About me

Having initially trained as an Integrative Counsellor in the late 1990's life, family and career took me into using the skills I was developing in the charity support sector - firstly as a support worker and for the 19 years as a manager.

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During this time I continued to develop the ways I had learned to help others and myself. Around 2008 I moved in a different direction,  becoming interested in Solution Focused Brief Therapy and I qualified in this approach in 2012 leading me to offer therapy, coaching and training in this model.  

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From 2021 until 2024 I worked at KCA Training as a Trainer/Consultant delivering training in Trauma, Attachment and Resilience, which developed my understanding of trauma and neuroscience.

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In 2023 I discovered Internal Family System (IFS) and have become immersed in its ideas. I started my training in this in 2024. (For a fuller explanation of this approach see here )

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In recent years I have become more interested in bringing all my training and experience together into a way of working which offers:

• a person-centred belief in the benefit of welcoming all aspects of ourselves - even the ones we don't much like.

• a psycho-dynamic understanding of the impact of past events and relationships on how we operate in the present.

• a solution focused confidence that buried within us are the resources to help propel us in the directions we want to go.

• an IFS perspective in understanding the role of parts in protecting us from past hurts and the self as a path to healing.

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These approaches are contained within a safe, secure, regular relationship of trust. I will be fully present in your sessions with you and am prepared to join you on a journey of exploration, hope and possibility