About me
Life can be challenging, at times, and it is understandable that our emotions, thoughts and behaviours can be impacted during this.
Counselling provides a space to talk about worries and concerns. It can help in therapy for you to explore your experiences, emotions, thoughts and behaviours in a confidential non-judgemental space. This experience may enable you to better understand your experiences, have greater awareness about the issues that you are facing and offer opportunities to explore ways to address and navigate the challenges that you feel are of a priority.
You will be provided with a confidential space where we will work collaboratively seeking to gain insight and self discovery, exploring ways of coping and using theories and practices to better equip you in managing, understanding and coping with the experiences that are impacting you.
Overall, therapy can support you in expressing emotions and thoughts in constructive compassionate ways. Together, we can consider you current experiences and use a range of techniques : CBT, Humanistic, existential, Psychodynamic, compassion focused and integrative techniques or many others - depending on your presenting concerns and the course of action that you wish to take.
I seek to offer an empathic space, drawing on our shared humanity and experiences, plus using knowledge gained from counselling, psychology and education, to deeply understand your experience and offer empathy, respect and empowerment that is shaped around each client's uniqueness.
Training, qualifications & experience
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My experience
My approach is to offer an empathic space for you to heal and grow . A space where you can explore what's happening in your life, and move towards meaningful change.
I am an experienced counsellor/psychotherapist with 22 years' counselling experience with adults, young people and children supporting them to navigate a range of emotional and life experiences. At the heart of my work is the belief that everyone deserves a space to be heard and to explore/reflect on their experiences and to work towards the areas that re of importance to them.
Alongside therapeutic practice, I have worked within Higher Education (21 years) teaching Psychology and Counselling showing my commitment and passion for the discipline, supporting people through emotional and psychological developmental journeys and communicating with a range of experiences and people.
Counselling can make a difference in many ways : increased understanding, coping strategies, expressing and processing grief, understanding self and behaviours better, accepting self, building self esteem etc.
I have provided therapeutic counselling for adults, children and young people using a range of strategies to support anxiety, relational difficulties, eating issues, self-harm, self-esteem, bullying, loss and bereavement, identity items, depression, trauma, emotional and psychological abuse histories, hopelessness, stress, behavioural concerns, neurodivergency related experiences and new diagnoses/concerns, phobias and obsessive-compulsive behaviours plus many other areas for adults, children and young people.
I am a qualified teacher with QTS and have SFHEA, and have a variety of Special educational needs qualifications alongside the counselling which has enabled support for these areas and experiences too.
Currently, I offer private practice counselling and supervisory appointments online and face to face. I have provided personal therapy and supervision for qualified counsellors, and also supervision for student trainee counsellors in integrative, person centred and CBT modalities.
I have a passion for counselling and psychotherapeutic support. In previous roles, I have used counselling skills and approaches within a range of non-counselling roles- as a community outreach worker with children and families in crisis, as a Special Educational Needs co-ordinator, as a Primary school teacher and as a residential care worker with Looked After Children. These experiences enable me to connect and empathise with a wide range of issues and experiences.
Qualifications
Counselling :MA Counselling and Post-graduate Diploma (University of Manchester), BSc (Hons) Psychology (University of Bolton).
Supervision : Integrative Certificate in Counselling and Psychotherapy Supervision
Educational : PGCE Primary and QTS (Qualified Primary School Teacher) and Special Educational Needs qualifications (Manchester Metropolitan University).
Professional Bodies
- Chartered member of The British Psychological Society (CPsychol) and Associate Fellow of the BPS (AFBPsS)
- SFHEA Senior Fellow of The Higher Education Academy
- MBACP (Accred)
Training
I have undertaken a range of training qualifications in varied areas relating to counselling approaches, presenting experiences and client groups, and have published articles in relation to health, counselling and education. (You can ask for these if you are interested in them), Overall, I aim to offer a therapeutic space that you can use to make sense of your experiences.
The training and experience has been driven by lived experiences and an interest within the helping profession to support others. I have the desire to holistically empower and work with others in their pursuit of this, too and continue to develop and grow within the field.
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.
British Psychological Society
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Young People's counselling and support.
Identity issues
Family counselling and family concerns/issues.
Student counsellors
Supervision for counsellors or non-counsellors
Therapies offered
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Fees
£50.00 - £60.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
The initial session (introductory consultation) is online and last 20 minutes and offers a space for you to discuss what you may require from counselling, and see whether I am a person that you can engage with therapeutically.
Counselling/Psychotherapeutic sessions are priced at
Client Fees
£60 face to face sessions
£50 online sessions.
Supervision fees
£60 for an hour (Supervision Qualified)
£50 an hour (Supervision Trainee online) £60 (Supervision Trainee Face to Face)
When I work
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Further information
If you wish to contact me then please telephone 07304096321 or text. Or you can ask questions and email me email me.
I offer therapeutic and supervisory sessions on Tuesday evenings, Fridays, and Saturdays : online and face to face options are available.
