My Qualifications
I am a qualified person-centred therapist, with a Diploma and BA Honours in Person-Centred Counselling from the Metanoia Institute and University of Middlesex. I am also a qualified Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, with a Certificate in Somatic Experiencing from the European Association of Somatic Experiencing. I am a registered and accredited member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP). I have a Certificate and Diploma in Integrative Supervision from Re-Vision.
My Experience
Talking Therapy and Somatic Experiencing Therapy
I have been offering Person-Centred therapy to clients since 2013, first in several low-cost counselling agencies, and then from 2017 in private practice. I have been integrating Somatic Experiencing Therapy into my work with clients since 2021. I also see clients at the Luminary Bakery, a charity and social enterprise supporting disadvantaged women who have experienced gender-based violence.
I have worked with a range of issues and have particular experience of the following:
Relationship issues
Anxiety
Depression
Abuse (childhood abuse, sexual abuse, domestic abuse, bullying)
Trauma and post-traumatic stress
Bereavement and loss
Low self-esteem and self-worth
Family, parenting and co-parenting issues.
I also have experience of facilitating therapy groups and support groups with a therapeutic component.
Supervision
I have experience of supervising therapists of different modalities, both qualified and in training, one to one and in groups. I supervised groups of trainee counsellors working short term within the NHS and longer term in the low cost counselling service at The Awareness Centre from December 2020 to July 2021. I am an approved supervisor for the Metanoia Institute and I supervise on Re-Vision’s Integrative Counselling course.
Training
I facilitate training for Into The Light and ACT Mumbai, two charities supporting survivors of sexual abuse, and personal development courses for Re-Vision. I am an Assistant on SOSI’s Somatic Experiencing Therapy training course.
My Values
Drawing on my person-centred philosophy, I seek to hold an attitude of openness and respect and to create a space where clients and supervisees can safely explore what they are bringing, and difference and diversity is acknowledged, respected and valued. I see talking therapy, somatic experiencing therapy and supervision all as processes which involve a shared discovery, which require a degree of openness to and trust in the unknown. I work to the highest professional and ethical standards, integrating the principles of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) Ethical Framework into my practice, attending regular clinical supervision and giving ongoing priority to my own personal and professional development.
