I am passionate about supporting women who feel stuck beneath the surface, who are navigating complex family dynamics, difficult relationships patterns, and limiting expectations, and helping them rediscover their voice, trust themselves more deeply, and live with greater ease and authenticity.
My experience
I have 8 years’ therapeutic experience supporting women navigating the kinds of struggles that don’t always show on the surface, but run deep. I have been in private practice for over 5 years, and before that I worked for two counselling agencies supporting women through long- and short-term therapy within low cost and NHS services. I have helped clients understand themselves better, gain insight into how their past has impacted their present sense of self, and feel happier in themselves, their life and relationship choices.
I have also supported women outside the therapy room through befriending services, pastoral care, and coaching. I am passionate in my work and everyday life about encouraging and empowering women to live from a place that feels true to who they are, make choices that align with and reflect their values, trust themselves more, and see themselves as enough, worthy and whole.
My qualifications
I am a Registered Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), the leading professional association for members of the counselling professions. As a member I adhere to their Ethical Framework and Professional Conduct procedures.
I spent 5 years in training, and have an MSc in Therapeutic Counselling from the University of Greenwich, and a Certificate of Higher Education in Counselling & Counselling Skills from Birkbeck College, University of London.
I am also committed to on-going, continued professional development and attend regular training courses and read books and articles to maintain and develop my skills and knowledge.
My background
Before qualifying as a therapeutic counsellor, I spent a decade working in various financial and people management roles, and as such I understand the pressure to perform, to hold it all together, and to constantly strive.
It’s not just my training and professional experience that shapes how I work, it’s also my own lived experience. I’ve also sat on the other side of the therapy room, doing the deep, vulnerable work of exploring and untangling the roles and expectations I had internalised, processing difficult relationship dynamics with compassion and honesty, and reconnecting with my own voice.
All of my personal and professional experiences have contributed to my understanding of life’s difficulties, how different areas of our lives impact upon each other, and the importance of good counselling. They also encouraged and helped me to become a counsellor.