All of us have times in our lives when we are struggling to cope, and it can be really helpful to speak to someone who is outside of your close network of family and friends. I offer a relaxed, friendly, emotionally warm, safe and confidential space. I believe it takes a lot of courage to take the first step into counselling, to make that call, to text or to send that email, and people come for all kinds of reasons. It's not always traumatic events that bring us to counselling, however big or small your worries are, here is a good place to start.

A good relationship between client and counsellor is one of the most reliable predictors of effective and successful therapy. I have been a counsellor for over 15 years now, working for various organisations. I have experience in working with a range of ages from 5 - 85+ (I now only work with over 18's) with a vast range of issues from Covid related issues, anxiety, generalised anxiety, depression, feeling sad, family issues, low self esteem, low confidence, abuse, bereavement, feeling overwhelmed, feeling lost, and more.

Our aim together would be for us to explore how life is for you, where I will listen with out judgement but with empathy at how you feel , and how you react during certain situations, working towards finding solutions that work for you, based on a self reflective experience, making you more self aware.

I am an integrative counsellor, which means that I use different models of counselling, weaving them and tailoring them to suit the unique individual needs of each of my clients. This can be either open ended or short term, which we would discuss in our initial consultation.

I believe that when I welcome you to counselling, you leave everything at the door and walk in purely as a human being - no different from me. I offer face to face counselling in Ryde I.O.W, I also work via telephone or online countywide.

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I have the following qualifications

Certificate in Humanistic Counselling, 2006

Family Support Training, 2008Diploma in Humanistic Counselling, 2008

Diploma in Neuro-Linguistic programming & Humanistic Neuro-Linguistic Psychology, 2009

Certificate in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, 2010

Mindfulness Matters 2015

Diploma in Supervision 2018

Continue & Begin Coaching 2019

Certificate in Online and Telephone Counselling 2021

Treating Complex Trauma with Internal Family Systems (IFS)

My theoretical approach is Integrative based on Humanistic, Person Centred, Systemic, TA, Mindfulness, Coaching, CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) & NLP,

I began my counselling career in 2007 volunteering at The Earl Mountbatten Hospice where I gained experience in dealing with health issues and bereavement.Whilst training I supported students through counselling at Sandown Bay Academy, formerly Sandown High School.I have worked for a small local charity providing counselling for families and individuals.

I worked at the Wessex Cancer Trust for 3 years, providing counselling for those newly diagnosed with cancer and their families and supported them throughout their journey. Here I also gained experience in working with those with health anxieties and bereavement, along side working with hope and new beginnings.I have worked on the Island for charities counselling children & Young people aged 5-25 from 2008-2018, I am currently only working with those over 16 years of age.I see Adults, EAP, Older Adults, Organisations, Young People and groups

I offer:Short-term face-to-faceLong term face- to-faceTelephone CounsellingOnline CounsellingTime-limited

I provide clinical supervision for counselling students, counsellors and other professions

I currently have no availability to take on any new clients.

I completed my training in 2018 and am up to date with latest thinking and research. I believe that clinical supervision can be helpful in many lines of work, not just counselling. I offer face to face sessions in Ryde Isle of Wight, and telephone and online sessions countrywide.