Hello and many thanks for taking the time to visit my page. A bit about myself - I am a fully qualified and experienced counsellor, psychotherapist, hypnotherapist and supervisor. I have been working with adults in mental health for 19 years, helping them to overcome many different mental health and emotional challenges.

My experience to date has enabled me to work with a vast range of issues. I also have particular expertise in working with relationship issues, anger, bullying, sexuality, LGBT+, self-esteem, self-confidence, bad habits, depression (and generally feeling low), identity and anxiety issues, improving communication skills as well as survivors of sexual abuse.

As an experienced practitioner, helping people identify where they are at in life and how they want to move forward is my specialism. I have at my disposal many tools to do this, whether it is counselling, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), coaching, hypnosis, personality assessments or nutrition guidance. My clients particularly find useful a range of personalised audio tracks which they can listen to in their own time, focusing on many areas such as mindfulness, low self-confidence, feeling low/depressed, anxious, or changing unhelpful habits.

What happens next?

So if you are struggling right now or even if you are doing O.K. in life but want to make improvements, feel free to send me a message. I look forward to hearing from you.

About my past experience

I have worked in different professions and held roles in a number of areas - ranging from adult education, supervision, lecturing and psychotherapy. I have worked for organisations such as Birmingham University, Warwick University, the Priory and the NHS. My roles in education include Senior Lecturer for Counselling, Course Director and Counselling Course Leader for a degree I co-wrote. My last role was as a Specialist Mental Health Mentor working at various universities.

The counselling models I use are Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Person-centred, Gestalt, Transactional Analysis (TA). For hypnotherapy, I also integrate mindfulness, strengths-based therapy, Positive Psychology and the principles of savouring (enjoying the moment). I can create a tailored package that includes a variety of approaches such as career coaching, personality assessments, counselling, hypnotherapy etc..I am qualified to Masters degree level in Counselling which I obtained at Keele University.

I also have 3 diplomas in counselling and a certificate in Counselling Supervision. In addition to this I have undertaken various additional training courses in order to expand and develop my knowledge base and undertake regular and frequent CPD. Below is a list of my most relevant qualifications for client work:

MSc Counselling Psychology (Integrative)
Level 4 in Counselling (Gestalt, Person-centred and Existential)
Level 4 in Clinical Hypnotherapy
Level 4 Certififed Nutrition Diploma (AfN - Association for Nutrition)
Post-graduate certificate in Counselling Supervision (Keele University)
Weight Management Specialist qualification
Smoking Cessation Specialist
Diploma in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP)
Level 5 in Coaching and Mentoring in teaching
Myers Briggs Personality Assessments
Life-Coaching Certificate
Diploma in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)