Having grown up in North Cornwall and living here for the last decade, I understand all too well what a special, unique and challenging place it is to live in. I trained as a person-centred counsellor and have become an integrative therapist through the specialist training that I have undertaken post qualifying. I find that working in this way enables me to tailor my therapeutic offering to suit what best works for you, the client, whether that be person-centred, psychodynamic, transactional analysis, gestalt or other theoretical framework.
Fundamental to my work is the therapeutic relationship, it is client led – after all, you are the expert on your life. I feel my role is to journey with you, to share my experiencing of your world, whether that be verbally, through a bodily felt sense, through the use of imagery or any other form of communication that is appropriate.
Working together, we will navigate through your experiences and/or issues, helping you to learn to trust yourself, love yourself and develop into the person you long to be. There may be challenges but there will always be empathy, acceptance and non-judgment.
“As a counsellor, I like to think of myself like the environment within which I live. Solid like the rocks, adaptable like the sand and calming like the sea”
In addition to my private practice I volunteer for a men’s specialist counselling agency, working with trauma, sexual trauma, domestic/sexual abuse and violence (both genders), relationships, grief, neurodiversity, disability, PTSD, CPTSD and addiction.
I also volunteer for a specialist national addiction service where I specialise in offering counselling to veterans in addiction or recovering from addiction. Being a qualified counsellor and veteran myself gives me a unique insight into the additional challenges faced by this cohort of clients.
