What To Expect

This will depend on your unique personal history and circumstances, as well as your commitment and engagement with the therapeutic process. Long-lasting, meaningful change takes time and effort. However, with persistence and dedication, some benefits you could broadly anticipate to see are: improved self-esteem, emotional regulation, reduced anxiety and stress, better coping strategies, resilience to life challenges, improved relationships with self and others, greater clarity and fulfilment in life.

Well, first of all, I offer a free (15 Min) phone call if you wish to see whether we’re a good fit—no obligation to continue afterwards.

In the first session, I will ask you a bit more about your life circumstances, things you’re finding hard, your family history. Then together we will create some therapy goals and make a plan moving forward.

In the course of therapy thereafter we will work on current and emergent issues, build self-awareness, challenge perceptions, heal trauma and foster personal growth.

My session fees are £80 for 50 minutes either online or in-person.

It depends on what brings you to therapy and your therapy goals. For some people this may just be a few sessions (say around 6 weeks) for support during a challenging period of life.

For others it may be longer term (more like 20+ sessions) to work on a deeper level and support more long-lasting emotional, behavioural and cognitive change.

Absolutely. Any personal information I collect via the initial intake forms and clinical notes that I take are kept securely online. No information is kept in physical format.

We will talk about this more in our first session together. If you have any questions, then we can discuss them in person.

Yes. I have worldwide insurance cover (excluding USA/Canada):

Public Liability Insurance - $20,000,000
Professional Indemnity Insurance - $20,000,000

Certificate of Currency. ACA318891.

Great question! These terms are often used interchangeably, but although they are all related to the management of mental health and they do sometimes overlap, they are also distinct disciplines with different training pathways and approaches to treatment.

Counsellor - you may choose to see a Counsellor for a specific or short-term problem, e.g: grief or bereavement counselling. A Counsellor provides support and solutions to life challenges.

Psychotherapist - you may choose to see a Psychotherapist for deeper work on your systemic behavioural, emotional and cognitive patterns and processes based on your own personal history.

Psychologist - you may choose to see a Psychologist if you have an issue that requires assessment and you are a seeking a diagnosis (e.g: ADHD, Generalised Anxiety Disorder) and subsequent psychological treatment for these symptoms based on how you think, feel and behave.

Psychiatrist - you may choose to see a Psychiatrist if you have complex mental health needs which require assessment, diagnosis and medication. Psychiatrists are medical professionals who have specialised in mental health and are able to prescribe medication as part of the treatment protocol.

The philosophy I adhere to in my therapy practice is based on Humanistic principles.

This means I am client-centered and interested in the wholeness and uniqueness of every client. I am keen to collaborate with you. I am interested in your subjective experience.

I am process-oriented which means that I am interested in the unconscious patterns in communication, expression, body language that emerge during the therapy session and also interpersonally between client and therapist.

Fundamentally, it is my belief that everyone has the potential to grow into their fullest expression of self when given the right support and conditions for change to occur.

I am an Accredited Registrant member of the National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society (NCPS) and follow their Code of Ethics in my practice.