About me
I currently offer face-to-face / zoom online sessions
I am an Integrative Psychotherapeutic Counsellor and Somatic Therapist, practising as a counsellor for over 25 years. Since therapy is not one- size-fits-all, I tailor each session to your needs drawing from the approaches such as psychodynamic , CBT, and humanistic methods.
I also bring a holistic and relational perspectives recognising the deep connection between mind, body and soul.
As a certified Somatic Experiencing®Practitioner (SEP), completing over three years of training, I gently integrate somatic therapy into my counselling sessions. Somatic Experiencing® (SE™), developed by Dr. Peter Levine, is a naturalistic, and neurobiological, body-oriented safe approach to healing traumas and other stress-related disorders.
Body is the container that holds the human pre-verbal experience before the mind labels them. Integrating body's instinctive 'felt sense' into psychotherapeutic approaches can help us to be aware of what is really going on in the present and to heal underlying issues rooted in the past much more than the mind alone can do. .
You do not have to suffer alone...
I am empathetic, non-judgmental and collaborative. Together, we can explore your needs and process what arises using the resources you have. I'll invite you to "be curious" about the process.....
I have a good understanding of the challenges that culturally diverse individuals and societies face.
Training, qualifications & experience
Academic Qualifications
Bachelor of Art (BA) in Psychology (Sophia University, 2000).
Masters of Science (MS) in Counselling (San Francisco State University, 2003).
PG Certification in Clinical Psychology (University of Birmingham, 2015).
Professional Registration & Memberships
Registered member of British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP)
Somatic Experiencing (SE) Practitioner (SEP)
Certified Public Psychologist (registered in Japan)
Graduate membership of British Psychological Society (MBPsS) with Graduate Basis of Charted Membership (GBC)
Training & Work Experiences
Shiba children's counselling clinic, Family Service agency of San Francisco, Care home, California Pacific Medical Centre (skilled nursing unit / palliative care unit), Non-profit social service agency, Cruse Bereavement Care, Birmingham NHS Queen Elizabeth hospital, Coping with cancer, primary&secondary schools in Leicestershire etc.
I currently work as an integrative counsellor and somatic experiencing practitioner, supporting individual adults and couples in private practice. Alongside this, I have over 10 years' experience working with children and young people as a part-time school counsellor across mainstream schools, a SEMH school, a ASD unit, and an alternative school.
I am a member of Sullivan & Associates.
Languages
English and Japanese
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
Fees
£60.00 - £100.00
Additional information
Leicester ( LE2 or LE4) face to face: Individual counselling/SE session £70 (55mins) ; Couple therapy£80 (55mins)
London ( Islington) face to face: Individual counselling/SE session £80 (55mins) ; Couple therapy£100 (55mins)
** The differences in fees are due to the room rates. **I am currently not taking any new clients in London.
Online Counselling/SE session via Zoom：Individual counselling/SE £60-70 ; Couple counselling £70-80 (Please feel free to determine the fee corresponds with your financial situation)
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