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I currently have availability to take on clients. 

My working hours are: 

Monday 10:00 - 20:00

Tuesday 10:00 - 18:00

Wednesday 10:00 - 20:00

Thursday 10:00 - 18:00

Friday 09:00 - 12:00

I'm a qualified Integrative therapeutic counsellor with a strong foundation in the Person-Centred approach. I work with young people and adults aged 16+, with rooms available in Bishop's Stortford and Ware, plus online options.

I'm qualified to work with common life problems and common mental health conditions, such as relationships, work stress, bereavement, and depression & anxiety. 

I began my therapy journey in the client's chair myself. I know how scary it can feel to reach out for support, and I feel this knowledge helps me on the other side of the therapy room.

My goal in session is to immerse myself in your world, with a warm heart and open mind. As we move around your world, I'll reflect back what I'm seeing, hearing, feeling, and sensing. You can tell me if you feel my observations are wrong - this helps me understand your world even better, and I strive for a transparent and honest therapeutic relationship. 

As you lead me around your world, I may highlight something that you hadn't noticed before, or had long forgotten. This is an important part of therapy; we all have blind spots that are nearly impossible to uncover on our own, but could be impacting us unconsciously in our daily lives. Together, we can bring these things forward, observe them, feel them, and analyse them, with the goal of eventually accepting and integrating them.

We can carry around a sense of guilt for many things - things we've done or haven't done, for feeling certain ways, or not feeling at all. I encourage my clients to get to a place where the guilt feels lighter, which frees up internal space for exploration, healing, and genuine self-acceptance. As Carl Rogers (one of the founders of humanistic psychology) famously said, "the curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change."

NEURO-AFFIRMING

I'm neurodivergent and have experience working with neurodivergent clients. I find this shared commonality creates a safe space where challenges can be explored and masks untangled, without the fear of judgment. My role isn't to diagnose but to facilitate exploration. 

OPEN-MINDED

There isn't much you could bring to therapy that I consider taboo, off-limits or 'weird'. I aim to approach everything with an open mind and warm heart. I may ask questions to learn more, but there will never be judgement. As long as you and others are safe, everything is open for exploration.

I offer the first 3 sessions at £10 off the usual rate, with the session fee increasing by £10 for future sessions should you decide I'm the therapist for you. 

The first session will be spent exploring why you've come to therapy, what your previous experience of therapy has been, how you would like to work together and what you are hoping to get out of your sessions. This is my entrance into your world and I may ask more questions to get as much information as possible. There may be some light exploration as the conversation unfolds.