About Me

I began my training journey as a therapist fifteen years ago gaining a Certificate in Counselling Skills from UWE, Bristol in 2005. A few years later I started my training as a Play Therapist and in 2020 I fully qualified as a Counsellor for adults. I have experience since 2017 working with adults at two low-cost counselling charities in Bristol. I setup a private practice in 2019 working from the Practice Rooms in Clifton and Southville. Bristol and now I also work online UK-wide.

In my therapy work so far I have counselled people who have experienced anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, chronic pain, grief, loss and bereavement, shame, neglect and trauma. I have worked with a wide range of people with differing backgrounds and experiences. In the past I have received extensive inclusion, equality and diversity training as a practitioner and manager whilst living and working in one of the most diverse communities in the South-West.

I'm a Registered Member of BACP and trained at BCPC in Humanistic and Integrative counselling. I hold an Association for Counselling & Therapy Online (ACTO) Accredited and National Counselling Society approved Certificate in Online & Telephone Counselling.

I'm also an Accredited Play Therapist and Creative Arts Counsellor for Children & Young People with PTUK. I have a private practice - Bristol Creative Play Therapy - working with children, young people and parents which I setup in 2018. You can visit that website here.

Contact me for help with

Depression
Anxiety
Relationship Difficulties
Life Transitions
Low Self-Esteem
Traumatic experiences
Feelings of Shame
Stress Management
LGBTQ+ Counselling
Grief, Loss, or Bereavement
Dissatisfaction in Life
Loss of Meaning
Fear of Change
Parenting Challenges
and more...

Recent Training

Private Practice Conference 2020 (BACP)
Compassion in Therapy Summit (The Center for Mindful Self-Compassion)
Trauma Master Series (NICABM)
Certificate in Online & Telephone Counselling
How to do Counselling Online - a Coronavirus primer (BACP & Open University)
The Secret Agent of Shame
Grief works: Stories of life, death and surviving (Julia Samuel - keynote presentation for BACP conference)