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I am a UKCP registered psychotherapist, Integrative Counsellor and CBT Therapist
I have over 25 years of counselling experience, specializing in individual counselling with adults
As an Existential psychotherapist, it has been an honour for the past 25 years to provide counseling within the community including schools, prison service, health care, corporate settings and private practice.
Existential therapy can support you to uncover new perspectives moving forwards that enable you to feel less overwhelmed by life's challenges and develop a greater acceptance of life as it is. This unique model of therapy can help with issues such as isolation, and sense of aloneness, self esteem , relationship issues, depression , anxiety, identity crisis, bereavement and loss.
Unlike other forms of talking therapy that turn to psychology for answers to wellbeing , Existential therapy looks to philosopy . This means you a move beyond just your thoughts and personal history to a larger context of the world itself, and how you fit in within it.
The benifits of working form the Existential perspective is it helps to develop a new awareness of who you are and what you value.
Existential therapy also helps you to find meaning and purpose in life and help recognise what is holding you back and to understand your own power to change and accept what you cant change. Finally Existential therapy serves to help you gain confidence with decision making, have a sense of belonging, feel more conected with youself and others and more at ease with yourself and your life.
I can either work exclusively from an Existential approach or offer an Integrative therapy, blending Existential tools with other approaches, such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to suit your therapy needs.
I look forward to connecting with you and supporting you with the next step in your healing journey.
Training, qualifications and experience:
- BA (Hons) Psych.
- Dip. Psych.
- Post Graduate Diploma Psychotherapy and Counselling (Regents College London).
- Adv.Dip. Existential Psychotherapy (Regents College London).
- PgD Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.
- Member SEA ( Society for Existential Analysis).
- Diploma Person centred couples counselling.
- Diploma life coach.
- Diploma pet bereavement.
- Diploma spirtual counselling.
I work within the UKCP (United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy). I am closely bound, and accountable to the codes of ethics and practice. Copies an be obtained on request. You can read more about my experience here.
Training courses attended over the last few years:
- Pgd Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.
- Certificate in counselling skills at London Guildhall University.
- Attachment and Loss (Bowlby).
- Counselling following rape and sexual abuse.
- On-going training with Rape Crisis.
- Counselling adult survivors of abuse (Rape Crisis).
- Conducting assessment interviews and in house training (MIND).
- Primary Certificate in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Training.
- Centre for Stress Management.
- Solution focused therapy.
- Building clients self esteem.
- Effective Group Work.
- Brief Anger Management.
- Skills for Managing Self Harm.
Personal and Professional Development as a Therapist:
- An adult private practice working from home.
- 10 years of personal Psychoanalytic Development.
- Experience working with young people aged 12- 16 within the school setting.
- Experience working with young people aged 16-25 for the Youth Information Service.
- Worked for a number of EAP companies.
- Worked as a CBT/Coach for Volkswagen in Milton Keynes.
- Worked as a nurse and geriatric counsellor with older adults.
I undertake regular supervision for my work subject to the code of ethics. I am also a professional member of the Society for Existential Analysis.
Areas of counselling I deal with
People come to me for help a wide range of issues. Here are a few of the more common difficulties that can be supported through counselling:
Abortion
Abuse
Affairs and betrayals
Anger management
Anxiety
Asperger's syndrome
Bereavement
Bullying
Cancer
Career counselling
Carer support
Chronic fatigue
Dementia
Depression
Disabilities
Domestic abuse
Emotional abuse
Family issues
Feeling sad
Generalised anxiety
HIV/AIDS
Infertility
Learning difficulties
Loneliness
Low self-confidence
Low self-esteem
Menopause
Miscarriage
Physical abuse
Postnatal depression
Pregnancy and birth
Redundancy
Relationship problems
Self-harm
Separation and divorce
Sexual abuse
Spirituality
Stress
Suicidal thoughts
Work-related stress
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Death of a loved one.
The death of a loved on is among the most difficult losses we can experience. It is a given that sooner of later most of us have and will suffer from the loss of someone we love. My experience working within the hospice setting, hosting bereavement groups online, and personal loss has lead me to widen my practice as a bereavement counsellor in training.
Becoming older
I am passionate about working with those who are experiencing life transitions associated with becoming older. I am also passionate about working with people at the end of their lives or who are terminally ill.
What I offer
- Existential Psychotherapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Integrative Counselling
helping older adults who are dealing with life transitions of aging such as illness, death of a spouse of family member, isolation, and anxiety.
If you would like to find out more about any of the above therapies that I can help with, please do get in touch with any questions. Face to face/online sessions are available.
Therapies
- Cognitive and behavioural therapies
- Humanistic therapies
- Behavioural therapy
- Cognitive therapy
- Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)
- Existential therapy
- Integrative
- Solution focused brief therapy
- Interpersonal therapy
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Sessions and fees
Session last for 50 mins and are normally on a weekly basis. My session fee is £60 per session.
Concession fee for those who are unemployed and on benifits. Please email me for further information.
I am BUPA registered .
I accept payment by online transfer.
If you need to cancel please give me 48 hours notice by text (07815770903) or email to avoid full cost of your session.
Soulbury Consulting Room
Leighton Buzzard
Consulting Room
Olney Consulting Room 1
Olney Consulting Room 2
Get in touch
I offer face to face and online therapy in Bedfordshire and Buckinginghamshire. I have clinics in Soulbury, Leighton Buzzard, and Olney.
Feel free to contact me if you have any questions about how counselling works, or to arrange an initial assessment appointment. This enables us to discuss the reasons you are thinking of coming to counselling, whether it could be helpful for you and whether I am the right therapist to help.
You can also call me on 07815770903 if you would prefer to leave a message or speak to me first. I am happy to discuss any queries or questions you may have prior to arranging an initial appointment.
All enquires are usually answered within 24 hours, and all contact is strictly confidential and uses secure phone and email services.
Experience
A BA Honours degree in Psychology was followed by a seven year training as a women centred counsellor working with women survivors of rape sexual assault and sexual abuse. In 2001 I decided to embark on a professional training at Regent's College in London. reading Integrative Psychotherapy at postgraduate/MA level graduating in 2004. A year later I trained as an Existential psychotherapist at Regent's College graduating in 2007.
I am a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist at PgD level and a couples counsellor in training. My first three years as a counsellor were spent working with women survivors of domestic violence. In addition to this I worked within the prison setting as a prison counsellor. During the two years of my Advanced Diploma I worked for MIND. The work was varied and included working with client's with mental health issues, anxiety, depression, bereavement, male and female domestic violence and sexual abuse.
I have worked with men and women who were experiencing infertility problems at a private clinic. I have also worked as a school counsellor with young people aged 13-16 and young people aged 16-25 in the community. In addition to this I have worked as a nurse and a geriatric counsellor for older adults. I also work as a counsellor for a number of organizations providing work place counselling and have a private practice in Soulbury and leighton Buzzard.
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