I am a registered BACP and accredited NCPS Counselling Therapist qualified in Person-Centred Counselling. I hold a current Enhanced DBS certificate for work with children and adults. I am insured and also registered with ICO. I am very passionate about my work and and love to read. I am committed to doing my absolute best, as part of that I am continually learning and developing in my profession to offer you, my clients, the benefit of current and up to date knowledge, skills and experience.

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Locations:

I work from my private practice, conveniently located in Stamford, Lincolnshire, and Cople, Bedfordshire. Both locations are easily accessible by car, bus, or train from various regions including Lincolnshire, Rutland, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, and London from Stamford, and from Bedford, Milton Keynes, Hertfordshire, and Northamptonshire from Cople.

 

Ways to attend:

I offer the best level of flexibility possible in helping you identify and work through your emotional difficulties in a range of settings, with this in mind there are varying ways to attend therapy with myself;

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Face to Face at one of the practices.

Over the telephone

Online

Walk and Talk Therapy (Only offered where deemed appropriate following assessment).

Home Visit (Only offered where deemed appropriate following assessment).

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During my counselling career I have worked with the NHS, a Child & Adolescent Bereavement Service and with Rape Crisis, all of which have afforded me in depth experience with children, adolescents and adults experiencing bereavement, grief, loss, relational issues and trauma. I am experienced in working with those from wide and varying backgrounds and current lifestyles such as military personnel, emergency service workers and their families experiencing extreme emotions and those that find it difficult to communicate feelings and emotions. Confidentiality is key, and in all work I undertake, confidentiality remains the priority for every single client therefore providing appropriate space to explore difficulties and emotions safely.

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My own counselling journey started as a client, I wanted to understand myself better, have a better understanding of my place in the world around me and explore my own life experiences more closely. Before embarking on my journey in becoming a counsellor I have worked within the NHS both in emergency and urgent care, this work highlighted to me the keen interest I developed in mental health and wanted to enhance my skills, knowledge and experience to help others in a different way. As part of this I am constantly learning and developing my own skills, continued professional development helps me to develop and learn about specific needs of a client or cover specific areas that may be affecting my clients, such as cultural issues, problems that have arisen around diversity and/or many other subjects and elements in the clients life around, work, family and relationships. By doing this it enhances all of the work I engage in but also assists my clients to really feel heard and understood. These area's of development are of great importance to me.

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EDUCATION:

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• Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling

• Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Skills

• Level 2 Certificate in Counselling Skills

• Level 2 Award in Counselling

• Trauma Informed Practioner Training

• Specialist Trauma Training

• Existential Therapy Training

• Understanding Adolescent Mental Health Training

• Safeguarding Level 1, 2 & 3

• DASH Training

• Mental Health Training

• Therapuetic Art Diploma

• Body Language Diploma

• First Aid Training

• Basic Life Support Training

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COUNSELLING EXPERIENCE

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• Anger

• Anxiety

• Attachment issues

• Bereavement

• COVID related stress/trauma

• Depression

• Domestic Violence

• Emotional and Physical Burnout

• Family Problems

• Loss/Grief

• Low Self-Esteem

• Relational Issues

• Sexualised Trauma

• Stress

• Suicidal Thoughts

• Trauma

• Work Related Stress