I believe we all have the capacity to change and make the most of our potential, whatever has happened to us in the past. We all know life has its ups and downs and it can be hard to view these times as opportunities for growth. It is this fresh perspective I am able to bring to my clients. I am convinced of the transformative power of counselling, a view formed through my research and training, as well as my own very positive experience of counselling. I believe that anyone can benefit from counselling at any stage of life, in crisis or not.
In addition to my specialist training as a counsellor, I have many years of experience and training in working with the body, breath, meditation, and mindfulness. I taught yoga for 10 years and also worked as an NHS Health Coach for Know Your Own Health in 2016. I have also worked as an EAP counsellor for Axa PPP and as a specialist alcohol counsellor for Action for Change. Formerly I worked as a solicitor and have run a business. Feedback from clients shows me to be approachable, professional and easy to talk to. I bring a wide experience of life to my counselling practise as well as intelligence, sensitivity and commitment to do the best I can with my clients.
I have delivered several trainings for therapists on working with ex boarders with Nick Duffell, Thurstine Bassett, Karen MacMillan, and Amelia White. I recently spoke at the South East Boarding School Survivors group with Charlotte Sharpe and delivered this talk at the 2022 Boarding School Survivors Support Conference (now Boarding School Concern) .
I have also appeared on Piers Cross’s Evolving Man podcast with Karen MacMillan.
I am a registered Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and abide by their ethical framework. I hold a BACP accredited postgraduate Diploma in Counselling. I am also listed as a specialist therapist on www.boardingrecovery.com and www.seenheard.org.uk.
I take my responsibility to keep up to date with developments in the field of mental health very seriously. I regularly listen to podcasts, attend training courses, and read journals, papers, and books which are relevant to the work I do. If I come across something that I think will be helpful to the client I am working with I will share it. I have shared some useful links here Resources.
Here is a list of some of the additional training I have completed:
- Adult and Child Safeguarding training with CRI (2014) and additional Child Safeguarding training with Dialogue (2015)
- Suicide Prevention Training with ASIST (2015)
- Working with Men’s Issues with Psychotherapy Excellence (2015)
- Specialist Trauma Training at Wealden college (2013-4); Summerhayes Counselling (2012); and Psychotherapy Excellence (2016)
- Working with Sexual Violence and Domestic Abuse (Summerhayes 2013 and BACP 2016)
- Working with Alcohol Dependent Clients and their significant others with Action for Change (2012) and CRI (2014)
- Transactional Analysis (TA) 101 Certificate (2012)
- Neurolinguistic Programming for Counsellors (2017)
- Working with Shame, Brighton Therapy Partnerships (2017)
- Diploma in specialist psychotherapy with Ex boarders Nick Duffell et al. (2017/18)
- Working with family Estrangement:Stand Alone(2019)
- Narcissism and working with the children of narcissists (2021)
- Internal Family Systems Level 1 (2022)
- Men, sex, and abuse: the impact of sexual abuse on men’s sexual self (2023)
- Working with clients who binge eat (2023)
- Sex, relationships, and attachment (2023)
- Theatre and psychosomatics in child therapy (2024)
- Understanding our relationship with money: new perspectives for therapists (2024)
- Narcissistic adaptations as a defence from the pain of sexual abuse (2025)
- The neurobiology of connection and safety in therapy (2025)
- Other: workshop series on black sheep/scapegoats by Nick Werber (2025)
- The Free Energy principle and the future of Therapy (2026)
Please contact me if you would like to discuss the work I do and how I can help you.