About Me
What you need to know
I work as an integrative counsellor, which means I use a lot of different psychological methods and theories in my practice. I also incorporate person-centred principles into my work to help me provide a service completely tailored to your needs. I feel it is important to offer a warm, welcoming environment which ensures we develop a good therapeutic relationship, with trust and empathy at its heart.
You, as the client, are at the centre of the whole therapeutic process and are free to bring your issues to the sessions. Together we will explore the impact that your thoughts and feelings are having on your life, looking at different ways to facilitate change. I like to provide a safe space to support you in restoring your confidence and self-esteem; build on your skills and knowledge of yourself; develop resilience and find a way to fulfil your potential.
The therapeutic process can support you to make sense of your experiences and develop a ‘Toolkit’ of techniques that you can use in the future.
My Experience
I have experience working across a diverse set of issues, but have special interests in:
- Relationships (individual and couple)
- Parent-child conflict
- Surviving trauma and domestic abuse
- The challenges faced by ageing
- Autism and ADHD
- Psychosexual therapy
Psychosexual Therapy
Psychosexual therapy is a talking therapy. I can see clients with the following psychosexual issues:
- Erectile difficulties - failure to achieve or maintain erections, premature ejaculation and inhibited or delayed ejaculation
- Issues with libido
- Sexual pain - dyspareunia and vulvodynia, vaginismus
- Compulsive sexual behaviours including issues with porn
I provide both short-term (6-12 sessions) and long-term talking therapy and inclusively, regardless of race, culture, sexuality, or gender.
Training and qualifications
I am a qualified Psychosexual and Relationship Therapist.
I have an MA in Contemporary Relationship Studies and an MSc in Psychosexual Therapy from the University of Hull. I am a registered member of COSRT (College of Sexual and Relationship Therapists) and also a registered member of BACP (British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy). It is important that you have confidence in me as a therapist and that there are ethical guidelines that inform my practice. I follow the BACP and COSRT Code of Ethics to ensure good practise
I currently work part-time as an NHS psychosexual therapist in the North East of England and have an online private practice which allows me to work with people from all over the UK. I can also see people face to face within my local area of South Shields, Sunderland, Gateshead and Newcastle.
