About me and how I workSince completing counselling qualifications in 2007 I have been working as a counsellor and psychotherapist in medical settings, including a GP practice and hospice. I have also managed therapeutic services, provided group and individual supervision and acted as safeguarding and child protection officer for several national charities. I provide training to other therapists and mental health professionals, on counselling online, safeguarding, working with young people and other topics. In addition to my private practice, I have managed counselling services at Centre 33 in Cambridge and work as a clinical supervisor, trainer and safeguarding consultant for services around the UK I’m experienced in working with a wide range of issues, but have a particular interest and experience in working with:
As a therapist, I am always humbled by people’s capacity for renewal and recovery from deeply challenging and painful experiences. I see my role as offering the most respectful, empathic, informed and honest therapeutic relationship I can. Our experiences aren't created in isolation and are always shaped by our context- our family, our home, the beliefs that surround us. Since training, I have also completed an MSc in Psychiatric and Psychological Anthropology, giving me further skills to work with clients in examining all social and psychological factors which have shaped their experiences. |
Wider work
As a commentator on young people’s mental health, depression and self harm, I have contributed to BBC and SKY news, Radio 1 Newsbeat, LBC, Capital and dozens of other news and current affairs programmes.
I have written on a variety of therapeutic topics including counselling children, safeguarding, domestic abuse and sexuality, amongst others. A recent example is in a text book for student therapists and statutory health workers, Working with Adults at Risk from Harm (Eds: Greenfields, M; Dalrymple, R; Fanning, A: published by OUP) (see image below) A forthcoming title: ‘Online supervision and managing risk in an international context’ in Online Supervision: A Handbook for Practitioners (ed. Anne Stokes, publication by Karnac due in 2018) |