鲍鱼视频

I currently offer weekdays. Please do reach out and contact for availability.  

I鈥檓 a 鲍鱼视频accredited integrative psychotherapist, couples counsellor and clinical supervisor, with many years of experience supporting individuals through deep emotional pain and life鈥檚 most difficult challenges. 鲍鱼视频accreditation is a recognised gold standard in the profession, reflecting my commitment to high-quality, ethical, and evidence-based practice.

I believe the therapeutic relationship is central to healing and meaningful change. When we feel genuinely seen, heard, and accepted, transformation becomes possible. My integrative approach means I draw from a range of therapeutic models, tailoring the work to meet your individual needs鈥攁lways grounded in empathy, collaboration, and relational depth.

Speciality and EMDR

I specialise in anxiety, depression, and low self-worth鈥攑articularly when these stem from trauma. This includes childhood or adult experiences of abuse, neglect, or narcissistic injury from parents, siblings, or partners. I am trained in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing), a powerful therapy for alleviating post-traumatic symptoms and PTSD, I can blend EMDR into my relational approach to heal from trauma or offer it separately as a stand alone treatment. 

My approach

I鈥檓 passionate about helping people reconnect with the parts of themselves that trauma may have silenced or pushed aside. This includes healing the relationship to self鈥攍earning to be assertive, to take up space, to say no without guilt, and to honour your own needs and boundaries. So often, trauma teaches us to abandon ourselves in order to survive. Therapy offers the space to begin reclaiming your right to exist fully, and to live from a place of self-respect and inner steadiness.

At the heart of my work is the belief that healing begins with being compassionately witnessed in your experience. From there, we can explore what鈥檚 no longer serving you and support you in taking steps to change what feels stuck or painful. 

Experience

During the COVID-19 pandemic, I led an integrative counselling and wellbeing service, providing psychotherapy, mental health and wellbeing training to NHS staff, supporting frontline workers through grief, vicarious trauma, and intense emotional stress. This gave me extensive experience in working with healthcare professionals and those in caring roles鈥攕upport I now continue to offer exclusively through my private practice.

My varied and extensive counselling experience includes working within several not-for-profit agencies supporting a variety of people with mild to more severe mental health challenges and women-specific charities throughout Surrey and London, as well as in private practice. 

I鈥檓 also a trained clinical supervisor, working with both trainee and qualified therapists. I bring a relational and reflective approach to supervision, supporting practitioners to grow in confidence and depth. 

I鈥檓 also trained in Imago Relationship Therapy, supporting people in close relationships (couples, friends, siblings etc...). Imago focuses on increasing conscious communication, healing relational ruptures, and fostering deep empathy and understanding. 

My earlier career working in speech and language, gave me a strong foundation in working with autistic and ADHD individuals, and I continue to work closely with neuro-divergent clients today. I offer a space where your neurodiversity is respected, understood, and embraced. 

I offer a warm, honest, and supportive space to help you reconnect with yourself and move toward the life you want to live.  

Initial Free Consultation

To begin with I offer an initial free 20-minute phone conversation. This call is an opportunity to discuss what has brought you to counselling at this time and answer any questions you may have.  You are under no obligation to proceed with therapy after our chat, you may wish to have some time to think it over.  If you would like to go ahead, we will book an initial 6 sessions and then review progress. Short to long term counselling is available, depending on your unique needs and goals.  EMDR is available for a set number of sessions or integrated into long term counselling. 

Please do get in touch, I'm very easy to talk to! No question is 'silly'! 

Where am I?

I offer short to long term therapy, accessible to all from a confidential counselling room in Surbiton and Kingston or online from a virtual platform or via telephone.  With the rise in online working due to the pandemic, I undertook specialist training to provide effective virtual and telephone counselling so please get in touch to discuss your own unique needs and preference. 

I currently have limited availability during weekdays and early evenings. 

Why choose me?

As a 鲍鱼视频accredited integrative and relational individual therapist, my supervisory approach is to have an individualised, considered and above all, caring response to my supervisees鈥� work and their practice. I begin every supervision session with a mental wellbeing check in. I believe you as a counsellor, need not only a reflective space, but an emotionally safe space also and a chance to talk about you. Please tell me how you are! Due to my current role working as Counselling Service Lead for NHS frontline workers, I have extensive experience of working with depression, anxiety, childhood/adult abuse and have specialist training in trauma and PTSD and have supervised counsellor groups, individual therapists, healthcare clinicians and managers. 

I also work as a group supervisor for a charity that offers low cost therapy to women in the local area. I support trainee therapists to provide ethical and effective counselling to women struggling with trauma, menopause, health conditions, relationship difficulties, fertility related issues, pregnancy challenges, abuse, depression, anxiety and stress. 

Safety

You may be working independently in private practice or for an organisation, either way, it's important that you don't feel isolated so my aim is to be as encouraging and supportive as I can be.  I work to the BACP's ethical framework and while you bear the primary responsibility of your client work, I will ensure your practice adheres to a recognised, safe and ethical standard and at times, adopting a more directive approach when required.

Fees

Trainee counsellors, I have availability at a reduced fee. Choosing the right supervisor is essential to receiving the right support and guidance during your journey to qualification.

Qualified Therapists: 拢60 for 60 minutes. 拢75 for 90 minutes.

Trainee Therapists: please contact me for further details

Sessions are available face to face in Surbiton or Teddington in Southwest London or online UK wide. 

How I work

I work purposefully and empathically with you to build a trusting relationship that challenges, nurtures and supports, alongside developing your confidence, knowledge and abilities in providing effective and ethical counselling to clients. I respect your training, level of experience and in-depth knowledge of your own clients and offer you time to reflect on what is happening in the therapeutic space. We will explore together any issues that you may wish to bring, be that around client work, personal development or work-related issues. For qualified therapists, I can also support you with the 鲍鱼视频accreditation process.

Style

Supervision is integrative, combining person-centred, psychodynamic and gestalt theories as well as cognitive behavioural techniques but as Carl Jung says, 鈥淜now all the theories, master all the techniques, but as you touch a human soul be just another human soul.鈥� and I concur. The relationship between supervisor and supervisee is incredibly important and building that relationship is essential for me to deliver successful and effective supervision. I believe and have been told, I'm very easy to talk to and supervision sessions can be fun and light when needed! Connection is key.

Trauma trained

To support your work with clients who have experienced trauma, supervision can focus on specific interventions such as the internal family systems approach and regulating the nervous system with polyvagal theory. This flexible and relational style allows me to be adaptable and work with a variety of modalities and counselling practitioner styles.

Supervision model

There are a variety of models of supervision in use today. One of the most common is Hawkins and Shohet鈥檚 Seven-Eyed Model, and this is the core model I adopt. However, I offer flexibility and creativity in the approach used, adapting it to meet the need and preferences of each supervisee.

Accessibility

Whatever your location, I offer a free introductory call to discuss your unique needs and requirements from supervision. Sessions are available face to face in Surbiton in Southwest London or online UK wide. 

This call is as no cost to you and gives you an opportunity to ask any questions you may have and a chance to see if working together feels a 'good fit'. After our call, you are under no obligation to proceed with supervision, you may wish to take some time to think it through. If you would like to proceed, we can book further sessions at a time and day that is convenient for you.