- Fee assured
- Verified account
Specialises in
- Counselling
- Psychotherapy
- Short Term Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution Focused Brief Therapy
Offers
- Face-to-face consultations
- Video and telephone consultations
About me
I am an experienced relational integrative psychotherapist and counsellor, which means that I am able to draw on a range of approaches in our work together, to uniquely work with you and what you bring. I am both BACP and UKCP accredited.
I have experience in working with a diverse range of clients, across all stages of life and from different backgrounds. Besides my private practice, I work in the NHS (experience in primary and secondary care) and have previously worked in a variety of roles including in community, charity and educational settings.
Some people ask what the difference is between counselling and psychotherapy and how to know what it right for them. Short term counselling can offer a supportive space to process immediate concerns and difficulties, such as work-place problems, managing transition or a recent loss, for instance. Counselling can be enough to get you to where you want to be.
Other times, longer term psychotherapy is more appropriate. This is because you may be seeking therapy because you've decided it's time to work on deeper, more long standing difficulties in life - these may include the legacy of a difficult childhood, persistent relationship problems, family issues, loneliness and isolation, for example, or perhaps you are struggling to find meaning.
I aim to offer a warm and collaborative approach in our work together. As your therapist, I will fully listen to you and the difficulties you are having. I will take into account the whole of you; your experiences today and the wider context and history of your life, and be alongside you in helping you to make sense and meaning of your thoughts, feelings, and experiences.
With greater clarity comes increased self-understanding, inner cohesion and conscious choice over your life and relationships going forward. At the heart of my practice is the belief that human beings have great capacity to heal, transform and grow, even in the face of the toughest and most adverse life experiences.