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I'm available weekdays and some evenings

Hello,

You may have a clear sense of what you're seeking from therapy, or feel uncertain about what you're looking for. Whatever your experiences, history, distress or 'stuckness', effective counselling helps. 

I work carefully with clients seeking to explore a range of challenges, including: feelings of depression, sadness and anxiety; grief and losses; surviving abusive relationships; and other difficult relational dynamics. Many of us experience questions around our identity and purpose; feel ashamed; get stuck in old belief patterns; or just know that something is 'off' and deserves exploring. 

I'm qualified and experienced in integrating three 'Humanistic' modes of working - Person Centred; Transactional Analysis; Gestalt - putting you at the centre, and exploring collaboratively what's going on for you, and what you decide to accept or change. 

Prior to my counselling training, I worked in the NHS for many years as a registered speech and language therapist, with a clinical specialism in Autism, working within a diagnostic team. I bring specialist experience, skill and sensitivity to therapeutic conversations with my neurodivergent clients, and also work with family members of Autistic people. I have extensive experience working with young people, and work with teenagers aged 18+.

I know from my own experience of counselling, and my work with clients, that therapeutic conversations within a safely contained relationship and setting can be transformative. I enjoy a varied and diverse counselling practice, and offer my clients attentive curiosity so that over time, old beliefs and patterns emerge, feelings are noticed and tolerated, and new understandings and changes can follow. 

We can all find life hacks and read about quick gains and solutions, but in my experience, it is the engaging over time in a therapeutic relationship that brings about real change. This is what I believe brings greater understanding and ease, and this is what I offer. 

I offer prospective clients a free, 20-minute phonecall before an initial meeting, and the cost of first in-person session is reduced to £20. Attending that initial session doesn't commit you to returning.

Your first session is a chance for us to get a sense of each other, and for you to gain an idea of how we can work together. 

I know that a first session can feel daunting, but I commit to providing a space in which you feel safe enough to tell me as much about yourself as you feel comfortable, and I guide that conversation, as I find out a bit about you, and what's brought you to seek counselling. And of course I'm happy to answer any questions you may have about how I work, and we can discuss what your therapy might look like. 

We'll also go through the parameters of the therapy work, so that you're clear about important issues such as confidentiality and other boundaries.