About me
Qualifications
I am a qualified counsellor with an Advanced Diploma in Integrative Counselling and a registered member of the BACP. This means I utilise a range of therapeutic models in my work to provide a tailored approach to counselling to find what will work best for you. As a member of the BACP I work to the BACP ethical framework
Certificate in Walk and Talk therapy - CPCAB, 2021
Certificate in Trauma Informed Practice - The Swan Project, 2020
Advanced Diploma Integrative Counselling (Level 4) - Iron Mill College, Exeter, 2019
Transactional Analysis 101 - Iron Mill College, Exeter, 2016
Certificate in Counselling - University of the West of England, Bristol, 2015
Experience
I have been working with people since 2017 and have gained direct experience in a wide range of areas including (but not limited to):
Anxiety
Bereavement
Codependency (or unhelpful relationship patterns)
Depression
Life Transitions
Men's Issues
Personal development and change
Relationship Issues
Seeking life fulfilment
Self Esteem
Shame
Stress
I began my counselling journey by volunteering at the Samaritans in 2013. This experience highlighted the value in helping people through extremely difficult times in their life and in 2014 I decided to train as a counsellor. As part of my qualification, in 2017 I began a placement at the Swan Project in Bristol, where I continued to volunteer for 4 years. This charity provides low cost long term therapy and is where I met my first unforgettable clients.
Personal
In my early 20's I felt that I wasn't living life to the full so I went to counselling to get some answers. Through that experience (and it was really tough at times) I came out of it with a version of myself that meant I could engage more grandly with the people and world around me.
More recently my life was changed through a personal journey I had following a cancer diagnosis and subsequent treatment. This experience has deepened my experience of the world and my capacity to hold complicated and painful experiences in my clients. I understand how changes to our health or the security of our circumstances can have a wide-ranging impact on all physical, emotional and relational parts of life.
Sometimes life can try to knock you down - but I believe that even through great challenges we can find a way to bring more richness and meaning to our lives moving forwards.