Hello...

I am a UKCP Registered Integrative Psychotherapist and a HCPC Registered Arts Psychotherapist. This enables me to offer many different ways of working to best facilitate change to each individual. I offer traditional talk therapy, along with somatic body work and creative mediums. I am training to offer therapy by email exchange, helping reach those who may find this an easier method to open up, or those who can not make daytime appointments. I am experienced at both short and long term therapy for a wide array of different symptoms or presentations. I have lived experience of Chronic Health Conditions and Disability and clinical experience within therapy. This helped me to specialise in Service Related Mental Health Conditions with both Military Veterans and Serving Police Officers. I have experience of supporting people through workbased stress and relational issues, including PTSD and Complex PTSD, depression, anxiety, loss and bereavement (specially trained in Covid Bereavement).

Therapy with me...

I offer Video/Email/Telephone Therapy with a warm containing space. Client's are encouraged to co-create their sessions, ensuring they receive therapy tailored to their own individual needs. I am client led, and will then offer gentle interventions to help facilitate the shift or change a client is looking for. I am happy to offer more challenge if client's express being stuck or wanting to work more deeply. I have been told I have a very calming presence and invite client's to share freely, without fear of judgement. The work we do within the sessions can then help transfer to relationships in the outside world and I can support and guide client's to increase their self awareness, gain reflective skills, along with increase their coping mechanisms and bring about change they are looking for.

Experience

I have been in Private Practice since 2018, offering short term and long term therapy to a wide array of people. I have worked through organisations to support their service users and worked with charities.
I have also experienced working in a Psychiatric Hospital which gave me insight into hospital practices and patient experiences. This has helped me to better understand how it is for patients when they are discharged back into community services and to better understand any clients I work with who have had a hospital stay.

Areas of Expertise

Chronic Health and Disability
Cancer diagnosis and treatment
End of Life
Life changes
Bereavement and the complexities of grief during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Work related stress
Relational issues
Early life issues, including complex PTSD
PTSD

If you need a specialist, I am able to offer therapy to people who are affected by Neurodivergence, Learning Disability

Qualifications

MA Integrative Arts Psychotherapy

Foundations in Email Counselling

Approaches Offered

I am trained in

• Art therapy
• Body centred
• Compassion Focused Therapy
• Existential therapy
• Gestalt
• Humanistic
• Integrative
• Person centred
• Psychoanalysis
• Psychodynamic
• Solution focused
• TA
• Transpersonal
• CAT
• CBT
• EFT

Professional memberships

I am a member of the following regulatory bodies:

• Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
• United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP)

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