
ABOUT ME
I have practiced as a Counsellor and Psychotherapist for 9 years having obtained my Diploma in Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy from Richmond Adult Community College.
I have experience working with a very wide range of presenting issues for clients on NHS referrals through to private clients with very specific trauma rooted in the past and the present.
Following 4 years at two separate, well-established counselling and psychotherapy agencies working with individuals of a wide variety of differing culture, age, class and circumstances I now work solely with clients within private practice.
I am a registered member of the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists an and hold full professional insurance.
I have worked for over 30 years in Entertainment, PR and Communications. Most consistently in the music business but also TV and film, within multi-national corporations, major and independent record labels and consultancies. This working life has also given me a close perspective on the tension and demands that can accompany creative and artistic output, and how those who work under the constraints of consistent pressure and expectation can be impacted. I have much experience of the fast paced and high-pressure environment common to the media world and therefore I see clients in the Creative Arts within my private practice, offering a heightened understanding of this world and have consequently also been asked to present workshops in association with the Musicians Union at Trinity Laburn College. I am also an affiliated therapist with the Music Support and Help Musicians UK charities in addition to the Musicians Union.
Whilst my background may suggest a more natural understanding of the creative and corporate individual, I have deliberately trained in an experiential, integrative model and within placements that have provided clients from hugely diverse backgrounds of culture, class and ethnicity. I believe these equally differing experiences inform my offering as a counsellor and psychotherapist.
