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About me
I am a warm, supportive and empathic counsellor with wide-ranging experience to offer, and I currently have a well established private practice in Bridport.
I see clients at my home in Bridport, and I can also offer telephone or on-line counselling to clients who are not local to this area.
I am an integrative counsellor, which means that I work with more than one theoretical model and I can be flexible, using the ideas and techniques that will be most helpful for each individual. I might also ask you to draw or write something if it seems appropriate, as I believe creativity can give us new ways in to seeing things.
I listen carefully to my clients, and I will respond to whatever you tell me in a non-judgmental way.
I will offer you a safe and accepting space in which you can talk about your feelings. Through a process of reflection and enquiry, we will work together to develop insight and an understanding of your current situation.
This might help with working through difficult feelings, making major decisions or life choices, improving low self-esteem or lead to a greater sense of personal ease and empowerment.
I have particular experience of counselling people with anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma and PTSD, or who have suffered sexual and emotional abuse, domestic violence and coercive control.
More recently I have trained in adoption support counselling and can also offer this.
I began my journey as a counsellor when I worked in a therapeutic community in London, which was run on psychodynamic principles.
Following on from that I trained in group work and art therapy, and I have run art-based groups, women's groups and stress management courses.
I have a humanistic perspective which is rooted in my personal and spiritual beliefs, and I have a deep and compassionate concern for the well-being of each of us as human beings.
Counselling takes place in a safe, private space and always in accordance with the guidance on good practice as laid out in the BACP Ethical Framework.
You are welcome to telephone me for an informal chat, or to come for a free thirty minute session, to find out more about whether I am going to be the right counsellor to help you at this time.
Training, qualifications & experience
QUALIFICATIONS
Certificate in Adoption Support Counselling
The Albany Centre and Barnardo's
2025
Advanced Diploma in Integrative Counselling, BACP accredited,
The Iron Mill, Exeter
2017
Certificate in Mediation Skills
2005
Certificate in Counselling Skills,
Central School for Counselling and Therapy
1992
Certificate in Counselling Theory
Central School for Counselling and Therapy
1991
TRAINING
Training courses in Trauma and Attachment Theory 2018/19
Counselling with Risk of Suicide training. 2017
Domestic Violence Training. 2017
Experience with mental health issues, including drug abuse and addiction - a number of training courses relating to this work. 1987 - 1992
Short training with Relate in Couples Counselling. 1992
Art Therapy Foundation Course, Goldsmiths College, London. 1988
VOLUNTARY WORK AND EMPLOYMENT
Counselling for Carers, Action East Devon 2014-17
The Samaritans 2012
Hove Families Project, Phoenix House 1990-94
Deputy Officer in Charge, Mental After Care Association, Maida Vale 1989-90
Senior Care Officer, 97 London Road, Brentford - a therapeutic community run by Hounslow Social Services 1987-89
Member organisations
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Adoption.
Therapies offered
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Fees
£50.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I am happy to negotiate reduced fees in cases of genuine financial hardship.
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Other times may be possible by negotiation.
