About

I offer a warm, friendly, approachable and confidential, personal counselling service. I recognise that we all need various degrees of support throughout our lives and having time to talk and really be heard can be a transformational process. Counselling can really help. 

I really value "relationship" and "being" in counselling and honour this respectfully. Having worked for various statutory and voluntary agencies & charities throughout my career, I have worked with a wide range of people around issues such as anxiety and depression, relationship break-down, family concerns and family issues, personal identity, bereavement, low self-esteem, childhood abuse, drug and alcohol problems, work (and study) related stress, domestic abuse/violence and post-traumatic stress/trauma.

I am a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and am committed to their Ethical Framework for Good Practice. I have been qualified as a counsellor since 2007, having previously worked for various charities as a social worker (since 1992).

I offer long term and short term counselling with persons over the age of 18.Training, qualifications & experience

I am a qualified and experienced counsellor: Post Graduate Diploma in Counselling (University of Bristol), NPQICL (Uni of Wolverhampton), CQSW (Nottingham Trent), BSc Hons (Bucks New Uni) bringing over 30 years experience in working in mental health hospitals, large and small voluntary agencies & charities supporting people through homelessness, addictions and learning difficulties to focusing work in more recent years in whole family and particularly transition to parenthood. I am trained and experienced also in working within the field of domestic abuse and or violence. I have worked for many years in Children's Centres for the local authority and have experience of working in educational settings/ schools.

I am committed to continuing professional development and have recently attended shorter courses in Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS L1 and 2), Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), Trauma & Disassociation, Recovery Toolkit, Nurturing Programme, SolutionFocussed Therapy, Accreditation Workshop, Mindfulness 8 week MBSR, Depression & Anger, Freedom Programme, Motivational Interviewing, Think Family Leadership, Solihull Training, Early Brain Development, Whole Family Supervisor, Trauma Toolkit, ,Child Protection/Safeguarding, Early Infancy Conference, Compassionate Mind, CAPPP AGM, Breastfeeding & Attachment