However good our lives our, or however good we think they are, we are all likely at some point to come across events and situations which will undermine the secure environment in which we live, overwhelming our ability to cope, such as:-

• When we are confronted with unwelcome and unexpected sometimes life changing experience or difficulties that may feel overwhelming.
• When events befall us to the extent that we lose any sense of place or purpose in life.
• When we regularly ask ourselves the question, “Why does this always happen to me?” or “Why do I always end up feeling bad, like this?”
• We may feel ourselves changing and growing without knowing why or what to do about it.

Alternatively, no matter how much we try, we may have always had some underlying sense of not fitting in, not belonging or not being good enough – a sense which sabotages our well-being and hopes for a happy life.

Either of the situations mentioned are bound to be seen as a threat to our sense of security; this response coming from deep within our primeval ancestry where threat was constant and we relied on the fight, flight or freeze responses, the nature of which can be easily observed in animals, in the wild.
In these modern times, our reactions to life issues are more likely to be driven by emotional responses, fuelled by the dynamic interaction of thought and time past, in the form of memory, or time future, in the form of worry about what might happen. This sense of threat tends to manifest, in the modern world, as conditions such as having a sense of confusion, anger, anxiety, stress, abandonment, loss, sadness and grief.

I am an experienced counsellor, with over 6 years of practice, and in that time have helped many people to overcome difficulties in a way that has enabled them to find new meaning and purpose in life.
I have helped clients to overcome difficult experiences such as childhood abuse and emotional neglect, addictions (alcohol, substance and sexual addictions), anger, anxiety, bereavement, loss and general distress.

I have developed an expertise in working with couples counselling where many experience relationship problems which generally seem to emanate from a lack of effective communication, too many assumptions being made and too much being taken for granted, leading to a generally negative and blame culture. Over time, this way of interacting is bound to cause relationship difficulties. Numerous couples have enhanced and reaffirmed the quality of their relationships though the way I make use of Mindfulness principals, Emotional Intelligence and Emotional Literacy techniques.

In engaging in counselling with me, you are assured of a safe, confidential and supportive environment which meets the professional expectations of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy, of which I am a member (MBACP), and the National Counselling Society, of which I am an accredited member (NMCS Acc.)

I will not charge you for any initial exploratory discussion or assessment as it is important to me to establish that you are happy to work with me, understand how I work and what outcomes you are seeking, before you make any financial or contractual commitment.

My fee for working with individual clients is £40 for a 1-hour session and £50 for each couples session. I do reserve a small number of opportunities for fee reductions, subject to circumstances.

I invite you to look at my pages for Client Case Studies and Testimonials which have been anonymised and published with the full authority of the contributors.