I aim to offer warmth and acceptance, a place where you, the client, can feel listened to, and where you become involved in understanding more of what is happening to you. Through the counselling process, you can be helped to process difficult feelings and experiences in an environment that is entirely confidential. It may be that you are most comfortable talking, or maybe you would like to use creative arts to help process your emotions. It is important that you feel comfortable and able to be as open and honest as you can.

I can provide short term and longer term, more open-ended work. Short term work i.e. an agreed number of sessions, say 6 to 12, is more focussed on specific issues. Long term work provides the opportunity for more deep-seated difficulties to be explored.

I am equally committed to working with adults and young people; we can feel overwhelmed by our situation or feelings at any age.

I also offer play play therapy to children. Please email me for details.

My theoretical focus is based on psychodynamic theory, exploring the conscious and unconscious parts of ourselves, although other types of approaches, such as use of creative materials, may be incorporated into the counselling, depending on the client’s needs.