the TeamI am an experienced and dedicated psychotherapist and counsellor. As well as working in private practice at The Centre, I work for the NHS, for corporate clients and for charitable organisations. I have also worked for an NGO providing counselling to adolescents.
I can provide either psychotherapy or counselling to private clients aged 12 and upwards.
Psychotherapy
I trained for over six years at Regents College, London and have seven years experience providing long-term psychotherapy in the NHS for clients experiencing psychological and emotional trauma.
I offer this service privately, and through a consistent, safe and reliable relationship I explore with people significant difficulties or traumas which may have led them to lead lives that bring prolonged unhappiness, confusion or despair. By exploring both conscious and unconscious processes, and sharing the complexities of each life story, the psychotherapy can lead to liberating and new ways of living our lives.
I have worked successfully in this way with many clients who all bring different requirements; for example, recovering from childhood difficulties
and or neglect, people who feel suicidal or who self-harm in various ways, or people who struggle in dysfunctional relationships. Sometimes people are struggling with their identity, sexual or personal, or maybe they are just at a place where they wish to explore their lives in further detail.
Counselling
I run the counselling service at the 2gether Mental Health Trust in Gloucestershire providing counselling services and support to over 2,000 staff. I also provide counselling to corporate clients, particularly in the energy sector and to charitable organisations. I provide short term, focused counselling and support, typically for 6-12 sessions focusing on personal and/or workplace issues and on changing learned patterns of behaviour and thinking.
Supervision
An NHS supervisor, I am available privately to supervise psychotherapists, counsellors and mental health workers.
Other Professional Qualifications
I am also a qualified solicitor and family mediator.