do with neurodivergence at all. I am interested in helping you understand your experience rather than fitting you into a particular explanation.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have more than 20 years' experience working within the NHS and currently work part-time as a Mental Health Practitioner in a GP surgery. Alongside this, I have experience working privately with adults in both short- and longer-term therapy.
I have also worked with a number of charities supporting people affected by substance misuse, sexual violence and childhood sexual abuse.
I have a wide range of experience in psychological and emotional difficulties which include but are not limited to:
- stress, anxiety and depression
- relationship difficulties and family estrangement
- low self-esteem, self-doubt and perfectionism
- people who are highly sensitive or easily overwhelmed
- people exploring autism or ADHD
- complex trauma and dissociation
- experiences of childhood and adult abuse
- bereavement and loss
- chronic health conditions
- addiction and withdrawal
- self-harm and suicidal thoughts
- bullying and difficulties with relationships
- boarding school experiences
- major life changes and periods of transition
- people living with significant mental health difficulties where their condition is stable and appropriately supported
I am committed to helping to facilitate your authentic self, letting go of defences so that you may live more fully.
Psychotherapy Training & Qualifications:
BA (Hons) Psychology
Postgraduate Diploma (Master's Level) in Integrative Psychotherapy and Counselling, The Minster Centre, London (BACP/UKCP)
NHS Mental Health Practitioner — Primary Care
Fellowship Programme — Fibromyalgia and Chronic Pain
I am a registered member of the BACP and work in accordance with their ethical standards and regularly undertake continuing professional development.
I am fully insured to work under UK law with UK nationals living abroad (as my insurance limitations permit).
Continuous Professional Development
Phase orientated trauma therapy & Dissociation
Geriatric and older people's mental health
Reducing the risk of domestic abuse
Working with the impact of childhood sexual abuse
Severe presentations, diagnosis and treatment
Boarding School Syndrome
Long Covid group consultations
Sensory processing and interoception
Loss and bereavement counselling
Neurodiversity - the storm within
Patient experience of withdrawal from prescribed drugs
Working with self-harm
Emotional intelligence - being brilliant every single day
Online counselling - the surprises, challenges and opportunities
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.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£65.00 - £75.00
Additional information
Initial and subsequent sessions are £65 for 50 minutes.
Evenings after 6pm £75 for 50 minutes.
If you would like to talk about what you are experiencing before deciding whether to book, please feel free to contact me by telephone or email. You don't need to know exactly what you need from therapy or have the right words to describe what is happening.
Sometimes it is simply helpful to have a safe place to begin.
When I work
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Further information
Online Counselling
My private practice is currently either online or telephone based.
Online counselling is now widely used across many industries and platforms. A recent study carried out by the BACP reports equal efficacy to in-person treatment with the only limiting factors being connectivity and IT ability.
My clients across the country/globe enjoy the convenience both in time and travel and with the relationship being at the heart of therapy this allows greater access to the therapist who is right for you.
International Clients
I am fully insured to work under UK law with UK nationals living abroad as my insurance limitations permit.
