About Me

I am a fully qualified and experienced Psychotherapeutic Counsellor.  I work with adults, and teenagers aged 16+, on a long or short term basis.  In normal circumstances I can offer appointments in both Ipswich and Woodbridge.  However, during the current Covid 19 Pandemic, all appointments are on-line or via telephone.

My qualifications include:

Advanced Professional Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling

Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling (with Distinction)

Diploma in Hypnotherapy and Counselling Skills

Advanced Certificate in Creative Therapies

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I am a member of two professional bodies and adhere to their ethical standards for the counselling professions:

Accredited Member of the National Counselling Society - MNCS (Accred)

Registered Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - MBACP

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To ensure my skills are kept up-to-date I engage in on-going clinical supervision and continually expand my knowledge by attending workshops and undertaking additional training in specific areas.  To date, this has included:

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• Telephone Counselling

• On-Line Counselling

• Couple Counselling

• Treating Generalised Anxiety Disorder and Panic Attacks

• Treating Trauma/Working with Relational Trauma

• Working with Sexual Abuse

• Domestic Violence Awareness

• Working Therapeutically with Disordered Eating

• Working with Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder (Previously called BPD)

• Drug Awareness

• Dealing with Distress: Working with Self-Harm and Suicide

• Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)

• Autistic Spectrum Issues

• Safeguarding Children & Adults

Issues I work with include (but are not limited to):

• Addiction

• Anger

• Anxiety 

• Bereavement

• Depression

• Domestic Abuse

• Eating Issues

• Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder (Previously Known as BPD)

• Lack of Confidence/Low Self Esteem

• Life Transitions

• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

• Phobias

• Professional/Career Issues

• Relationship Difficulties

• Self-Harming

• Sexual Abuse

• Sexuality

• Stress Management

• Trauma

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