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I offer sessions at my practice office in Denby Dale on a Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, including evenings. 

You may be suffering from a loss, struggling with events from your past, or troubled by certain relationships.  Or, perhaps life has thrown you a curve ball such as divorce, separation or redundancy, and life just seems very difficult to cope with. You may feel as though you have lost your purpose and meaning in life as a result of retirement or children leaving home.  Perhaps these issues have raised emotions which are  taking over your everyday life, resulting in anxiety or low mood.  Not wanting to burden others you could have tried to cope alone, which has led to experiencing feelings of isolation.  I believe that the therapeutic relationship is key to bringing about change and that working together could help you gain insights into what may help you to produce change, as well as gain some resilience to cope with what lies ahead.  Therapy requires commitment and hard work, and taking that first step can be daunting.  Yet each one of us has the capacity and ability to explore difficulties, so that over time you will be empowered to face life's current and future challenges, staying true to your values and beliefs.  Even the first session can start to nurture small changes.  I won't provide solutions, or give advice, as you know yourself best and what you are going through, but I can listen with warmth and empathy, and help you to find the way out of what is causing your pain, stress or anxiety.  

I am a fully qualified counsellor and psychotherapist, registered with the Íø±¬ÃÅ, and adhere to their ethical framework.  I work from my practice office in Denby Dale where there is plenty of parking.

It is important that you feel welcomed and that I create an environment of trust and support.  I will start by asking you some questions about your lifestyle and your support network and, at your own pace, we can start to consider the issues which are troubling you at present.  

I have worked with clients with varying levels of counselling needs, having helped clients to explore existential concerns, loss of purpose, current and past relationships, grief, anxiety, low self-esteem, abuse, trauma and anger management. In the past I have provided counselling for a bereavement service, and currently volunteer as a counsellor at a charitable organisation,

I spent many years as an academic at a University and have worked as a counsellor in a sixth form college so I have an awareness of the pressures young people face and the ways in which these can affect their lives.  

It is important that you feel comfortable with the therapist you are working with.  I offer a free 15 minute initial phone call to see whether you feel we could work together and for you to ask any questions you may have.  Please include your phone number when you contact me - I will not call you but will text to let you know that I have sent you an email as sometimes emails go straight to spam or junk.