I am an integrative counsellor and therapeutic coach. Using elements from different approaches, l tailor my therapy to each client’s individual needs.
As a counsellor I provide the space to confide and reflect with non-judgmental and understanding support, gently exploring past influences and current events which are having an intrusive and negative impact on mental health.
As a therapeutic coach I combine counselling and coaching for clients who wish to make changes or have had change forced upon them. I provide support both to begin in a new direction and for the emotional response to change.
Working through doubts and insecurities and drawing on personal strengths creates a greater understanding of what might be holding someone back and helps to identify ways to overcome fears and obstacles, allowing a greater sense of clarity and the motivation and confidence to take steps towards a better future.
Counselling can help when:
- You feel anxious, confused, stuck, or just feel that something is not how it should be.
- The demands made on you by other people, work or your own expectations feel overwhelming.
- Loss or change has left you feeling disorientated and struggling to cope.
- Past experiences have left a deep impression and impact on how you see yourself.
- You are struggling to cope or feel hopeless.
- You need help with a specific issue such as OCD, anxiety disorders or phobia.
- You need a place to open up in confidence to someone who is there to hear you, help you to feel understood and find a way forward.
- You need to take time to reflect and talk freely, being listened to without judgement, at a pace that suits you.
Coaching can help when:
- You need support to maintain the motivation to change.
- Your life is about to change and you need support to plan a way forward.
- You have choices that it feels overwhelming to make.
- There is just too much on your plate and you don’t know where to start.
- You are feeling lost, confused or struggling with decisions.
- You just want things to be different.
I provide open-ended counselling, six week solution-focused or coaching options, or a combination of both.
Examples of issues I can help with:
Anxiety
Life transitions
Mid-life and the effects of menopause
Relationship difficulties and divorce
Feeling stuck or lacking direction
Low self-esteem and feeling undervalued
Perfectionism and imposter syndrome
Frustration and lack of fulfilment
Feeling overwhelmed
Difficulties from childhood and school life
Guilt and shame
Stress
Phobias
Addiction and dependency
Fear of social interaction
Bereavement and loss
Depression
New mothers and parenthood
Professional dilemmas and redundancy
Needing help with motivation and identifying goals
I am experienced and trained in a number of therapeutic modalities including:
- Person Centred Counselling
- Attachment Theory
- Existential Counselling
- Transactional Analysis
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Single-session Therapy
- Solution Focused Therapy
- Therapeutic Coaching
You can find more information about integrative therapy here:https://www.bacp.co.uk/about-therapy/types-of-therapy/integrative-counselling/
My qualifications include:
- MBACP
- Postgraduate Diploma in Integrative Counselling and Coaching
- MSc in Psychology
- CACHE Mental Health First Aid and Mental Health Advocacy in the Workplace Level 2
- Bereavement and grief training with Cruse Bereavement Support
- Continuous professional development including working with trauma, grief, anxiety, OCD and phobias.
- I am fully insured, hold a valid DBS check and am registered for Data Protection.
I offer sessions in person, from my therapy rooms in Horsham, West Sussex, and London EC4R or W1
or online via a secure video link.
If you would like more information, please contact me to arrange a free, no obligation call to discuss your needs.
