Qualifications:

  • MSc in Counselling & Psychotherapy from Keele University

  • Online and Telephone Counselling certified through Counselling Tutor

  • Trained through the National Autism Trainer Programme (Anna Freud and AT-Autism)

  • Trained in Safeguarding (Level 3)

I regularly attend CPD on a range of topics, ranging from nature connectedness to trauma to emotionally based school avoidance

If you’re interested to know the full range of my CPD, please get in contact

I am a registered member of the BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy), meaning I uphold their professional and ethical expectations within my practice

Memberships:

I am also a member of Pink Therapy, meaning I adopt a sexuality and gender affirmative therapeutic stance

My career began in adult mental health support, where I worked in residential settings. I then became a member of support staff in various schools across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight - it was there I realised that emotional and mental health support, on a 1:1 basis, was the thing that made me ‘tick’. This lead to me take the step of training to become a counsellor, and I haven’t looked back since.

Background:

Once upon a time, I was a film graduate and a musician, so my brain works in quite an audio-visual way. I love a metaphor and an analogy, and I believe there is always a space for a little chuckle here and there in counselling - so I like to think I have a sense of humour too (although that may be subjective!)