About Me
I am qualified with a Diploma in Psychodynamic Counselling, having trained for four years with Gloucestershire Counselling Service (GCS),an affiliate of WPF Therapy,one of the country's leading counselling organisations.I have been counselling since 2002. As well as working in private practice, I have worked for GCS and also for SHARE Young People's Counselling Service which involved working in a school for children with special educational needs and with young people between the ages of 11 and 25.
My continuing commitment to further professional development training and interests in other therapy models, and experience, enables me to adapt to a wide variety of individuals and problems.
I am interested in psychodynamic thinking and attachment theory, and these inform the way I work.
See my blog for further information on counselling and psychotherapy theories and approaches www.whycounselling.blogspot.com
BACP Accredited & UKRCP Registered
BACP is the largest UK Counselling & Psychotherapy accrediting body. They monitor my practice, ensure that I am in supervision and that I continue with further training. I am also bound by their high standards of confidentiality and ethics.To become a member of UKRCP a counsellor must have achieved accreditation through a recognised UKRCP accrediting organisation e.g BACP. It's aim is to provide the public and others with an understandable specific UK standard that recognises counsellors who offer safe and accountable practice.