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Online supervision and counselling work

I am a ÌÇÐĹÙÍø accredited counsellor, clinical supervisor, lecturer, and mental health practitioner with over 19 years’ experience supporting children, young people, families, and professionals across schools, charities, and higher education. I am currently studying for an MSc in Psychology, strengthening my academic and clinical understanding of mental health and human development.

I currently work as a remote counsellor for Bupa, and hold a private practice working online with counselling clients and supervisee’s. Please contact me for more information.

My therapeutic approach is Pluralistic, integrating creative therapies, play, and flexible, relational practice. I have a particular interest in early attachment, childhood illness, and the ways these experiences shape emotional development. I hold an MA in Counselling Children and Young People from the University of Nottingham, where my research explored factors influencing boys’ engagement with therapy.

I currently supervise counsellors in my private practice, my supervision style is reflective, authentic, and grounded in Trauma Informed Practice. I focus on maintaining ethical, high quality therapy, preventing vicarious trauma, and supporting counsellors’ wellbeing. I manage referrals, match assessments to counsellor capability, oversee caseloads, and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams.

Alongside my clinical work, I have lectured on the Counselling degree and BA at Stockton Riverside College. With a PGCE and strong grounding in research, I design and deliver engaging curricula, teach both in person and online, mentor trainee’s, and mark academic work to a high standard. My teaching is informed by extensive experience in safeguarding, equity, diversity, inclusion, implicit bias, and cultural influences on adolescent development.

I work online via teams 

I began my career in 2007 as a school based therapist in East Cleveland, supporting students, families, and staff with anxiety, depression, trauma, abuse, and complex safeguarding concerns. I regularly contributed to multi agency meetings and advocated for young people’s autonomy and rights under Gillick competence, working systemically with families wherever possible.

In 2011, I established a counselling service in an ethnically diverse Northwest school, gaining valuable insight into cultural and social influences on young people’s mental health. Since 2019, I have also worked with The Anna Freud Centre as a Schools Engagement Trainer and certified YAM instructor, delivering the LINK Programme, Senior Mental Health Lead Training, and contributing to a UK YAM pilot.

I work online via Teams, and sessions last 50 minutes for counselling clients.

Supervision clients-as required with discount for students