About me
Has something happened or is happening and you’re finding it difficult to cope?
I strongly believe counselling has a capacity to heal and help you work through painful, traumatic and challenging life events.
I offer a safe and confidential space to organise your thoughts and make better sense of the situation, a space where you can talk, engage and tell your story and gain deeper self-awareness.
- Raising confidence in your ability to cope
- Understanding the process of grief and loss
- Improving relationships with others
- Improving self-esteem
As a skilled listener, I can assist you in making sense of your experiences and symptoms help you discover new ways to navigate through problems, heal old wounds and transform your life.
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Addiction
- Trauma
- Managing transitions in life (such as changes in the family, health related changes, job related changes, parenthood, marriage), bereavement and dementia.
I am a compassionate down to earth person who came into the field of counselling later in life, my passion to understand and support people experiencing difficult times has led to years of experience in working with a variety of individuals. Allowing my values of respect and appreciation of human differences to develop, gaining the knowledge and skills required to offer support for people feeling distress from the experiences that life brings.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am a fully qualified, insured therapist.
Professional Qualifications - Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
I have a wide variety of experience and training, including:
Recognising and responding to domestic violence.
Suicidal behaviour.
Self harm
Addictions
Working with Veterans
Supporting people affected by dementia.
Experience
I run a small private practice in Chorley Lancashire and volunteer for a national charity.
I have worked for many years in non- for profit organisations and charities developing community activities, involvement and support. Working with all adults 18+ but mainly older adults 50+ experiencing loss, loneliness and isolation, alongside people living with dementia. and their carers.
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
General issues, Health, Identity, Life threatening/limiting illness.
Therapies offered
Fees
£45.00 - £60.00
Additional information
Online sessions £45.00
In person sessions £55
Home visits in the Chorley/Bolton area Daytime only, £60
Free initial telephone/online 20 minute session
When I work
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Further information
I hope to hear from you so we can talk about how therapy can help.
