About me
I trained at Nottingham University and hold a Degree in Humanistic Counselling. My working experience as a counsellor has been at Nottingham Women’s Counselling Service and with Notts County Council’s Young Peoples Counselling & Mediation Team.
I have many years experience working with individuals and within group settings. I have worked as a careers guidance counsellor, weight management consultant and legal advisor. All of these experiences have brought me into contact with a wide and diverse range of people and have contributed to my learning and growing, both as a person and therapist.
I love working with people and the biggest satisfaction I get from my work as a counsellor is when people tell me how helpful it has been. I see what I do as being collaboration between us – I am not the expert on you, you are! This quote says it more eloquently than I could…
“Do not walk behind me, I may not lead. Do not walk in front of me, I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.” How I work
I work in a
person-centred way, however, I have also studied
gestalt and solution focused therapies and bring elements of that to my work with people as appropriate. I have worked with people in both
short-term and long-term work and am happy to tailor the therapy offered to what is appropriate for you in your circumstances. For example I can offer a
fixed length therapy course of six or ten sessions – which means you know in advance what the costs will be.
I am a member of
BACP and work within their Ethical Framework for Good Practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy. This helps to ensure I work to a professional and ethical standard. To view the Ethical Framework
click here.
