I have come to counselling from a career in the forces and then policing for many years before retiring and focusing on my passion for counselling. Throughout my working life I had struggled with, what turned out to be, work related stress and Anxiety, compounded by multiple traumatic events over the years. That is when I discovered the power of talking therapies and a few sessions with a good counsellor, helped me to start to turn my life around. So I decided to train as a counsellor myself and have found that my life skills and experiences, help me in my practice. Clients will often co...
I have come to counselling from a career in the forces and then policing for many years before retiring and focusing on my passion for counselling. Throughout my working life I had struggled with, what turned out to be, work related stress and Anxiety, compounded by multiple traumatic events over the years. That is when I discovered the power of talking therapies and a few sessions with a good counsellor, helped me to start to turn my life around. So I decided to train as a counsellor myself and have found that my life skills and experiences, help me in my practice. Clients will often comment on how easy they found it to talk to me, or how quickly they felt comfortable with me. Since I started counselling in 2006, I have learned from every client about how to adapt my approach to best meet there individual needs.
Along side anxiety, stress, depression and low mood, I have a particular interest in working with trauma. If you think of 'trauma' as being any event that has an adverse affect or your life, then you can start to understand that trauma is most likely to be present in most of our pasts, and potentially having an impact on our lives today. Understanding, and then learning how to change, the affects of trauma, releases us from it and allows us to be the best version of ourselves that we can be. I use tried and trusted interventions or strategies, that the client learns and takes away with them and continues to use long after our sessions have ended. This way of working means that the client learns how to continue and maintain what we achieve in the sessions, thus breaking the cycle or reducing the need to keep returning into therapy. I am an experienced counsellor working with most client groups, including LGBT+, health conditions, ASD, ADHD, Dementia (those with diagnosis or carers), teenagers, adults and older persons.
Area of Expertise
Qualifications
Work Experience
I will help with
ADHD
Anger Management
Anxiety
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Behavioural Issues
Bipolar Disorder
Chronic Pain
Co-dependency
Depression
Violence and Abuse
Gambling
Grief
Identity
Marital Issues
LGBTQ
OCD
PTSD
Relationships
Self-Harming
Self-Esteem
Sexuality
Stress
Trauma
Mental Health
Dissociative Disorders
Elderly Persons Disorders
Impulse Control Disorders
Mood Disorders
Personality Disorders
Psychosis
Male Psychology
Men's Mental Health
Parkingson's
My Therapy Approaches are
Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)
Cognitive Behavioural (CBT)
Compassion-Focused
Dialectical (DBT)
Eclectic
Family / Marital
Humanistic
Integrative
Interpersonal
Person-Centered
Psychoanalytic
Psychodynamic
Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
Trauma Focused
I am qualified in
Diploma In Integrative Counselling
Matrix College Of Counselling & Psychotherapy
England
Sep 2013 - Sep 2014
Certificate Person-Centred Counselling
University Of East Anglia
England
Sep 2004 - Sep 2005
Professional Practitioner Diploma In Hypnotherapy (Hons)
World Federation Of Hypnotherapists
England
Jan 2006 - Aug 2007
I am a professional member of
British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)
I have experience as a
Integrative Counsellor
Self Employed Greentrees Therapies
England
Apr 2012 - Present
Youth Counsellor Point1 CAMHS Provision
MAP (Mancroft Advice Project)
England
Nov 2013 - Aug 2022
Volunteer Counsellor
Waveney Rape & Abuse Centre
UK
Jun 2006 - Dec 2011
Dementia Counsellor (Pilot Scheme)
Mind Suffolk
UK
Apr 2014 - Apr 2015
Testimonials
30 Minute Trial session or intoductory session.
30 Minutes
$ 40.00
30 Minute Trial session or intoductory session.
30 Minutes
$ 40.00
Integrative Counselling Sessions
50 Minutes
$ 66.60
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Integrative Counselling Sessions
50 Minutes
$ 66.60
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