About Me
Before training as a therapist, I studied English Literature and am passionate about the power of storytelling, language and the ability they have to influence and create change. A lot of people carry around a story that they have not created themselves – one that they have been told and believed to be the truth. Therapy can give you a confidential and accepting space to begin to re-narrate your life and tell your story as you experienced it rather than what you were told happened. I invite you to give a voice to parts of yourself that would otherwise remain hidden and silent.
I am a parent, an avid book worm and a lover of nature – all of which have shaped the kind of therapist and human I am and influence the work I do.
Above all I feel privileged to do this work and to support clients with whatever they wish to bring to the therapy space.
Experience
Helpline support – Samaritans
Helpline and Drop in volunteer – Survivors Network, Brighton
Counsellor -As You Are, Southwick
Counsellor – Waterbear College of Music, Brighton
My approach
I work with you as a fellow human being rather than focusing solely on the issues you bring to the counselling space. I have experience of working with as wide range of clients and circumstances including those struggling with:
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Social anxiety
- Suicidality
- Trauma
- Sexual abuse and violence including childhood sexual abuse and ritual abuse
- Eating disorders
- Body Dysmorphic Disorder
- Drug and alcohol issues
- Identity issues
- Perinatal wellbeing – including pre and post-nataL depression and supporting parents
Qualifications, Training and Professional Membership
- Post-graduate Diploma in Humanistic Psychotherapeutic Counselling, University of Brighton.
- Level 2 and 3 in Counselling Skills, Greater Brighton Metropolitan College
- MA in Postcolonial Cultures and Literature, University of Sussex
- BA in English and Drama, University of Sussex
I am a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and I adhere to their ethical framework.
I have regular clinical supervision to ensure my work adheres to the BACP’s standards and that the work I am doing is in the client’s best interest.
I am committed to continuing professional development and learning. Recent training I have undertaken includes:
- Trauma training for Therapists
- Working with Shame
- Understanding Anger
- Suicide Prevention
- Anxiety, Neuroscience and the Body
- Working with race-based trauma and stress
- Working Therapeutically with Disordered Eating
- Body Dysmorphic Disorder: Working with Body Focused Distress
- Pre-trial Therapy – supporting those going through the legal system following sexual abuse or assault.
- Embracing Compassion-Focused Therapy
- Working with Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse
- Sex, Relationships and Attachment
- Working Therapeutically with Self-injury and Self-harm
- Understanding Dissociation: Trauma as Personal and Collective Experience
Fees
My current fee for individual therapy is £55 per session