I I am a qualified and highly experienced therapist offering person-centred counselling and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to adults and young people over the age of 16 from my counselling room in Didsbury, Manchester or online.
I have worked in Mental Health for 30 years across the charitable and third sector. Most recently I worked as a Student Placement Co-ordinator for Age UK Manchester, recruiting and mentoring counselling students, as well assessing clients for the service and delivering counselling therapy to a case load of clients. I now run a busy private practice to counselling clients coming from a variety of backgrounds and with a wide range of issues and concerns.
I work with both self referred clients and clients referred by Employee Assistance Programmes. I have extensive experience working with clients who work for the NHS, in schools, colleges and universities and in the police.
I work with clients who are looking for long term counselling therapy but I am also skilled in working with clients to achieve radical change and relief from acute distress within short term therapy. I am a good fit for people who don’t wish to be in therapy for many months. I use assessment tools to help measure change and have a strong track record in consistently helping clients to significantly reduce the severity of emotional suffering, anxiety and depression within 6-8 sessions. My work has an emphasis on empowering clients to acquire the skills and tools needed to move forward confidently and autonomously. I will work with you to achieve the self trust and belief required to thrive and break free of thoughts, emotions and behaviours which may have be harming you, keeping you stuck and causing you pain.