Therapy

I offer Mindfulness and Compassion Informed Therapy which combines my longstanding therapy experience (since first qualifying in 1998) with deep immersion in Mindfulness and Self-Compassion teaching since 2010. Many people drawn to mindfulness and compassion approaches are keen to explore their individual circumstances in a manner consistent with these approaches in a one to one therapeutic setting which is where individual therapy comes in.

With an original training in Carl Rogers’ Client-Centred Therapy I undertook a special study during my MSc degree in Teaching Mindfulness-Based Approaches (Bangor University 2016) which explored the fit between mindfulness and client-centred therapy in both theory and practice.

I have offered therapy in private practice and previously within the NHS for many years (I was Manager of a Primary Care therapy service for 8 years). I am a Registered Member of BACP (the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy) and abide by their Ethical Framework. I have regular confidential supervision.

My therapy work is highly relational in that I work to establish a safe and confidential connection with you in which you feel increasingly free to explore your experiences with me as an engaged, reflective and supportive companion. It’s not unusual to discover you may have been living with familiar ‘messages’ and patterns of relating to both others and to yourself. This can prove helpful in understanding why you have become the person you are, and it can open up the possibility to choose changes you feel may benefit your way of interacting with your current world moving forwards. Through our process together new insights can arise and new developments emerge which enable you to live more resourcefully and with greater awareness and compassion for yourself and for others.