I am an established psychotherapist and counsellor working in Petersfield and Portsmouth. I provide both short and long-term psychotherapy using evidence-based approaches that assist in the process of change. These include CBT, EMDR, mindfulness and solution focussed therapies that are backed by NICE (National Institute of Clinical Excellence). I also use more traditional approaches such as psychodynamic and humanistic. Your well being is important to me and I pride myself on making clients relaxed and comfortable.
Experience
I am experienced at working with a wide range of issues including the following:
Depression, feeling hopeless, useless or worthless or as though it’s all your fault and that everything feels wrong, sometimes feeling as though everything, including formerly trivial things, requires the most enormous effort and you don’t know whether you have the energy
Anxiety, feeling like danger could be anywhere or the worst possible scenario will always occur and that when it does, you may not be able to cope
Stress, feeling as though you are frequently behind, or not doing well enough or are overwhelmed
Low Self-esteem, frequently criticising yourself or telling yourself that you are incompetent or not good enough
Trauma (both past and present), having gone through an event that continues to haunt you when you are awake or asleep, which you cannot seem to shake off no matter what you do
PTSD, when your normal ability to cope has been completely overwhelmed by a terrible event that leaves you feeling that your world has changed utterly
Sexuality, confusion or shame over one’s sexual identity or over sexual events currently or in the past
Relationship difficulties, when difficulties arise, strained relationships can leave you feeling unhappy, angry and desperate
Bereavement and loss, grief is what we feel when somebody we love dies. The death of a significant person is a devastating loss. Everyone experiences grief differently and there is no ‘normal’ or ‘right’ way to grieve
In addition to my private work, I have practiced counselling and psychotherapy extensively within the NHS in several psychotherapy services. This means I have the experience of working with clients from a great diversity of backgrounds with many differing needs and requirements.