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I am available Monday to Fridays between 8am and finishing by 6.30pm for face-to-face in the room and remote appointments with flexibility to move between the two where it is helpful.  I encourage weekly sessions to begin with, but am happy to discuss less frequent sessions according to need, preference and appropriateness with ongoing assessment as to effectiveness.  I work long and short term.

I have been in practice for over 25 years and gained Accreditation as a Counsellor/Psychotherapist in 2005.  I am approved by the following insurance companies: Bupa, WPA, AXA, AVIVA, and VitalityHealth.

Whilst my core training is in the Person-Centred model, I have some additional post qualification training in working creatively, in CBT ideas and techniques, in Mindfulness, Brief Solution Focussed Therapy and in working with trauma. I also draw upon ideas from other approaches and work in a more integrated way now, unless a purely person-centred approach is required.  I believe counselling and psychotherapy is most effective when working holistically with thoughts, feelings and behaviour.  As such I try to identify with clients, their skills, resources and way of being in the world, so that we can work together in a way that will be most helpful.

I have worked as a counsellor and supervisor in Local Government, the voluntary sector, a service for young people aged 14 +, and as a at a local Further Education/Higher Education college.  I have also worked as a Supervisor at Nottingham Counselling Service.

In the past, I managed a staff counselling service in Local Government, and prior to training in Counselling Psychotherapy, I worked for 12 years in HR.  I have an interest in workplace wellbeing and the interaction between work, stress and mental health.

I take referrals from: people who contact me directly; word of mouth; ‘employees’ referred through the workplace, Employee Assistance Programmes or HR/Occupational Health; GPs and clients accessing counselling through private healthcare and counsellors/psychotherapists in training.

I have worked with clients across a diverse spectrum in terms of background, faith, culture, race, sexuality and gender identity, as well as people living with a range of disabilities. I have worked with young people (14+) and adults, and have experience across the wide range of issues that we may all have to face at different points in our lives.

My practice is based in a dedicated room at my home, with separate access and facilities.   There is ample parking, and regular bus timetable  from central Nottingham (no 5 and 7).

I offer a free half hour telephone conversation as part of our initial contact to give us both a chance to get a sense of each other and whether we feel like we might be a good match.  A first session can then be arranged which is charged at my agreed rate.   This is part of our mutual assessment as to whether to proceed.