about me
my approach
I have a warm, compassionate and non-judgemental approach.
The type of counselling I offer is based on the person centred approach. This means I respect you as an individual and trust that you have the capacity for healing and growth. I work in a way that allows you to explore your own individual choices and decisions at your own pace. Together we can work towards short-term goals and solutions, or take a long-term relational approach.
Person centred therapy
is built on the understanding that all human beings are constantly striving to do the best they can for themselves. We all instinctively want to be well and whole and we have inside ourselves the ability to grow, despite any difficult experiences we may have had in our lives.
I am here to help facilitate you in finding a way forward that is right for you.
I am committed to anti-oppressive practice. I apply a social justice lens to a trauma-informed way of working. This means I offer an affirming space to explore what is happening for you at your own pace, whilst holding in awareness the wider systemic and societal factors which impact the level of distress felt by individuals and communities.
qualifications & professional membership
Registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, the BACP.
I adhere to the BACP ethical framework.
I have extensive experience in working with a broad range of settings across Sussex including:
- Counselling Manager & senior practitioner - Sussex Rape Crisis Centre
- Trauma specialist - Survivors' Network, Brighton
- Specialist renal counsellor (chronic illness) - NHS
- Pre-trial therapist - Sexual Assault Referral Centre registered therapist
- Drug & alcohol counsellor - The Brighton Oasis Project
- Young people's counsellor - Space2, Brighton
- Student counsellor - Eastbourne Campus, University of Brighton
- Depression & anxiety counsellor - As You Are, Southwick
Freelance supervisor, offering clinical and consultancy supervision for Survivors' Network, Veritas Stalking advocacy, Brighton Housing Trust,
Hummingbird Refugee Project, PARCS, HepC Trust, Across Rainbows, Waterbear music college and with counsellors in private practice.