Are you looking for a compassionate therapist who provides a safe place for you or your child to be listened to and also equips you with lifelong knowledge and skills to take care of your emotional and mental health? I have 25 years experience working with adults, children and young people in a variety of NHS settings. This has included providing cognitive behaviour therapy for adults and young people overcoming addiction, providing specialist assessment and therapy programmes for children and families in an NHS CAMHS team and more recently providing psychological therapy for people with depression and anxiety problems.

Are you going through a difficult time at the moment? Struggling in relationships? Looking for some space in your life? Struggling with anxiety or depression? Caring for a family member? Or wanting to understand yourself better?

I offer you a safe space to discuss what is troubling you in confidence. Whatever your issue, unhappy relationships, anger, dependence on alcohol or food, just being unhappy, my role is neither to judge or advise you but to help you solve your own problems. Talking to someone who is neutral can be the way out of the unhappy or unsatisfactory place you are in. My training was psychodynamic so if we look at your past to discover links to how you are feeling today you may find those feelings or behaviours loose their power, giving you a new freedom.

These are challenging times, are you struggling with difficult thoughts and feelings? Is day to day life hard? Or are these uncertain times triggering past memories, emotions and traumas? There is HOPE! Now could be the right time for us to explore these thoughts and feelings together, to help you to make sense of them. I am here to listen and support you through this difficult time to enable you to discover new ways forward. I offer a confidential, warm, supportive, non-judgemental environment where you can feel free to explore your concerns to help you understand your feelings to bring change and a new perspective to your life.

Feeling truly valued and understood by your partner inspires confidence, happiness and optimism. If, however, your relationship isn’t working, you feel your partner does not care or has let you down, you can feel huge anger, hurt, loneliness and sadness. You may feel you’re constantly bickering, or you may have noticed a gradual loss of connection or intimacy with your partner. You may be considering therapy because you’re in crisis. Perhaps there has been a painful betrayal or loss of trust. Supporting couples in the aftermath of an affair is a large part of my work. Professional help offers a road map to recovery.

There may be occasions in our lives when we struggle to make sense of what is happening to us and the world we experience. I provide an opportunity to explore your thoughts, feelings and experiences within a relationship that is free of the fears we may hold about disclosing to people we know. I offer a relationship of trust, honesty and openness that allows you to explore your story, thoughts, hopes and fears, in a safe, supportive, confidential place, free of external influences and judgement, providing an opportunity for personal insight and change.

Do you feel anxious, depressed or worried? Maybe you have concerns within your relationship or your family? Are you finding it hard to cope, feeling no one understands you? Do you feel alone with your worries? Our life is an ever evolving journey. Everyone experiences ups and also downs from time to time as we travel along. Occasionally we might find ourselves struggling, or even stuck... unable to move forward in the way that we wish to. ​ Talking to friends or family may be difficult for you for various reasons. At times like these, it can be helpful to talk to a trained professional who is unbiased and uninvolved. ​

I provide a confidential space where you can talk about your concerns without judgement. You can work through the things that are worrying you and the things you want to change for the better. I will work with you in an ethical, flexible way at a pace that fits your needs, be that short or long term work.

Counselling can help you when you are struggling with life and the world that you live in. I can help you to find a way forward by talking about your problems, exploring your feelings and past & present experiences . Counselling can be incredibly healing and empowering.

I work in a very individually tailored way, I believe in the healing potential within each person and my focus is upon building a strong therapy relationship to facilitate support, awareness, insight and personal growth towards changes. I have over 17 years experience working with adolescents, parents and professionals . I work with a number of clients dealing with trauma, anxiety , depression and bereavement and loss . Other issues I work with include relationships, self-esteem, post-natal depression , transition and changes , divorce, separation . Adolescent and young adult issues include body image, eating disorders, depression.

I have over 15 years of experience of counselling and psychotherapy working with people with a wide variety of issues, such as relationship issues, anxiety, stress, loss and depression. My aim is to help you achieve what you need to feel happier in your life and feel listened to and understood. Repeating old patterns and ways may lead us to feel unhappy with ourselves and our lives. I will help you work through things that may be keeping you stuck and find new ways to move forward, helping you to be more the way you want to be.

Why Counselling and Psychotherapy? I have always had a passion for helping people to recognise and utilise their inner strength in order to cope with not only specific circumstances but ultimately in their day to day lives. I work integratively in our counselling sessions and help guide you in accessing your inner strength, thereby working towards a calm, happy and mindful existence. I believe that you have the power within you to make great changes. My wish is that we can work together in a safe, grounded, positive and empowering way...well done on already making that first step.

Through my work I have noticed that children with low confidence and low self esteem can express this problem through becoming withdrawn and avoidant or becoming angry and controlling. Parents come to me and tell me their child always wants control or they feel like they are stepping on eggshells when around their child. Parents might say that they wish their child would make friends and be more sociable, they always play alone. Low confidence and low self esteem appear in many different behaviours and solutions to unwanted behaviours are not always obvious.

Hello and welcome to my profile. Finding the right counsellor can seem daunting which is why I offer a free initial half hour meeting. This is an opportunity to discuss your counselling needs in more depth before committing to the process. You might be experiencing a crisis in your personal or work life, or have a general sense of not being quite happy or settled with certain aspects of your life. Counselling can help you feel heard in a safe environment and find a way forward to making the positive changes you desire.

Many people come to therapy needing support but not being sure how therapy can help. Life may have become difficult to cope with or feel unhappily limited. You may be seeking to understand why things are the way they are; you may be uncertain about what changes are needed, or your capacity to make them; perhaps you just need to talk to someone not directly involved in your situation. My approach is designed to meet all of these concerns, beginning with supportive listening, facilitating insight into your situation, and ultimately supporting you to grow and nurture your inner resources to meet the challenges you face.

I am a fully qualified counsellor and psychotherapist. Insured and a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). I am an accredited member of the National Counselling Society (NCS). I trained as an integrative counsellor incorporating different counselling theories into a therapeutic relational framework. I believe we are all individuals need individual approaches. I also teach counselling at a local college.

Looking to make a real change? I offer a friendly, welcoming and safe environment in which to explore your concerns, identify their root causes, evolve your sense of self-worth and gain a greater sense of self-understanding. I can help you view your life through a different lens and strengthen your ability to develop resilience when dealing with difficult or challenging circumstances. My counselling rooms are in Farnham, Surrey and are easy to find, with nearby parking facilities and links to public transport and I can also offer counselling sessions via Zoom, WhatsApp and telephone.

The thought of seeking counselling or psychotherapy can feel like a daunting prospect. However sometimes we can face struggles in life that seem too difficult to cope with alone. It takes courage in taking the first steps to seek help and support. My personal philosophy is that we are all complex unique individuals with our own needs, but sometimes these needs get distorted as we try to fit in and be accepted by others, or we simply become lost in the "busy-ness" of our lives.

Finding the strength and courage to come to counselling may feel like a big step, but often it is helpful to talk to a trained professional who is not emotionally connected to you. Sometimes life is challenging and it is hard to cope alone. We can find ourselves facing things which leave us feeling sad, confused, anxious, angry, stuck or isolated. I will be here to listen to your concerns and fears, and to empathise with you.