I am a BACP accredited, qualified adult, child and young person counsellor and I have expertise providing therapy for families, children and young people for over 10 years. I have had extensive training and experience working for West Berkshire Council with referrals from families, schools, social services and CAMHS (Children and Adolescents Mental Health Services) and have enjoyed seeing children, young people and adults go from strength to strength even in the most difficult circumstances. I am qualified at a Level 7 to work with children and young people and am based in Swindon. 

Therapy is a process and at different stages of therapy different approaches may be required for example at the beginning it is about really building trust and getting to know about your interests and personality. Later on it may be about trying to manage the difficult feelings. At times it’s just about having someone alongside you without achieving goals or making progress but just having someone who cares and values you. As the relationship develops and you start to feel more secure, we begin really looking at the beliefs you hold and how they have kept you safe but now may be holding you back from fulfilment and experimenting with other ways of being. Then learning how to put new habits in place that make you feel grounded or finding that fulfilment in the world.
Overall I use a relational approach which is about "learning by doing" in our relationship whereby you can feel safe to make mistakes and be able to challenge me so that over time you are able to replicate a healthy model on the outside of having the capacity for other people in your life, able to express openly how you feel achieving connection and able to protect your boundaries so that you can feel safe from abuse.

This process may take a couple of months or a few years depending on how long you’ve been experiencing emotional distress and how unsafe you have felt. We review every 6 weeks to assess your needs and to make sure we are working in a way that feels its helping you.