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I currently have availability most days a week, from 9.30 until 6pm. I generally do not see clients Friday mornings. 

Welcome! I am Senior Accredited Counsellor/Psychotherapist with twenty-five years of experience of working with diverse issues in the NHS, universities, schools, private practice and volunteer agencies. 

People who have come to me for counselling have had many different experiences.

• You may feel angry, scared, sad, depressed, anxious, stressed or lonely.
  
• You may be grieving, have a lack of confidence, a difficult decision to make, difficulty sleeping, concerns about sex or experience of abuse.
  
• Your problems may be with relationships, family, work or school.
  
• You may be feeling that life has taken the wrong turning and at a loss as to which direction to go.
  
• You may be feeling unseen and unheard.
  

When you come to me you can talk about and work with your individual needs. I can help you

• Understand difficult emotions
  
• Better accept and understand yourself
  
• Make sense of your circumstances
  
• Work out your own options
  
• Move on better equipped to cope with the future
  

I offer you time and a confidential space where you can feel safe talking to someone who listens to your point of view, who accepts who you are, who doesn’t tell you what to do and who will not discriminate against you.

I will listen deeply, though not be shy to offer thoughts that occur to me along the way. 

I liken counselling to being on a journey.  Perhaps you are lost, or don’t like the road you have been on. Maybe you wonder what other roads are out there. It might be that the ride has been very bumpy or traumatic even. Counselling offers you a chance to stop, see how you are feeling and what you might need.  If I see something on the map, I might point it out to you if I think it could be helpful – but very much for you to take or leave!

I would call myself a Person-Centred counsellor, yet integrate much from many different approaches. Having an additional training in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) allows me to offer a possibility of a combined approach if you and I feel it might be useful. 

Each session lasts for 60 minutes.

Whilst initially it can be beneficial to see a counsellor weekly, I run a client-centred practice and would, where possible, fit in with the frequency that suits you. You may prefer to start off weekly, and then move to fortnightly or even monthly as time goes by.

I am happy to work in an open-ended way if that suits you, or to keep to a more time-limited way. This can be discussed in our initial session and reviewed as we go.

I offer online and face-to-face sessions, and am happy with either, acknowledging that we are all different and different ways of working suits us differently at different times.

Frequent buses to Tavistock & Plymouth stop close by my therapy room – which is a bit of a ‘posh shed’ in my garden in Horrabridge. I have two very friendly golden retrievers who don’t come into the therapy room with us but will give you a warm greeting and are likely to get in your way as you are walking in and out!

I offer the first session as half-price. This gives you a chance to see if working with me feels like the right 'fit', as our relationship will be vital for the work to be therapeutic.

Welcome to my supervision listing. I am a Senior Accredited Counsellor/Psychotherapist, and a Specialist Supervisor. I have twenty-five years of experience of working with diverse issues in the NHS, universities, schools, private practice and volunteer agencies.

Up until very recently, I have been lecturing on the BSc and MSc programmes in Counselling and Psychotherapy at Plymouth Marjon University.

I have a post-graduate diploma in Person-Centred Supervision and experience of supervising counsellors and professionals working at various organisations such as Counsellors Southwest, Kooth, Plymouth Marjon University, Derriford Hospital Occupational Health. I also supervise counsellors/psychotherapists working in private practice.

I also supervise professionals such as health workers, social workers, mental health occupational therapists, specialist mentors in higher education and addiction support workers.

I see my task as providing you with a relationship in which:

• You are free to explore your practice and discover what you want to learn from it.
  
• You feel safe enough to talk about practice which you feel has not gone well as well as practice that feels to have been good.
• You can explore and experience your personal self, alongside the development of your professional self (and any tensions you may experience between the two).
• You experience my empathy, unconditional positive regard and congruence.
  
• I offer my knowledge and expertise
  
• You feel supported with ethical and legal tensions that arise within your work.
  

As a Person-Centred supervisor, my focus is on you as a person. We will look together at your processes, meaning making and experiences.

I aim to accompany you while you explore your work in an environment of trust, confidentiality, safety and good humour. I believe professional growth, confidence and joy can be fostered from being fully encountered by a supervisor with whom you relate profoundly.

I offer online and face-to-face sessions, and am happy with either, acknowledging that we are all different and different ways of working suits us differently at different times.

Frequent buses to Tavistock & Plymouth stop close by my therapy room – which is a bit of a ‘posh shed’ in my garden in Horrabridge. I have two very friendly golden retrievers who don’t come into the therapy room with us but will give you a warm greeting and are likely to get in your way as you are walking in and out!

I offer supervision within the ethics of Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¾«×¼×ÊÁÏ and would therefore aim for the required minimum of 1.5 hours monthly. I understand that you are responsible for accruing the necessary supervision hours, and that you may meet some of this within other supervisory arrangements.

I understand that trainee counsellors will require me to collaborate with training and placement providers. The arrangements for collaboration will usually be agreed and discussed in advance of working with clients.

I offer a free half-hour chat for anyone interested in working with me in supervision. This will give you a chance to see how it might feel to work with me, and check that I am the right 'fit' for you.

I can be available most days, however I would need notice to organise my busy private practice around any teaching days.

Teaching specialisms include Person-Centred Theory, Developing Self-awareness, Personal and Professional Development, Working at Relational Depth and offering CBT within a Person-Centred Practice.

I am a Senior Accredited Counsellor/Psychotherapist. I have twenty-five years of experience of working with diverse issues in

• The NHS
  
• Universities
  
• Schools
  
• Private Practice
  
• Volunteer agencies

Up until very recently I have been lecturing on the degree course in Counselling and Psychotherapy at Plymouth Marjon University. I joined the programme 2018 just as the degree was about to start its first academic year. This meant writing lectures from scratch, creating content on theory, research and practice. I’ve loved the teaching and the relationship with the students and staff, as well as how the teaching has informed my practice and my practice has informed my teaching.

I have a Postgraduate Certificate in Education, and taught in primary schools between 1997 and 2003.

I also have Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education (2021) and am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)