I have trained as a psychodynamic counsellor and I work with couples and individuals to help them identify and gain insight into the difficulties they may be facing and to look at solutions.
I am registered member of the BACP and I am interested in the field of couples work and families.
I have worked with couples and individuals for over 20 years and I have experience of working with families, including blended families, divorce and separation. I work with individuals and couples with many different issues. My work is to help clients to build trust in the therapeutic relationship and feel comfortable to be able to explore their feelings in a safe environment.
In my practice, I work in a Psychotherapeutic way, which means I explore with the client or couple past patterns of behaviours that may have led to becoming stuck in a cycle. This allows the client/couples to think about their situation in a different way and decide whether they would like to work on the issues that they have come to counselling for. I tend to work with couples within an attachment based approach and am also client led.
I use a coaching approach with couples to help them communicate in a different way and to facilitate couples to develop empathetic listening in a more nurturing and emotionally focused way.
I also work with women through my empowerment coaching process; helping them to identify limiting beliefs and emotional blocks. This can help with life challenges such as divorce and separation, becoming a parent, career questions and relationship difficulties.
I like to incorporate warmth and empathy into the sessions. I introduce an environment where the couple or individual, feel safe to open up and discuss difficult feelings.
Sessions take place usually the same time every week for 50 minutes. Longer sessions of 90 minutes are available for couples.
Individual sessions are also available on a weekly basis. I also offer online sessions as well as face to face.
My current fees are £60-£75 for individuals and £70-£100 for couples. Concessions for students and anyone on low incomes.