My Story

My journey to counselling and becoming a counsellor is a long and complicated one. In a nutshell, whatever the issue, the chances are I’ve experienced it or been affected by it.

My personal therapy started about 10 years ago when I realised that if I didn’t get some help for unresolved trauma, it would seep into every area of my life and take over. My children were young and I didn’t want their lives to be affected by what I had been through.

Following a short period in therapy, I felt so much better and continued with my life as a wife and mother and working as a Nutritionist helping people to maintain a healthy lifestyle. I soon realised that many of my clients were struggling with their physical health due to their own unresolved trauma.

No amount of dieting or healthy living was going to resolve their underlying issues and so it was going to be hard for them to maintain their goals. And I did not feel equipped to help my nutrition clients with the unresolved issues that they were facing.

So I took the decision to retrain and become a counsellor, which involved more therapy and a lot of personal growth. During that time, my children were becoming teenagers and my husband and I took the decision to divorce. Throw in a worldwide pandemic and you can see why I am no stranger to adversity!

Nowadays I am a single mum of two amazing teenage daughters (and our fabulous dog Bootsie) and navigating the crazy world of perimenopause to top it off.

I live in the beautiful Forest of Dean and find the peaceful nature of the forest is a tonic to the crazy life that we all find ourselves in.

Qualifications & Experience

  • Member – National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society
  • CPCAB Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling for Counselling Adults and Children & Young People
  • CPCAB Levels 2 & 3 Counselling Studies
  • BSc (Hons) Human Nutrition (First)
  • Creative Counsellors Training & Consultancy Ecotherapy: Walk & Talk Therapy Training
  • Tic+ Training - Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
  • Tic+ Training - Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT)
  • Tic+ Training - Introduction to Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)
  • Samaritans – Conversations with Vulnerable People
  • MHFA England - Mental Health First Aid
  • Gloucestershire Safeguarding Children Partnership – Domestic Abuse & Intimate Partner Violence
  • Gloucestershire Safeguarding Children Executive – Neglect; Physical Abuse; Safeguarding Children Level 1/2
  • Womankind Bristol Domestic Abuse Charity – Befriender Training & Placement
  • Level 2 – Understanding Children & Young People Mental Health
  • Tic+ - Placement Counsellor
  • Tic+ Mental Health Support Practitioner (Parent Support & Advice Line)

Get in touch

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions about how my counselling and nutrition services work, or to arrange an appointment.

You can also call me on 07891969447 if you would prefer to leave a message or speak to me first. All enquires are usually answered within 24 hours.

Confidentiality:

Everything discussed in our sessions remains confidential. I will not discuss you or what you tell me with anyone.

I do receive regular Supervision, when I may discuss our general topics in order to get informed guidance and advice.

At all times your identity would remain secure. In the event of you or someone else being at risk of harm, I would break confidentiality, in accordance with the Ethical Principles of my governing body, the NCPS. I would seek to discuss this with you first.

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