I am a fully qualified practitioner & Clinical Supervisor. My training at Leeds Metropolitan University is accredited by the B.A.C.P. (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy) & I am a member of this organisation and abide by their code of ethics. I have further qualifications in T.A. (Transactional Analysis) and CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy). I have a wealth of experience working within the Primary Care Trust taking G.P. referrals, and many years experience working independently in private practice.

I chose counselling as a career after receiving counselling myself following a crisis in my life. The counselling process helped facilitate my understanding of why things felt so bad and helped make sense of what was happening in my life. It also helped me to understand why past experiences seemed to still have a powerful impact on my everyday well-being. Just the sharing of my thoughts & feelings, was in itself, a powerful experience. It's a slow, quiet movement from anxiety to contentment, from insecurity to confidence & from isolating depression to vital engagement with other people. Reaching out & asking for help, when I was feeling vulnerable, enabled me to turn my life around. I know what a difference it makes to be understood deeply and consistently... without judgement.