Making sense of your experience
Hello and welcome to my website.
I am a UKCP registered humanistic and integrative psychotherapist in training. I offer affordable psychotherapy in Bristol and Bath.
Starting therapy can be a big decision, but we can all find ourselves confused and in pain at times. This may be when we are struggling with relationships, we’re stuck in repeated patterns of behaviour, or when we are striving to find meaning in life.
Psychotherapy can help you gain a better understanding of issues that may be troubling you, through expressing and reflecting on your feelings in a supportive and relational space.
I have a deep longing to connect with people. I will aim to explore with you, difficult emotions and aspects of your past and present that maybe influencing your current distress. As a psychotherapist in training, I draw upon a range of approaches to suit the uniqueness of each client.
Working together with curiosity and compassion and without judgment, we can get closer to who you are, rather than focus on what you (and perhaps others) feel may be wrong with you. This process may be hard at times, and it will take time for trust to build between us. Through this evolving therapeutic relationship and with your growing self-awareness and self-acceptance, we can explore how you may be able to approach life’s challenges with greater resilience and with the possibility for change.
Why Psychotherapy?
Psychotherapy can help with a broad range of issues. I have worked with clients who have experienced anxiety and depression, addiction, sex and relationship issues, and concerns around identity, trauma, grief and loss.
Often the issues that are troubling you weave and interrelate and are part of what it is to be human.
Ultimately, you are in control of our sessions and this is your time. I see my role as helping you to examine your troubles with compassion and to explore new ways of dealing with the challenges of life. I am not there to fix or diagnose. Instead, I hope to help you to search for a better way of living.
More about me
I am currently in the 5th year of studying for an MA in Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapy at Bath Centre for Psychotherapy and Counselling (BCPC).
As a member of both BCPC and UKCP, I adhere to their ethical values. I regularly consult with a UKCP registered supervisor about my work and am committed to ongoing professional development.
Alongside my private practice, I have been on a long-term placement with the Counsellors’ Collective, offering psychotherapy to clients referred by their GP.
As part of my training, I have also undertaken a placement at a service which offers low-cost counselling and psychotherapy.
I have also volunteered at a South-West based charity that provides help and assistance to people excluded from society, many of whom have issues with addiction.
I am currently a Trustee of The Harbour, a Bristol-based charity which offers counselling and psychotherapy to those affected by death, dying and bereavement.
My background career is in law. I enjoy open water swimming, yoga, running and being in nature.
Qualifications and professional membership
- 5th year studying for an MA in Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapy (BCPC)
- Foundation Certificate in Counselling and Psychotherapy (BCPC)
- LLM Environmental Law
- BSc (Hons) Psychology
- UKCP – trainee member
How it works
Free phone consultation
If you are interested in us working together, I recommend an initial telephone consultation. This will usually take between 20 to 25 minutes and will be free of charge. During the call, we can decide whether you feel you would benefit from an initial meeting.
Introductory meeting
This is an exploratory session of 50 minutes which is an opportunity for you to share your feelings and expectations of therapy in more detail, and for me to explain my approach to how I work. If you feel that you would like us to work together, we can then discuss our future working arrangements.
Duration
Sessions are 50 minutes long and take place weekly, face to face. Psychotherapy is usually open-ended, meaning that we do not fix the number of sessions at the beginning. Time-limited therapy is something we can discuss.
Get in touch
Please contact me if you would like to have a chat about how psychotherapy works, or to ask about arranging a free phone consultation. Alternatively, you can call me on 07714 023 881.
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