About me
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The first thing I should say is, that despite working in the often very serious field of mental health, I'm an informal person. I like to laugh. I love writing, music, film, nature and I am constantly grateful that I love what I do and get enormous fulfilment from working with my clients. I present a real version of myself in my therapy with you, and I urge you to do the same.
One of my biggest goals as a counsellor is to model the things that I suggest in our work. I am not a perfect person, and I don't expect you to be. Becoming comfortable with our flaws and working on being okay with the right kind of vulnerability is a big part of my approach. In terms of my background, I spent more than a decade of my early career working for a blue-chip IT corporation. I hated it, but for lots of complicated reasons I stayed. After much deliberation and lots of my own therapy, I decided to become a therapist and committed my life to make myself more content. That meant quitting a well-paid, secure and status-enhancing career. It wasn't easy, but I did it, and in the process undertook several rigorous courses of therapeutic retraining to become a BACP registered counsellor. In terms of my personal development, I identify as a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) with the High Sensation Seeking (HSS) trait. For more information on High Sensitivity click here. Highly sensitive does not mean easily upset or vulnerable - it describes being naturally highly attuned and attentive to people, experiences, feelings and the world around us. My HSP trait is a big part of what I consider makes me an effective therapist and an empathetic listener. I naturally consider the feelings and thoughts of others regularly. I am an extremely deep thinker and consider myself proficient at sharing those thoughts while listening to the unsaid with my clients. |
Professionally, I previously ran a successful private practice in Southville, Bristol, UK - blending working face-to-face with individuals and couples, alongside online counselling sessions with clients all over the world. It was a perfect combination of using the business skills that I had gained in my previous corporate life, along with my IT degree, my HSP traits and my psychotherapy training and experience.
I also spent several years in Bristol working within an alcohol and drug addiction support charity, as well as undertaking specialist training in couples counselling and coaching methods. These experiences informed my decision in 2018 to move my private practice completely online - owing to the fantastic results which my online clients presented and also to fit my lifestyle living in rural France. I working hard at my ethos of creating the kind of contented and full life for myself that I so often encourage my clients to do for themselves.
I also spent several years in Bristol working within an alcohol and drug addiction support charity, as well as undertaking specialist training in couples counselling and coaching methods. These experiences informed my decision in 2018 to move my private practice completely online - owing to the fantastic results which my online clients presented and also to fit my lifestyle living in rural France. I working hard at my ethos of creating the kind of contented and full life for myself that I so often encourage my clients to do for themselves.
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My qualifications
I am a fully qualified counsellor with a Post-Graduate Diploma in Integrative Counselling. My training is BACP accredited meaning that those who have achieved this qualification have adhered to the highest standards of professional ethics and training requirements throughout. As a result, I am a Registered Member of the BACP and am bound by their professional framework. You can find my entry on the Professional Standards Authority Accredited Register here. |
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I hold the following qualifications:
- Post-Graduate Diploma in Integrative Counselling
- Bachelor's Degree in Science (Hons) - Multimedia Production Technology
- Certificate in Counselling
- Foundation Certificate in Coaching
- Couples Counselling CPD Trained
- Beck Institute Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) Trained
- Trauma of Money (TOM) Facilitator
- BACP Accreditation in progress
I am continuously training and updating my skill set in order to keep up with the changing demands and needs of my clients, and as a professional committed to my therapeutic career.
I hold current, valid professional indemnity insurance with Hiscox, and am fully DBS checked in the UK.
- Post-Graduate Diploma in Integrative Counselling
- Bachelor's Degree in Science (Hons) - Multimedia Production Technology
- Certificate in Counselling
- Foundation Certificate in Coaching
- Couples Counselling CPD Trained
- Beck Institute Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) Trained
- Trauma of Money (TOM) Facilitator
- BACP Accreditation in progress
I am continuously training and updating my skill set in order to keep up with the changing demands and needs of my clients, and as a professional committed to my therapeutic career.
I hold current, valid professional indemnity insurance with Hiscox, and am fully DBS checked in the UK.
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