About me

I am an experienced qualified Person Centred counsellor & psychotherapist practicing in Warwickshire and Northamptonshire. My personal experiences and training have given me a broad understanding of life and humanity culminating in my down to earth common-sense approach. My areas of professional interest include; abuse (child, domestic, emotional, psychological, physical, sexual, neglect, from male or female perpetrators) depression, relationships, loss and trauma. My passion is personal growth, I thoroughly enjoy sharing information that I wish was taught at school. How different our lives and society would be if we understood healthy relationship dynamics, the grieving process and the underpinnings of being a healthy adult. I love empowering my clients with knowledge, self-awareness and confidence. It’s an honor and a privilege to be part of their personal journeys.

I gained experience in general counselling within GP surgeries and NHS clinics. I worked for Cruse Bereavement as referrals coordinator and bereavement counsellor. I also provide counselling to Prison Officers as part of their wellbeing provision.

My clients are of all genders age 18 and above, presenting with an array of different diagnoses and life issues, including those wanting to maintain a general sense of wellbeing.

BA (Hons) Person Centred Counselling and Psychotherapy (University of Warwick)

• A child's View (Cruse Bereavement Care)
• Addiction, Trauma & Adverse Childhood Experiences (Psychotherapy Excellence)
• Anger Management when ADHD or Autism Underpins Domestic Conflict & Violence - Alex Drummond
• Anxiety: Treatment Techniques that Really Work (Psychotherapy Excellence)
• Attachment and the Dance of Sex: Integrating Couples and Sex Therapy - Dr Susan Johnson
• Attachment in Adults: How Infant Attachment Security Affects Adult Relationships (Psychotherapy Excellence)
• Attachment Theory and Science: A Clear Map for Effective Couple Intervention - Dr Susan Johnson
• Attachment: Cradle to Grave - Dr Susan Johnson & Dr. Dan Hughes
• Autism Awareness For Counsellors – Allan Turner
• Awareness in Bereavement Care (Cruse Bereavement Care)
• Bereavement in the Armed Forces (Cruse Bereavement Care)
• Chronic Illness and Bereavement as Enduring Traumas – Cordelia Galgut
• Counselling and Psychotherapy with Clients who have been Abused (University of Warwick)
• Counselling and Psychotherapy with Clients who have Psychological Disorders and Mental Health Issues (University of Warwick)
• Counselling and Psychotherapy with Clients who Misuse Drugs and Alcohol (University of Warwick)
• Counselling Suicidal Clients - Dr. Andrew Reeves
• Couples Therapy for Treating Trauma: The Gottman Method Approach - Dr John Gottman
• Creative Approaches to working with clients in Person-Centred Counselling and Psychotherapy (University of Warwick)
• DBT: Adapting DBT to Fit Your Practice (Psychotherapy Excellence)
• Diabulimia: An Eating Disorder – Olivia Djouadi
• Dissociation, DID, and Polyfragmented DID – Olivia Djouadi
• Does Prison Change Sex Offenders – Marilyn Hawes
• Eating Disorders: Shapes, Sizes & Stereotypes - Kel O'Neill & Yvonne McCarthy
• Effective Brief Psychotherapy (Human Givens College)
• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Part 1&2 (Richman EMDR Training)
• Freedom of Forgiveness - Maureen Cooper
• Helping Couples to Improve their Communication – Mike Trier
• Heal Your Heart After Grief: Help Your Clients Find Peace After Break-Ups, Divorce, Death and Other Losses (Psychotherapy Excellence)
• How the Living, Sensing Body Resolves Trauma, Establishes Safety and Restores Resilience: Clinical Implications (Psychotherapy Excellence)
• LGBTQ+ In Therapy – Kevin Guthrie
• Men and Therapy – Key approaches to working with Men (Psychotherapy Excellence)
• Motivational Interviewing – William R. Miller
• Narcissism, Infidelity, and Trauma: An Integrative Approach to Couples Therapy (Psychotherapy Excellence)
• Narcissism Course Part 1 & 2 - Jenny Hartill
• New Models of Grief: Implications for Assessment & Practice – Aideen O'Hagan
• Overwhelm & Burnout: A Creative Approach - Bachini & Wheeler
• Personal Aspects of Attachment Theory - Sir Richard Bowlby
• Post Traumatic Growth - Prof Stephen Joseph
• Psychotherapy with Couples (Psychotherapy Excellence)
• RACE Culture & Antidiscrimination: Concepts, Challenges, Power, and You - Mamood Ahmad & Sam Jamal
• RACE & Culture: Racial Identity, Cultural Context and You - Mamood Ahmad & Sam Jamal
• Race, Racism, and Mental Health - Sonia Thompson
• Recognizing and Responding to Personality disorder (Coventry & Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust)
• Sex and Sexual Problems - Juliet Grayson
• Shame and Betrayal - Juliet Grayson & William Ayot
• Shame, Guilt, & Empathy in Intimate Relationship Violence – Dr. Jacqueline Simon Gunn
• Shame, Sex, and the Body - Juliet Grayson & William Ayot
• Shame and Relationships - Juliet Grayson & William Ayot
• Shame: Trauma, Dysfunction and Abuse - Juliet Grayson & William Ayot
• Shame: Treating Shame Tools and Techniques - Juliet Grayson & William Ayot
• Social Anxiety: Step by Step Techniques to Overcome Fear, Shyness & Social Phobia (Psychotherapy Excellence)
• Stabilizing unsafe behavior Suicide & Self Injury (Psychotherapy Excellence)
• Stress and Mental Health (Human Givens College)
• Sudden and Traumatic Death (Cruse Bereavement Care)
• Supporting the Military Family (Cruse Bereavement Care)
• Tackling FGM within Mental Health Services (Department of Health)
• Telephone Counselling (Cruse Bereavement Care)
• The Body Remembers: Integrating Body and Mind for Trauma Recovery (Psychotherapy Excellence)
• The Fawning Trauma Response when Relationships are Threatening - Kate Williams
• The Many Sides of Betrayal - Wissam Kotait
• The Mind of the Abuser and the Games They Play While Grooming – Marilyn Hawes
• The Neuroscience of Being in a Couple - Maggi McAllister-MacGregor
• The Science of Trust and Betrayal - Dr John Gottman
• The Trauma of Coercive, Cultic and Spiritual Abuse - Dr Gillie Jenkinson
• Toxic shame in clinical practice (Psychotherapy Excellence)
• Trauma Healing: Transforming Developmental Trauma into Integration and
• Resiliency (Psychotherapy Excellence)
• Trauma, Memory and the Restoration of One's Self (Psychotherapy Excellence)
• Traumatic Attachment and Co-Regulation: The Neurobiology of Relationship (Psychotherapy Excellence)
• Working with Anxiety - Sharon Hinsull
• Working With the Couple Dynamic in a Contentious Argumentative Relationship – Ian Wallace