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I offer counselling on the following days: Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Sessions are available either during working hours, or during some evenings.

All my counselling is provided online, via the Zoom platform. Please contact me to arrange a free initial call.

Hello, I’m A.J. I'm a personable, experienced counsellor with a gentle approach to listening. I will help you feel safe, welcome, and believed: whether you’re overwhelmed by emotions, or feeling numb, or dealing with relationships and life’s demands.

I’ve worked significantly with survivors of abuse and loss, so I've gained an in-depth understanding of the human response to trauma. I've been a therapist in a domestic abuse service, primary and secondary schools, a bereavement charity and a college for autistic young adults.

I love to see how speaking words can revitalise a person, when shared with a compassionate therapist.

If something doesn’t feel right; or if you’re feeling disconnected; then counselling is a confidential space where you can understand and value yourself more, and find meaning amongst your memories. Over time, your mind adapts so you feel readier to deal with some of the knotty stuff that comes your way.

In person-centred therapy, it's you who decides what to talk about, and when to talk about it. I will not judge you or sway your decisions. But I will help you unpack your worries at a safe pace; nourish your hopes; and explore how the past and present affect or transform you, so you can gain insight about your life. Feeling heard and accepted can help you be in control and work out what you want to do.​​

The first consultation with me is free and lasts for up to forty minutes. At this appointment, you will be able to tell me about yourself (at your pace). I will ask about your reasons for seeking therapy, and what you hope to seek from the process. I will tell you about confidentiality, and how I look after your information. This meeting will give you a chance to check I'm the right counsellor for you, so I will give you the choice to think about this after the appointment and get back to me.

I am available on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, as well as some evenings. All sessions are provided online via the Zoom platform. Please contact me to arrange a free initial call.

Supervision is a breathing space for you as a counsellor and human being, to attend to your self in practice; to reflect on your clients; and to learn from your encounters and emotional responses. Supervision sessions welcome your voice, your thoughts and feelings; and help you to see your clients anew. And above all, they enable us both to keep being curious!

I can provide online supervision to either trainee counsellors (reduced fee) or qualified counsellors.

I am a person-centred therapist with experience of:

• supervising individual counsellors with different approaches

• providing training on-placement to student counsellors

• co-ordinating a district network of counsellors

• counselling clients aged from 7 to 77 with a variety of needs

Previous supervisees have said that I provide a trustworthy, safe and engaging ethos which they have been able to carry into their work with counselling clients; and where they feel both supported and freed to develop.

If you’re looking for a reflective, non-judgemental clinical supervisor, do get in contact for a free initial consultation – you can ask me about my supervision and counselling approach, tell me about your work, and then consider in your own time about whether you wish to set up regular meetings.