After spending many years working within financial services until 2007, I embarked on a career working with children and families experiencing trauma and abuse. I qualified as as psychotherapist in 2012, I am a member of the British Association of Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP), the largest counselling body in the UK. In 2022 I qualified as Social Worker (registered with Social Work England) working within adult mental health and have recently qualified as an Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP). I am experienced working with individuals, couples and groups - adults, young people, and children as young as aged 7.

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I have experience within financial services, residential child care, family outreach, children and families support and safeguarding, domestic violence, substance misuses, and complex mental health. I regularly work alongside general practitioners, psychiatric and general hospitals, adult community mental health teams, child and adolescent mental health teams, educational settings and care providers.

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My counselling experience includes helping people explore issues of:

• alcohol dependency, substance misuse and other addictions

• relationship problems, family conflict, extra-familial harm and domestic violence

• anxiety, grief, loss and change

• depression, hopelessness and suicidal ideation

• neurodivergence, ADHD, sexuality and identity issues 

• complex trauma, abuse and complex mental health

• difficult choices, paranoid beliefs and other presenting problems

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Some areas that have stood out for me in my career so far are helping a young lady trust me as a male counsellor by exploring the impact of domestic violence, supporting a father to connect with his adopted son and to therapeutically support a lady whose life was falling apart.

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My main availability is during the evening and weekends, but I can be flexible to meet your needs if you reach out with your preferences. I am happy to provide short or long-term counselling and will review progress with you on a regular basis. I have experience using classic face to face, walking therapy, video, telephone and instant messaging models of counselling.

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I use a blend of psychoeducation, creativity, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), Hypnosis and EMDR in my counselling approach.