Welcome to my site - and thank you for coming to my website as part of your search for a therapist!

Seeking therapy is a strength - an awareness, understanding and acknowledgement in seeking help and support is an important step in relationships and ability to relate. 

I offer a therapeutic counselling service for anyone wishing to create change in their life, whether you are able to name that change or not.  This might mean undertaking short-term counselling, or longer, open-ended therapeutic counselling.

Clients are ‘experts’ on themselves, and respect for individual values and goals is of great importance. My role as a therapist is to take you through the difficult process of self-understanding. 

All therapists, irrespective of their orientation, believe that a good counselling relationship is essential to an effective positive outcome to therapy. With this in mind, I aim to create the right environment to build an effective relationship with you. It is this relationship that makes it possible for you to develop trust and for us to work together. It is the quality of the therapeutic relationship contributes to a positive outcome in counselling, which is very important to me and the work.
You will begin to feel heard, listened to and understood. He or she will not make decisions for you or tell you what to do. 

Working with a therapist enables you to explore the problem from your frame of reference, and then to focus on specific issues. My attitude will be non-judgemental and accepting, with an empathic understanding allowing you to begin to feel heard. From time to time during the session I may need to paraphrase or summarise what I have heard to clarify and gain a better understanding from your point of view, helping you to consider possible ways to act, devise a plan of action and how best to put this into effect. 

I am able to provide a service for clients who wish to be seen privately for reasons of confidentiality, convenience and duration. Appointments can be offered during the day, on evenings and on Saturdays.  Initial assessments can usually be offered within 48 hours from initial contact. Clients can either refer themselves or be referred by their GP.

I offer a non-judgmental approach, without discrimination on grounds of sex, race, religion, class, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or gender identity