What I offer
I work with individuals and couples and offer both short-term and long-term therapy. I also provide supervision. People often contact me directly but I also receive referrals from the NHS, Occupational Health Departments and Employment Assistance Providers (EAPs). Having worked for a bereavement charity I have a particular interest in working with grief and bereavement. Clients who have recently been bereaved are often in a state of psychic shock and some liken this to walking through a dense fog. The many conflicting feelings that are experienced are often difficult and confusing to make sense of and my aim is to provide an opportunity to talk in private in order to begin to explore these tumultuous feelings.
Whilst the first session is very much an assessment session it is important that you also feel safe and contained enough to begin to tell your story. It can take a lot of courage to consider entering therapy and at this point you will also be gauging whether or not you feel comfortable enough to return and embark on what can be a life changing experience. My aim is to offer you a safe and contained space in order that you feel that you would like to continue working with me.
My practice
I work from home in Brettenham, near Stowmarket in a separate and self-contained consulting room as part of The Bury Practice for Counselling and Psychotherapy
As I see BPCP clients at home now. I am happy to receive personal and business referrals.
I am a BACP Registered Senior Accredited Counsellor working in private practice.
I have experience of both primary care and the voluntary sector, having worked as a primary care counsellor for East Suffolk Mind, the mental health charity and as a bereavement counsellor and supervisor for Cruse Bereavement Care.
Initially I will offer you an assessment session where we can look together at what type of counselling best suits your needs.
Services offered include:
Long-term individual counselling
Short-term individual counselling
EAP work
Couples counselling
Clinical supervision
The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy; the professional body for Counsellors in the UK
Lots of information about counselling and how it can help in many situations.
The British Psychological Society is the representative body for psychology and psychologists in the UK.
A group of professional therapists that I belong to that offer a range of therapies and therapeutic styles