Integrative Therapist and Counsellor

Integrative Counsellor and Therapist

I am a qualified counsellor and therapist.  I am registered with the BACP (British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy) and ICO (Information Commissioners Office) and fully insured.

Being an integrative counsellor means I am able to offer you, as the client, different approaches based on your needs, expectations and goals for therapy:

• Humanistically, focusing on the potential in all people to grow and change and ultimately flourish in their own way; enabling clients to understand themselves better and support decisions they may make to change and grow. 

• Working in a psychodynamic way, exploring early childhood experiences that shape how a client acts in the present and drawing out the unconscious thoughts and feelings that we all have.

• With trauma; providing a safe and holding space to explore what has happened in the past, and make sense of how it impacts people in their current lives to enable them to move forwards

• Creatively and visually

• Somatically, building awareness of mind and body and how it relates to a person's emotions, including the nervous system and how to tap into it

• Using breath work and visualisations 

• In a transpersonal way, looking at the spiritual and greater connections between people and in the world. 

 

Ultimately the key foundation for this work is the relationship between myself as a counsellor and the client; building a connection based on trust, non-judgement and open-ness and respect.

 

I believe passionately in the diversity of people and deeply respectful of people's individual experiences.  Where relevant and helpful I believe in bringing any differences between myself and the client into the room and discussing how they may impact the relationship. In private practice I work predominately with adults.