This professional is available for new clients.
This professional is available for new clients.
About me
After 15 years in the corporate world, I retrained and qualified as a counsellor in 2001. I decided to update my training and concluded 5 years of study in 2022 when I successfully graduated as an Integrative Psychotherapist (MSc) at the Metanoia Institute in conjunction with Middlesex University.
My practice includes brief therapy (e.g. 6 to 12 sessions) for more immediate issues. I also offer an open ended basis which means we may work together for up to a year or longer depending on what works for you. This longer term work gives an opportunity to delve deeper into the roots of distress and patterns of relating.
Over the years, I have gained extensive experience working with men who are survivors of childhood sexual abuse or sexual assault in adulthood. I have also worked to a lesser extent with women who are survivors of sexual abuse and sexual assault.
Additionally, I have supported family members in a hospice setting with pre and post-bereavement struggles. I spent quite some time in the NHS working with an outreach program supporting clients with alcohol and drug addiction as well as working in a busy GP practice helping clients with depression, anxiety, sexuality dilemmas and trauma. I have also worked with people who have experienced difficulties leaving cult religions.
In my practice, I provide a safe, non judgmental environment where you can share your thoughts and feelings at a pace that works for you. I believe the most effective therapy happens when we work collaboratively, exploring and making sense together of the events that brought you to seek help.
As an active participant in your exploration, I am committed to helping you uncover and utilise your innate capacity to find solutions. My role is to facilitate your self-discovery not to dictate what you should do. My hope is that at the end of our work together you will have a greater conscious understanding of yourself and we will have built new strategies to help you navigate the challenges of daily life with resilience.
Training, qualifications & experience
- MSc Integrative Psychotherapy
- Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling(humanistic)
- Advanced Certificate in Counselling Skills & Theory
- Certificate in Counselling Theory
- Certificate in Counselling Skills
- Making Trauma Therapy Safer (Babette Rothschild 2 day workshop)
- Assessment and Treatment of Suicidality (Grayrock 1 day workshop)
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 per session
Free initial telephone session
Additional information
Individual sessions are 50 minutes and the fee is £65 This can be paid on a weekly basis either in person or via bank payments.
Assessment sessions can take up to one hour and will also incur a fee of £65
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