About Me

Who am I?

My Approach

I work with an Integrative Approach to counselling, bringing together professional knowledge and approaches to human needs in relationship, emotional and psychological processes, in a therapeutic relationship that recognises and values your uniqueness and individual experiences. Working together to understand your needs, we can collaborate ways of working in sessions that feel helpful to the process, which can include creative expression and exploration, using images, photos, writing, story, collage, and natural materials, if you choose.

I offer a GSRD (gender, sexuality, relationship diversity) & LGBTQ positive approach and space, to support exploration and acceptance of your experiences and sense of your self/selves.

I bring an affirming approach to welcoming and acceptance of neurodiversity - that is to say that I actively seek to understand and accept both the shared and unique experiences of those that identify as neurodivergent.

This presents in the counselling space frequently as exploration of Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia, with co-concurring EDS, chronic pain, fatigue, digestive issues, disordered eating, disordered sleeping, social anxiety, OCD and masking.

I offer individual counselling for adult clients:

• Face to face counselling

• Online counselling (considered by individual arrangement)

• Each weekly session is 50 minutes

• Open ended or set number of sessions as needed & agreed

As an Integrative Counsellor, I assimilate theory and relational insight and, as part of my continued professional development and building on my foundation training, I commit to attending further core training, professional workshops and short courses that develop my practice.  This I feel is integral to being able to meet client diversity, whilst remaining grounded in the fundamental principle that we and our experiences are all unique and we seek different things from counselling. Research shows us that a ‘one size fits all’ style of therapy is unhelpful, no single approach or intervention is effective for all clients and situations; different clients need different things at different times, and individualising therapy to each client has the greatest positive effect on outcomes; individualising and collaboration with the client are key.

(Source: BACP, Good Practice across the Counselling Professions: What works in counselling and psychotherapy relationships, 2020)

Below is a list of my professional qualifications and some additional training that I have undergone.

• 2021 Level 6 Diploma in Trauma Counselling

• 2020 Certificate in Online & Telephone Counselling (Accredited)

• 2018 Level 4 Dip CPCAB Therapeutic Counselling

Courses, workshops & training:

• Neurodiversity in the counselling room

• The Science of ADHD: navigating neurodiversity in a neurotypical world

• Autism & Therapy: an introduction from a neurodiverse world

• Attachment in relationships

• Bereavement counselling

• Childhood Sexual Abuse

• Distress, Suicide and Self-harm

• Domestic & Sexual Violence and Abuse

• Eating Disorders Awareness

• Expressive Therapy

• Gender, sexuality, relationship diversity

• Integrative Sandplay

• The Impact of COVID-19: Trauma, bereavement, Relationships & Health

• Parts Work: relational & behavioural patterns

• Psychodynamic perspectives on counselling online and by telephone

• Trauma Counselling Diploma

• Trauma Informed Breathwork 

• Safeguarding and Managing Risk

• Sexuality & Gender Identity

• Understanding and working with OCD diagnosis

• Using Creative Arts in therapy

• Using neuroscience in therapy – understanding the autonomic nervous system

• Working with the inner child

Continued training, reading, research, & experiential workshops, are valuable in my professional development as it helps me to meet you, the client, in your individual experiences at various life stages and significant life events. I am experienced in working with a variety of issues in short and open-ended counselling.

Attending training around emerging and converging theories, aswell as a variety of seminars that challenge thought, promote human diversity, and mental health and well-being, enables me to continually reflect on my personal and professional principles, with openness and curiosity to new experience.

Professional memberships

I am registered with BACP (The British Association of Counselling & Psychotherapy) and am committed to their professional standards, good practice guidance and Ethical Framework for the Counselling Professions.

I am registered with NCS (The National Counselling Society), and align to their code of ethical practice and their ethos statement that supports the professional development of the counselling profession. They state that “We recognise that while counselling and psychotherapy encompass the very valuable work of mental health, they can never be reduced to mental health diagnosis and treatment alone…our foundational ethos to focus on our vocation, and to continue to offer a home for the widest possible range of approaches, modalities, individuals and organisations.“

As an Associate member of APCCA (Association for Person Centred Creative Arts) I join them in promoting mental health, emotional wellbeing and creativity through the therapeutic use of creative arts, an approach where the principles are that creative art work is free from judgement, assessment or external interpretation.