"We are here to help each other get through this thing, whatever it is.”
Kurt Vonnegut
ABOUT ME
ABOUT MY COUNSELLING APPROACH
Formally speaking my approach would be described as existential, integrative and person centred. In practice that means that my focus is on my client and their unique life experience, while also being aware of the struggles that are common to us all. I don't have all the answers, but work in partnership with my client to find them, using techniques and ideas from anywhere that's useful, including Transactional Analysis, Mindfulness Mediation and Gestalt Therapy.
EXPERIENCE
As well as working as a counsellor and briefly teaching counselling skills at level 3, I have worked in the public and voluntary sectors with vulnerable young people and their families. I have run a number of voluntary sector organisations and I worked directly with people who are homeless, people suffering addiction issues and people coping with past trauma and abuse. Alongside all of that I have spent many years working in the private sector as a consultant and trainer in psychometrics and workplace psychology.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
I gained my counselling diploma in 2003 and have been in practice for most of the time since then. In those years I have trained in the use of Transactional Analysis (TA) in counselling, Family Constellations, Couples Counselling, Addiction and Positive Change, Gender and Workplace Issues, Assertiveness, Conflict Management and the use of Mindfulness Mediation in counselling, to name but a few.
THINGS I SPECIALISE IN
My practice encompasses a broad spectrum in terms of the problems and issues that I am able to help with. That includes depression, anxiety, relationship issues, addiction and other behavioural problems, dealing with stress and coping with past trauma. I work mainly one-to-one with adults but do some couples, too. I will make an assessment either when you contact me for the first time or at our initial session, and if for any reason I don't think that I can help, I will let you know and do my best to refer you to someone who can.
CONTACT ME
Whether you have questions or are interested in scheduling a consultation, please do get in touch. If I'm not available right away, I will get back to you as soon as I can. It all starts with a chat.
PHONE
07971 695 834
ADDRESS
I currently practice at Ownzone in Stroud and in Marlborough