Hello and welcome to my website. I offer counselling in the Chew Valley, Bath and online.
You might know what you want to work through in counselling, or you might need help and support to untangle complex internal emotions. Sometimes it’s hard to know or describe what we are feeling. Whatever your story, I offer a non-judgemental environment in which you can feel safe to be honest and open. Together we can explore what is truly going on, try to make sense of it all and find a way through.
Taking the first step towards getting help can sometimes feel difficult and daunting. I remember myself the challenge and anxiety of choosing and contacting a counsellor and the initial discomfort of talking about personal things with someone I didn’t yet know. Counselling offers the space and time to pause and check in with yourself.
Whatever is going on,
I believe that counselling
is for everyone.
What to expect
I work from a spacious, light, quiet, self contained studio in rural Somerset and an inner city space in Bath. I offer short and long term work. Sessions last 50 minutes and are weekly at a regular time. I welcome your initial contact through the form below, to discuss whether counselling might be a good way forward and to answer any questions you may have.
I usually recommend an initial meeting to get a sense of whether I am the right counsellor for you. It’s a chance to talk about yourself, to explore what you might want from counselling and how we might work together.
I support people to discover new aspects of themselves, take risks and be real.
I am a warm, honest and open counsellor with a flexible, creative, gentle yet challenging style. I support people to discover new aspects of themselves, take risks and be real. My aim is to give my clients the support and tools to be their full self, however challenging that might be. I am direct, honest and comfortable with the truth.
My style is relational, which means I see counselling as a collaborative endeavour. I engage actively with my clients and focus on what is happening in the here and now between us. I believe in naming what is happening in the room. Therefore I listen, but I also take into account the wholeness of the experience: changes in breath, movement, habitual gestures, body language and eye contact.
My Approach
I am passionate about authenticity - to help my clients be real I do the same. I don’t present myself as the ‘perfect’ therapist.
Humans, emotions and life are complex and it is only by being open and real that we can form genuine, reparative relationships.
Humans, emotions and life are complex and it is only by being open and real that we can form genuine, reparative relationships.
‘When a person realises he has been deeply heard, his eyes moisten. It is as though he were saying... someone knows what it's like to be me’ Carl Rogers
I am fully qualified, holding a level 6 diploma in Humanistic and Integrative counselling. I trained at Bath Centre for Psychotherapy and Counselling.
I am a registered member of BACP (MBACP) and work according to their ethical framework.
My work is overseen by a registered supervisor.