Psychotherapist & Counsellor.

I have been involved in counselling and psychotherapy since 1995 and qualified as a UKCP Registered practitioner in 2000. I decided to become BACP Accredited and have remained so since 2006. I have worked extensively for Employee Assistance Programmes, seeing a variety of clients from different professions including the police, ambulance services, fire service, prison officers and people who work for a range of commercial organisations. I am registered as a practitioner with BUPA, Aviva, AXA PPP, WPA and Benenden private health insurers. I also work with visually impaired clients, doing home visits through a Surrey based charitable organisation. I have provided Home Office mandated professional support to personnel who work with H M Prison service on rehabilitation programmes with prisoners.

Since 2012 I have been working also on contract for the NHS for an online IAPT (Increasing Access to Psychological Therapies) service. I also have worked with a great number of private individuals and couples. I work with most issues – and constantly come across issues which I have not encountered before – but find that psychotherapy training has given me a very grounded and sound theoretical base from which to work, regardless of the particular issues which clients may bring.

I have a great deal of experience of providing therapy – and research tends to indicate that seasoned practitioners are on the whole the most effective.