About Me

I am an experienced Counsellor, Registered and Accredited with the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists.

I have around 30,000 hours of counselling experience, and have been registered with BACP since 2001.

As a member of BACP I am bound by their code of ethics and practice and their complaints procedure.

QUALIFICATIONS

BSc (Honours) Degree in Occupational Therapy, University of Exeter (St Loyes College), 1996

Diploma in Integrative Counselling, University of Southampton (New College), June 2002.Clinical Placement: Chichester College of Arts, Science and Technology

Postgraduate Certificate in Psychodynamic Counselling, University of Oxford, July 2005

Postgraduate Diploma in Psychodynamic Studies, University of Oxford, Dept. for Continuing Education, September 2009
Clinical placements: Oxford Women’s Counselling Service, year 1, Oxford Brookes University Counselling Service, year 2
Foundation Postgraduate Certificate in Group Analysis, Institute of Group Analysis, Oxford. June 2015

Online Counselling course, BACP with The Open University, April 2020

Certificate in Counselling Supervision, COSCA Accredited, The Tom Allen Centre, Glasgow, December 2022

Certificate in Couple Counselling, Relationship Scotland, Edinburgh, November 2024, completion due summer 2025

IMG_5789EXPERIENCE

Since early 2021 I have been a Senior Counsellor at Crossreach Perinatal Service, Edinburgh 2 days a week, offering 1:1 counselling, running postnatal therapy groups for mothers in the perinatal period & Supervision for therapists, Counsellors & trainees, plus facilitating monthly group supervision.
I was a Counsellor in a GP practice in Oxfordshire 1 day a week for 3.5 years
Associate Counsellor, Oxford University for 4 years offering counselling for students 1:1 and in groups.
Counsellor at Oxford Women’s Counselling Service for 1 year
Counsellor at Oxford Brookes Student Counselling Service for 1 year
Psychodynamic Counsellor, Witney Counselling Service, for 4 years
Youth Counsellor at The Abingdon Bridge Youth Service (13-25 y/o’s), Oxfordshire for 5 years
Counsellor at Chichester College of FE. West Sussex, for 1 year
Senior Occupational Therapist, for 9 years in Oxfordshire Learning Disability NHS Trust.in a CTPLD, with special interest in people with mild LD/additional mental health difficulties.