ABOUT ME

I live in the village of Blockley, near Moreton-in-Marsh, in the North Cotswolds. As well as my work,  I enjoy my family, music, theatre, walking, artwork and the countryside.    
                                 

I've always been interested in and loved working with people; before becoming a counsellor I was a social worker in the community and in health settings (hospitals and clinics) - helping individuals, couples and families who were struggling with very difficult  personal situations, illness, trauma or loss.

Too much paperwork eventually took over years later - so I undertook a 3-year counselling training, then working as a counsellor in GP surgeries and private practice for over 12 years in Suffolk and Cambridge, before moving to Gloucestershire.

I have worked professionally in child guidance (mainly marital counselling) and also, voluntarily,  in a young persons' counselling agency, in palliative care and in a Sure Start family centre.

In the NHS (in GP Practices) I worked with all sorts of people and problems - especially in the areas of bereavement (and other major loss), relationship difficulties (of all kinds), health issues, depression, stress, abuse, major life changes, family problems, and job difficulties. But I have many years of  experience counselling for a very wide variety of emotional and life difficulties.

I  now take GP and self referrals for individual and couples counselling and I work from a lovely, peaceful   summerhouse in the garden of my home.      It is a comfortable and therapeutic setting.

                                            QUALIFICATIONS:

                              BACP Counsellor Accreditation*1997

                                            & UKRC Registration*

   
                     3-year WPF Counsellor Training Certificate  1985-88

                     Westminster Pastoral Foundation Affiliate*, Ipswich

                           PG Diploma in Applied Social Studies   1984
                                             London University

                                       (Placement: Institute of Family Psychiatry)

                                              PQ WPF Certificate in CBT Skills   2008

                                          Westminster Pastoral Foundation, London

  

*Westminster Pastoral Foundation is one of UK's main psychodynamic counselling training agencies. My integrative counselling approach was developed over many years of clinical experience and further courses in different approaches.

                  

       *BACP = British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy 

*UKRC=UK's register of Accredited counsellors