My Approach

You may decide to engage in therapy with me in order to make fundamental changes in your life and how you relate to yourself and others.

People sometimes enter therapy during a life crisis/transition and go on to create more fulfilling and expansive lives in the longer term, as a result of the personal development work they engage in with me.

Therapeutic work may involve looking at attachment patterns with significant others in childhood which can set up unhelpful patterns of relating, that sometimes greatly impact our current relationships with both ourselves and others. I believe we are all prone to moving towards what is familiar (not always consciously) in our relationships, even if harmful and dysfunctional; it is what we know. A healthy and healing therapeutic relationship can enable us to improve the quality and depth of our other relationships.

The therapeutic relationship often brings up unconscious processes, difficult emotional experiences or memories which are contained, examined and resolved in the therapy. Good therapy facilitates more attunement to your emotional responses (mind-body) in a life-enhancing, dynamic way, resulting in emotional growth and positive change.

The aim is to move from surviving to thriving!

About Me

I am a qualified and UKCP registered clinical psychotherapist; BACP registered psychotherapeutic counsellor and a trained supervisor. My approach is Humanistic/Integrative. I have almost 40 years experience as a qualified therapist in the NHS/independent practice. I am based in the South West of England.

My varied trainings and clinical experience mean that I can help you with most of life’s issues and problems. I have provided tens of thousands of counselling/psychotherapy sessions to clients.

I have been practising as an independent psychotherapist, counsellor and supervisor for over 20 years; working with individuals, couples – and therapists in training. I provide clinical supervision for therapists & supervisors including couple therapy supervision.

The psychotherapy and counselling I offer provides the opportunity for increasing self awareness, in the context of an accepting, warm and supportive relationship. We can all experience difficulties at times and feel overwhelmed, confused, fearful or lonely. It is not always easy or practical to confide in friends or family. In such situations, a therapeutic relationship can be helpful.

I facilitate my clients to make informed, wise choices in order for them to live more fulfilling and meaningful lives.

I continue to practice and live as a covid conscious therapist. I am MCAS and long covid aware.

I work with

• Companies
• Couples
• Individuals
• Private healthcare referrals

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

• Humanistic Psychotherapist
• Person Centred Psychotherapist

What I can help with

• Adoption
• Age-related Issues
• Anxiety
• Chronic Illness
• Couple Issues
• Depression
• Disability
• Divorce
• Gender
• Health-related Issues
• Identity Problems
• Infertility
• Online Counselling
• Parents
• Private Practice Issues
• Relationships
• Sex Problems
• Sexuality
• Stress
• Supervision
• Training
• Workplace Counselling