I am a counsellor, living and working in West Byfleet , Surrey.
I hold a BA(Hons) in
Person-Centred Counselling granted by Middlesex University and
Metanoia Institute,
and a Diploma in Person-Centred Counselling by Metanoia
Institute. I am currently
studying at CSTD towards a Certificate in Supervision.
I am a member of:
MBACP(Accred), (Accredited Member of
British
Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy)
UKRC Registered Independent Counsellor (United
Kingdom Register of Counsellors),
BAPCA (British
Association for the Person Centred Approach)
and
Metanoia
Institute.
As a member of BACP I support and abide by their ethical
framework for good practice in counselling and psychotherapy a
copy of which you may read at
www.bacp.co.uk/ethical_framework.
I have been interested in helping people cope with difficulties in their lives since my teens. Since then I have found friends and family coming to me and telling me about their problems, I would help as best I could. I began to train as a counsellor in 1995 and to work with clients in 1996, to be of help to more people, and to develop and improve the help I offer. The approach I use is called ‘Person-Centred’, or ‘Client-Centred’ counselling. This approach was developed by Carl Rogers in the 1940’s and 50’s as he tried to find better ways of working with people in distress. Please see my page ‘My Philosophy’ for more about this approach.
I work one-to-one with adults
and young people on an open-ended basis both in West Byfleet,
Surrey and at HYCS (Hounslow Youth
Counselling Service). You can find out about the way I work
on my page ‘How I work’ Apart from the
counselling work, I also offer supervision to other counsellors.
Please look at my page ‘Supervision’
for information if you are looking for a supervisor. I am also a
qualified teacher of Family Effectiveness Training, a method of
improving communication and behaviour within families developed
by Dr. Thomas Gordon. You can read about this programme on
www.gordontraining.com
and see my page ‘FET’ for information about courses.
I am married and have lived abroad as an ex-pat for 20 years in
the USA and Europe. I have 2 adult children who live in the USA.
I speak conversational French.