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  • I’m a Level 7 Qualified Counsellor living in West Bridgford and I grew up in the south of England. In my previous career I was an engineer and team leader working for global organisations, followed by working for the NHS on the frontline of Covid 19 mass vaccination, and then as a Deputy Service Manager in Nottingham Hospitals.

    In my career history I’m familiar with high stress, pressured environments, complex organisations, tight timescales and power imbalances. In counselling & psychotherapy I’m calm, friendly, easy to talk to, organised, reliable, transparent, and everyone is welcome - I’m inclusive and encouraging of all forms of diversity and uniqueness.

  • I'm easy to work with because I bring answers and clarity on complex topics that feel deeply confusing. I have a steady, reassuring presence with the integrity and consistency that means I'm easy to trust. I'm organised, will have a plan, and I work with careful pacing to ensure people feel safe while also helping them feel better as soon as possible

  • I specialise in working with early-life childhood abuse, cumulative neglect and complex trauma (‘attachment trauma’) which may lead to unstable relationships in present-day. I work with clients to bring clarity to their sense-of-self; build self-esteem; and work on the thinking, feeling and behaviours needed to soothe anxiety, lift depression and establish secure relating.

    My top specialities are:

    • Self View, Attachment Styles and Unstable Relationships

    • Narcissism and Narcissistic Abuse

    • Early-life Abuse, Neglect & Complex Trauma

    My other trauma-related specialties:

    • Addiction

    • Adverse Child Experiences

    • Anxiety

    • Borderline Personality (BPD/EUPD)

    • Childhood trauma

    • Complex PTSD

    • Depression

    • Domestic Abuse

    • Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)

    • Relational trauma / Interpersonal trauma

    • Schizoid Personality

    • Self Esteem, Confidence and Shame

    • Self-Harming

    • Sexual Abuse or Violence

    • Stress

    • Substance Use

    • Suicidal Ideation

  • I have a Level 7 Diploma in Transactional Analysis Counselling awarded by The Berne Institute. This required three years (360 hours) part-time in-person training and 200 client work experience hours. Since 2024 I've volunteered in the role of Counsellor for the charity Clean Slate who support abuse survivors. Prior to this, I was awarded a Level 7 Foundation Certificate in Transactional Analysis theory, which was one year (120 hours) part-time.

  • In total I’ve trained for six years part-time and completed >600 in-person core training hours in Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy at The Berne Institute on a UKCP-accredited training programme. I've finished training and I’m accruing the remaining client hours towards a Postgraduate Diploma and UKCP Registration in Humanistic & Integrative Psychotherapy. This is top-tier training aligned with SCoPEd Column C. The HIPC training requirements are here.

  • I’m currently a Student Member of the National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society (NCPS) and I’ve applied for Accredited Registrant membership which is under review. The NCPS code of ethics is here. I’m also a UKCP Trainee Psychotherapist, member number 2011185407, which means I’m on an accredited training course and actively working with clients under clinical supervision. I’m a member of the UKCP Humanistic & Integrative Psychotherapy College, and I’m listed in their Trainee Directory. The UKCP code of ethics & professional practice is here. UKCP Trainee membership terms are here.

  • I’ve set up a modern professional practice management system, which greatly enhances a Client’s therapeutic experience of a reliable, reassuring, consistent, efficient service from me in alignment with Trauma-Informed Practice. I use WriteUpp practice management software for GDPR and ISO27001-certified client details, contracts, bookings, text & email communications, session notes, smart forms, invoices and card payments. I have a certificate from the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) to store and protect personal data; I have professional indemnity insurance; and I have an Enhanced DBS certificate.

  • There are benefits and weaknesses of both approaches:

    • Online (video, virtual, remote, teletherapy) is low-cost, flexible at short notice, efficient, productive, consistent and predictable. It feels safer and less stressful for some clients who find it harder leaving the house. It's disability and mobility friendly, and puts clients in touch with therapists at long-distance. However, it doesn't give as much of a 'rich' fulfilling experience compared to in-person; it relies on having a confidential space and strong internet signal; and it isn't well-suited for very relational work compared to in-person.

    • In-Person work brings a much richer overall therapeutic experience, in terms of leaving the house to visit a real therapy space that feels physically safe, and in the company of a real human therapist. However the experience comes with some overheads in added cost for room rental (or a bigger house, for therapists who work from their home); it's much less flexible to reschedule; and it's less efficient, as more can be done online in 60 minutes than in-person, plus travel time, parking, etc. There are also more 'variables' from door-to-door in attending in-person that make it slightly less of a predictable, consistent, safe, experience.

    Overall I'm committed to offering both and I value the benefits of both, and it's empowering for the client to have the choice.