Training & Experience
Training & Experience
My training
I’m a BACP qualified integrative counsellor with a Level 6 Diploma in Integrative Counselling from the NHS Inter-Psyche Training Institute. My earlier training includes a Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Skills.
Alongside my counselling training, I hold a BA (Hons) in Graphic Design. This background continues to influence my work, helping me support clients who think creatively, feel deeply or move through the world in ways that don’t always fit traditional expectations.
Additional training includes:
⚘ Neurodiversity Affirming Practice certificate - Free2bMe (Currently undertaking)
⚘ Ongoing CPD in GSRD and trauma
⚘ Working with Loss & Bereavement - Cruse
⚘ Suicide Awareness - Papyrus
⚘ Counselling Online - BACP & Open University
My experience
I’ve worked with clients in both NHS services and private practice. My NHS experience involved short-term, structured therapy, often within limited timeframes and gave me experience working with a wide range of presentations. This work taught me the importance of clarity, containment and holding hope, even when time is brief.
Since setting up my private practice, I work primarily in a longer-term, open-ended way. This allows space for deeper, more relational work, where trust can develop over time and the therapy can unfold at a pace that feels supportive and responsive to each client. I value the continuity this offers and the opportunity to work collaboratively.
I also work alongside National Ugly Mugs (NUM), offering reflective space to individuals within sex-working communities, experience that informs my inclusive, non-judgemental approach.
I am fully insured, hold an enhanced DBS check, and am registered with the ICO for data protection.
Ongoing learning
Alongside regular supervision, I continue to learn and deepen my understanding in areas that feel meaningful to my work. I’m especially interested in:
⚘ Anxiety and overthinking
⚘ People-pleasing and masking
⚘ Relationships, attachment and intimacy
⚘ Neurodiversity-affirming practice
⚘ Identity, self-worth and shame
⚘ The mind and body connection
⚘ GSRD-informed practice (gender, sexual and relationship diversity), supporting my work with LGBTQ+ clients in an affirming way
⚘ Experiences of stigma and marginalisation
These themes show up often in my work and continue to shape how I support people in understanding themselves more deeply and building steadier, more authentic relationships with themselves and others.
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