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I am an adult and young person's (11-18) integrative counsellor and traumatologist specialising in working with adults and young people who have experienced trauma that has resulted in PTSD or CPTSD. O also work with adults and young people who struggle to regulate their emotions. My core training took place at University which involved working with a relational integrative model and obtaining a Post-Graduate (Level 7) Diploma in Counselling. This suited me as I do not subscribe to a “one size fits all” approach, as we all experience and perceive the world differently. My own life experience has given me valuable insight and understanding in my practice and left me with the belief that post-traumatic growth is possible. It has given me the motivation to support others that are struggling to make sense of their world and influenced my post-qualification studies in Trauma and PTSD.
None of us are prepared for trauma whether it happened through an isolated incident or is something we experienced over an extended period of time. We may not have experienced it directly, we may have witnessed an accident or attack and can’t get the images out of our head. Trauma can leave us feeling unable to cope, jumpy and on edge all the time, we may not feel ourselves and are finding it difficult to make sense of our world. We may find other ways of coping which are now becoming problematic and starting to cause challenges in our life. However you are experiencing it, remember that you are doing the best you can. In fact a lot of us will experience PTSD type symptoms in the immediate aftermath of a traumatic event. However, if after a month the symptoms are not fading and you are struggling to make sense of it all then it may help to talk through your experiences with a traumatologist like myself.
I trained as a relational integrative therapist drawing upon a number of post-modern theoretical approaches in my practice from person-centred, psychodynamic and third wave cognitive behavioural therapies (CBT) like ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy), Compassion Focused (CFT), Solution Focused Therapy (SFT), Mindfulness, Dialectal Behavioural Therapy (DBT) to name a few.
My work is now mainly focused in working with clients that have experienced trauma and found some disruption to their life as a result of PTSD or Complex PTSD, or still holding traumagenic beliefs that are keeping them trapped within their trauma network. I work with adults and young people aged 11- 18, online and face to face.
Trauma work is more directive than counselling and follows a 3-phase approach due to the nature of it. As a traumatologist, I have learned how to assess and work with trauma in a more focused approach that uses evidence-based practices for PTSD and Complex PTSD (see below). In addition, I trained to become a ‘Becoming Safely Embodied (BSE)’ certified practitioner which you can find out more about at https://dfay.com/. Whilst training is ongoing through continued professional development (CPD), I feel in many ways I have been in training indefinitely via the school of life, as some experiences just cannot be taught, or felt in a classroom. Therefore, my work is focused on helping you to reach an understanding of your difficulties and support you in reclaiming those parts that you may feel are lost, broken, unheard or discarded.
It is a great privilege to work in a role where I get to share a part of someone else’s journey and I believe we all have the capacity for change, compassion, growth and recovery.
Please visit my website for a comprehensive list of the trauma therapies that I draw upon.
Adults
Children and Teens (11-18)
Trauma and PTSD
Complex Trauma
Anxiety
Mental Health
Stress
Each therapy session lasts for an hour and costs £60 which is payable 24 hours prior to your session starting. I use a secure online invoicing platform called Stripe for all payment transactions which allows me to generate invoices and send a payment link to your chosen email address.