Overcome Addiction Today

I offer both short and long-term counselling and psychotherapy. Duration of therapy will depend on your presenting problem and the depth at which you wish to work. Therapy can be tailored to individual need. It can be used to effectively address an immediate issue or tackle deeper rooted issues and behaviours that may not be immediately obvious. In starting therapy, you are not committed to a specific period of work. Together we might set goals and review progress as we go which may include working towards an ending.

During our first counselling session, I would conduct an assessment in order to explore your presenting issues. This will give you a feel for how I work and offers an opportunity to clarify any questions you may have. If we agree to work together, you would then usually come on a weekly basis for 50min sessions at regular agreed time for as long as is helpful.

Starting therapy can be a daunting task in which you can feel unsure regarding what to say or do. Sometimes just reaching out can be the hardest part. I aim to create a relaxed and trusting environment in which you can explore in your own words and time what may be troubling you. Often this can be hard to articulate or pin down precisely as it may be something quite stark and troubling or no more than a niggling feeling that needs teasing out. To this end establishing a strong therapeutic relationship is an important part of the process as it is of the utmost importance that you feel fully safe and comfortable to confide in me. The experience of talking to a therapist is different to confiding in family and friends. It is important that you feel completely free to speak, think and feel openly and honestly in the therapeutic space without the fear of upset or recrimination.

As a registered practitioner I adhere to the counselling and psychotherapy ethical framework of BACP. This includes the responsibility to manage your information confidentially and in line with GDPR. Confidentiality means that I will treat your personal information and what you share with me with utmost care and respect, and in line with the BACP ethical guidelines. I will share clinical work with my accredited supervisor who is also bound by confidentiality.

I will only break confidentiality should a safeguarding issue arise within your session. This includes risk of harm or neglect to your health or others. Should such a situation arise I am legally and ethically obliged to raise concerns with my supervisor and/or your GP. Where possible, I will aim to discuss this with you prior to making a disclosure outside of the counselling service.

If you cannot make it to my consulting room in person, I am very happy to offer online counselling and psychotherapy sessions via zoom. Video session may form part or the whole of the treatment depending on your location and availability.