About me

In private practice I work with adults, young people and families. I have specialised training in working with bereavement. I have a successful private practice which I established in 2015. I have extensive experience of working with young people; from counselling children within school settings, counselling children in the care system, and from working as a senior youth worker for a number of years. Alongside my private practice I work for a local charity counselling young people (Eastleigh Youth Counselling Service). I also provide counselling for Abby’s Heroes, offering counselling to family members of young people with a cancer diagnosis attached to the Piam Brown ward at Southampton General Hospital. As a qualified supervisor, I offer supervision to counsellors and trainee counsellors to support and enhance their client work and professional development. I thrive on helping others develop and grow. I also work part time as a Lecturer teaching adults level 4, 5 and 6 (BSc Hons) in counselling, which I thoroughly enjoy.

My qualifications and training

• BSc degree with First Class Honours in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• CPCAB Level 6 in Supervision (2021)
• Higher Education Level 5 Diploma in Counselling (2014)
• Diploma in Counselling Children and Young People
• Building Trauma Informed Practice
• Family therapy
• Safeguarding Children
• Online Safety
• The Prevent Duty
• Mental Wellbeing in Children and Young People
• Awareness in Bereavement Care level 2
• Counselling clients that have experienced Domestic Violence
• A Childs Grief training
• Self-Harm
• Child Sexual Exploitation
• Universal 1 training on Sex and Relationship Education
• Universal 2 training on Sex and Relationship Education
• Working with children who have been sexually abused
• Team Teach Training
• Attachment in the early years