About Me
I am an accredited Psychotherapeutic Counsellor with UKCP. This is a nationally recognised high standard for therapy.
Previous to that I qualified as a Humanistic Integrative Counsellor with an advanced Level 6 Professional Diploma from Middlesex University, through Bath Centre for Psychotherapy and Counselling, validated by both UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) and the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). This included a three year placement with The Swan Project in Bristol, a charity offering low-cost, long-term psychotherapy to adults living with addiction, depression, anxiety and other trauma-related symptoms.
I am fully insured, follow the BACP ethical framework for safe practice, and have regular supervision with a qualified and accredited supervisor. Most importantly, I have been in therapy myself, for many years, making me a safe, non-defensive therapist to work with.
I came to train as a counsellor through working with young people in mainstream and alternative secondary provisions. Before that I worked as a movement artist making, teaching and performing.
Whether through art, education, or now in therapy, I love curiosity and un-self-conscious exploration – and I recognise that getting there can be a challenge.
Outside of the therapy room I still love to connect with my body and others’, through plenty of dancing, and being outside, being creative and, recently, learning British Sign Language.
As a therapist I enjoy building a unique relationship with each client, that is defined by trust, warmth and empathy. I am fascinated by the unconscious and welcome it into our sessions in simple ways such as noticing sensations in the body, sharing dreams, integrating transcendental, psychedelic or taboo experiences or gut feelings.