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Currently do not have availability to take on new clients

I work in Tetbury on Tuesday 9.00am-5.00pm

I work in Stroud Monday 9.00am-6.00pm

                               Thursday 9.00am-6.00pm

Occasionally I am available in Stroud on Friday

Having begun counselling 40 years ago, it has been a constant thread through a career that has included mental health social work, health promotion, adult education and training, counselling in G.P. practice and private practice.

I will work with whatever problems, issues or blocks that you bring to counselling. If you are troubled by behaviours, such as addictions, or physiological symptoms, such as anxiety or panic attacks, then we may do some focused work on these to assist you in gaining control over them.

Talking about your current problems may lead us to make links with unresolved events from the past. Exploring these past events, such as abuse, trauma, family deaths, can result in resolving and healing them, so that they can be laid to rest. Having recently undergone training in working with trauma, I am even more aware of how our bodies hold vital information about our past experiences. Giving attention to our embodied experience in the present can facilitate changing stuck and often unhelpful patterns.

Invariably what happens between us in the therapy room is a reflection of how you are in your life. We can use this information to help shed light on how you can make changes in your relationship with others.

Because everyone is different I tailor my approach accordingly. Thus, I may use cognitive-behavioural methods, gestalt techniques, assertiveness training - and inspiration in the moment! Listening to my intuition is a hallmark of my practice.

I have named my counselling, supervision and healing practice Conversations From The Heart because that is what I do!

I work with individuals from 18 years old upwards to the end of life.

Qualifications

Counselling and groupwork training,Richmond Fellowship (1977-79)

Certificate in Social Work, Bristol University (1980)

Certificate in Counselling Skills, Westhill College, Birmingham University (1990)

Graduate Diploma in Counselling Studies, Keele University (1997)

Postgraduate Certificate in Counselling Supervision, Keele University (1998)

Diploma in Contemporary Trauma Practice, Relational Change (2017)

Currently do not have any availability to take on new clients

I work in Stroud   Monday 9.00am-6.00pm

                                  Thursday 9.00am-6.00pm

I work in Tetbury Tuesday 9.00am-5.00pm 

Occasionally I am available in Stroud on Fridays

Having begun counselling  40 years ago, it has been a constant thread through a career that has included mental health social work, health promotion, adult education and training, counselling in G.P. practice and private practice.

I will work with whatever problems, issues or blocks that you bring to counselling. If you are troubled by behaviours, such as addictions, or physiological symptoms, such as anxiety or panic attacks, then we may do some focused work on these to assist you in gaining control over them.

Talking about your current problems may lead us to make links with unresolved events from the past. Exploring these past events, such as abuse, trauma, family deaths, can result in resolving and healing them, so that they can be laid to rest. Having undergone training in working with trauma, I am even more aware of how our bodies hold vital information about our past experiences. Giving attention to our embodied experience in the present can facilitate changing stuck and often unhelpful patterns.

Invariably what happens between us in the therapy room is a reflection of how you are in your life. We can use this information to help shed light on how you can make changes in your relationship with others.

Because everyone is different I tailor my approach accordingly. Thus, I may use cognitive-behavioural methods, gestalt techniques, assertiveness training, focusing - and inspiration in the moment! Listening to my intuition is a hallmark of my practice.

I have named my counselling, supervision and healing practice Conversations From The Heart because that is what I do!

I work with individuals from age 18 years old upwards until end of life.

Qualifications

Counselling and groupwork training, Richmond Fellowship (1977-79)

Certificate in Social Work, Bristol University (1980)

Certificate in Counselling Skills, Westhill College, Birmingham University (1990)

Graduate Diploma in Counselling Studies, Keele University (1997)

Postgraduate Certificate in Counselling Supervision, Keele University (1998)

Diploma in Contemporary Trauma Practice, Relational Change (2017)

The first session is a chance for us to meet each other; to see how you feel with me, to get a sense of whether I am the right therapist for you and for me to assess if I can be of help to you. Generally the first session involves you telling me your story of what brings you to counselling at this point in your life and what you are hoping to gain. 

Currently I do not have availability to take on new supervisees

I work in Stroud Monday 9.00am-6.00pm

                             Thursday 9.00am-6.00pm

Occasionally I am available  on Friday

I describe my supervision work as supervisee-centred. This is because I believe that as therapists we provide the best service to our clients when we become as finely tuned an instrument as possible. Thus, I encourage my supervisees to bring the whole of themselves to supervision. I am particularly interested in what is happening in the here-and-now of the supervision session as this may give us valuable information about what is taking place within the counselling. For counsellors based in organizations, the impact of the organization on the therapeutic work is another aspect we will take in to consideration.

As a qualified supervisor I have supervised trainee counsellors through to well-established practitioners, individually and in groups. This has been provided through organizations and my private practice.

I love supervision and I consider it invaluable. Because of this I offer supervision to complementary health practitioners, so that they may have the benefit of a regular supportive yet challenging space for themselves. This can improve the quality of service to the client whilst assisting the practitioner in developing professionally.

Qualifications

Counselling and groupwork training, Richmond Fellowship (1977-79)

Certificate in Social Work, Bristol University (1980)

Certificate in Counselling Skills, Westhill College, Birmingham University (1990)

Graduate Diploma in Counselling Studies, Keele University (1997)

Postgraduate Certificate in Counselling Supervision, Keele University (1998)

Diploma in Contemporary Trauma Practice, Relational Change (2017)

The first session is an opportunity for us to meet each other; to see if there is sufficient commonality between us to be able to work together and if I am the right supervisor for you. We may well exchange information about our respective work backgrounds and models of counselling. You may be looking for particular characteristics or styles of working in a supervisor. I will be interested in your previous experiences of supervision and how you approach supervision.