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I do not work evenings after 8pm.

I am an integrative therapist working with children and young people ages 5- 25 years old.

My approach is relational, empathetic, non-judgemental and I offer a calm, safe, contained space for children/young people to support them to explore their difficulties and concerns.

I consider the therapeutic relationship as key to building trust for effective counselling to take place within the child- counsellor relationship.

Research has highlighted the importance of the therapist to form a quality therapeutic relationship where the client feels safe to express themselves which leads to positive outcomes in therapy.

I employ an integrative approach to therapy, which means I draw on different therapeutic approaches  person-centred, psychodynamic, which ensures counselling is tailored to  individual needs, developmental age, and personal circumstances.

My work is informed by attachment theory, child development, neuroscience, and I use play and creative materials, alongside talk based therapy. Play is the language of the child, for younger children in particular, play helps communicate their thoughts and feelings. 

Although teenagers and young people tend towards talking therapy, I find that creative expression can also help express  non- verbal feelings and personal experience.

I understand how difficult and challenging it is for parents/caregivers to see their child, teenager and young person struggling. I am systemic in my thinking, which means I think about your child, teenager, young person within the context of their family.

Everyone has various stages or times in their lives when they need help, I am child -centred, that is I work with your child/young person at their own pace, so they can make sense of themselves and their experiences and find their own way of resolving current issues and developing their unique potential.

I have substantial experience working with children and young people in primary and secondary schools face to face and online.  

I set up my practice as I am passionate about children and young people's mental health and well being. I currently work with a leading child and young people's bereavement charity working face to face, online in school and at home. 

I trained with Place2be, a leading children's mental health charity and undertook a Íø±¬ÃÅ accredited Post Graduate Diploma training in Counselling and Psychotherapy for children and young people in schools. Post studies, I completed a course on Understanding Adolescence at The Tavistock & Portman NHS Foundation Trust. 

I undertake regular continued professional development training (CPD) related to children & young people including: Trauma informed care, Suicide & bereavement, Transgenerational trauma, Children's brain & emotional development (Tavistock & Portman),  Traumatic bereavement working therapeutically (Anna Freud/UK Trauma council, Self Harming in children & adolescents ( Beacon House).

I offer a no obligation 15 minute telephone call, for which there is no charge. If you are interested in continuing, I offer an assessment of 60 minutes with the parent(s)/guardian to fully explore the issue and how therapy can help. This initial meeting does offer an opportunity to speak freely and can be arranged online or face to face for my standard fee of £80.

For children under 18, the assessment is completed with the parent(s)/guardian. If you decide to proceed,  we can set up the therapy sessions and agree the number of sessions, frequency and review process. The sessions are  £80 for 50 minutes, typically once per week and at an agreed time.