My work as a Counsellor started in 1989 when I began counselling in a voluntary capacity. Soon after this I started to develop my Private Practice and in 1995 began working in the NHS as a Counsellor in Primary Care. The role in Primary Care continued until 2012 when my employment changed to working within IAPT (Improving Access to Psychological Therapies).
At the end of 2013 I left IAPT to concentrate more on Private Practice.
I gained my Diploma in Professional Counselling in 1992 and was registered with the United Kingdom Register of Counsellors in 1998. At that time I was also accredited by the British Association for Counselling and Psythotherapy.
In 2001 I was awarded a Diploma in Psychodynamic Studies and I received a Certificate in Life Coaching in 2005.
For the last twenty years I have been Senior Accredited Counsellor/Psychotherapist with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.
i am currently embarking on some training to increase my understanding of the links between body and mind
My main and core training is psychodynamic and psychoanalytic. With the benefit of further trainings and an increase in experience I have come to adapt and use the richness of other theories when these are appropriate and helpful for a particular individual.
I am committed to continuing professional development and training. My aim is to keep learning so that I am able to continue developing the most effective way of offering therapy. In my experience one if the best ways of learning is from other people and this happens as I meet different and inspiring people in the course of my work.
I learn a great deal from the people who consult me; especially from their fortitude, their openness to change when they need to and from their wisdom.
