My Approach

I pursued a doctoral training programme that had an Existential psychotherapeutic leaning as I felt this best encapsulated how I related to my own experiences. Therefore, I tend to gravitate towards Existential principals in my work. However, I have also undertaken post graduate training in Cognitive Behavioural Therapies, therefore I am able to practice integratively where needed/wanted. I believe it is important to meet my client where they are at and draw upon approaches that fit with the persons understanding of themselves, their relationships, and the world around them. I value a compassionate, empowering and client led approach to psychotherapy, helping my clients to feel in control of this process and their lives.

About Me

I am a fully qualified Doctor of Counselling Psychology and am registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) under the protected title Practitioner Psychologist. I am also an Existential Psychotherapist and I hold full clinical registration with the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP). My professional qualifications entitle me to chartered membership with the British Psychological Society (BPS) and I comply with all of the governing bodies’ codes of ethics.

I have been working in clinical roles for over 10 years within public sector services, namely the NHS and Her Majesty’s Prison Service (HMPS). Over the course of my training and clinical work I have provided psychological assessments and therapies to a wide range of presentations and ages, within services including Community Psychosis Pathways, Physical Health Psychology teams, Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHS), and Community Mental Health Teams. I supervise other members of staff working clinically including qualified psychologists, trainee psychologists, and trainee psychotherapists. My current role is in the NHS as a Principle Counselling Psychologist providing secondary mental health care to local communities.

I have maintained a small online private practice for the last 3 years.

I work with

• Couples
• Families
• Individuals

Special Interests

Like all UKCP registered psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors I can work with a wide range of issues, but here are some areas in which I have a special interest or additional experience.

Types of Therapies Offered

• Existential Psychotherapist

What I can help with

• Abuse
• Age-related Issues
• Anger Management
• Anxiety
• Bereavement
• Bullying
• Cancer
• Chronic Illness
• Couple Issues
• Cultural Issues
• Depression
• Disability
• Divorce
• Domestic Violence
• Employment Difficulties
• Family
• Gender
• Health-related Issues
• Identity Problems
• Infertility
• Mental Health Issues
• Obsessions
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
• Online Counselling
• Parents
• Phobias
• Physical Abuse
• Post-Traumatic Stress
• Private Practice Issues
• Relationships
• Separation
• Sex Problems
• Sexuality
• Spirituality
• Stress
• Supervision
• Telephone Counselling
• Training
• Trauma