As a person-centered psychotherapist/counsellor I believe that the person who knows what is best for you, is you. I won’t be working through ‘workbooks’ or ‘assigning homework’, nor will I be telling you what to do or how to think and feel. I believe that those thoughts and feelings are best coming from inside you, rather than imposed upon you.
I trained at the Sherwood Institute, graduating with a Pg.Dip in the person-centered approach.
My background is in psychology, and I have an undergraduate, a masters degree and a PhD in the subject. My PhD looked at at gender and sexual diversity in sex education in English high schools.
Previously I have worked at Coventry Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre (CRASAC) as a volunteer counsellor, and as well as working in private practice, I founded a counselling charity that worked exclusively with people who identified as other than straight or cisgender.
During training and since qualifying, I have attended a number of training courses and conferences (and I also hold training for therapists on a regular basis). It is important to me to keep my knowledge about my specialist topics, as well as more general information up to date.
I work part-time as a therapist and part-time as principal lecturer on counselling courses at a university in the UK.
I’m disabled and neurodivergent and queer.
I regularly attend the Pink Therapy conferences (held annually)
I attend the Person-Centred Association conference (biannually)
I am a trained focuser and use this regularly in my client work
I am a registered member of NCPS and I provide private counselling/psychotherapy for individuals online.
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