As Carl Rogers said:
\n\"The curious paradox is that when I accept myself as I am, then I can change.\"
\nWe are born of those brilliant explosions
\nAs a person-centred therapist, I believe that we\n have within us the ability to impact our own universes with powerful self-determining change. That\n change begins when we can honestly acknowledge, experience, and accept who we are and what we’ve been\n through.
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I have wanted to help people in some way for as long as I can remember. My own experiences, especially\n those of adversity, have shaped me as a therapist and as a person.
\n\nI was born in New York and moved to the UK in my early twenties. My life has often been about\n navigating the intersections of my identity: class, race, gender, education level etc. I was raised by a\n single mother and I attended both government funded and private schools. I witnessed poverty and extreme\n privilege. All of this fed my curiousity about the world around me and the people that live in it.
\n\nIn university I studied Psychology, English, and Drama. I attended postgraduate programs during which I\n studied Psychology, Social Work, Adolescent Development, Drama Therapy, and Person-Centred Counselling.\n I spent 10 years working in secondary schools in London, providing support, psychotherapeutic intervention, advocacy, assessment, and\n monitoring to some of the most disenfranchised and underserved young people in the city.
\n\nI have worked for the NHS and a low-cost counselling service in South London as a psychotherapist.
\n\nI was fortunate enough to travel around the world, literally.
\n\nThe combination of these places and experiences has afforded me the challenge and privilege of meeting,\n learning from, and working with people and clients of all ages, backgrounds, religions, cultures and\n communities. I welcome and celebrate difference. I recognise the impact of oppression and\n marginalisation and take seriously my role in providing an environment where clients can feel safe to\n discuss any issue. I commit myself to continuous learning, cultural competence and awareness and the\n centring of each client’s humanity within the therapeutic relationship.\n
\nI am an accredited BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy) registered\n person-centred\n psychotherapist/counsellor. Being a registered member of the BACP means that I adhere to their guidelines,\n ensuring I work with you in a committed, confidential, and ethical way.
\n\nPerson-centred psychotherapy and counselling is grounded in the idea that people are self-motivated to\n ‘live their best lives’ if the conditions around them are supportive. When relationships have empathic\n understanding, genuine and authentic communication, and acceptance of the other person, people feel more\n inclined to be honest to themselves about themselves and to seek new and more constructive ways of\n living.
\n\nAs a creative psychotherapist/counsellor I offer you my honesty and respect while we explore the issues\n you feel you would like to bring to counselling. I strongly believe in the power of artistic mediums as a\n tool for healing. The creative process can open up new ways of thinking about things, and help you find\n new strengths and abilities. That doesn’t mean that to do this work you need to be an actor, artist,\n musician, dancer or ‘good’ at a particular craft; it just means you have a willingness to play and\n explore.
\n\nI provide a confidential, empathetic and non-judgmental space for you to explore what’s going on for you.\n You take the lead in the work that we do together, and I will adapt my practice to meet your individual\n needs.
\nCarl Rogers, who developed the idea of person-centred therapy, once said:
\n\"We think we listen, but very rarely do we listen with real understanding, true empathy. Yet\n listening, of this very special kind, is one\n of the most potent forces for change that I know.\"
\nThat’s truly what I believe and hope for: that I can provide you with a space\n where you feel seen and\n heard. My hope is that our time together will facilitate the development of your self-awareness and sense\n of self so you can choose your way forward with greater self-insight.
\nMost importantly, I’m a person just like you trying navigate being unapologetically myself, and get through each day\n living life on my own terms. I get the process, how hard it can be, and I approach this work with\n sensitivity, humour and compassion. Being a part of your journey to feeling and living the way you want\n would be my absolute privilege. Let’s work together to figure out what’s getting in the way of that.
\nI offer confidential sessions that take place outside with me, the counsellor, and you, the client, walking\n side by side. The pace is always set by you and you are free to pause or sit if and when you want to.\n Walking side by side rather than sitting face to face enables some clients to feel more comfortable when\n sharing in the therapy process.
\nWalking is a whole body experience and can lead to feeling more relaxed, less static or inhibited. Being\n outside often encourages freedom of expression and can create a powerful shared experience between\n counsellor and client that fosters engagement and enhances the supportive nature of the relationship.
\nWalking therapy requires an initial intake counselling session conducted in office or via online therapy.
\nI infuse my practice with a variety of creative techniques, influenced by my training in Dramatherapy,\n Art therapy, and somatic therapy. The inclusion of these techniques can lead to a deep exploration and\n awareness of your world. Most importantly, they can provide a way to communicate when verbalising becomes\n too difficult or when words alone are not enough. We will only work in this way if it feels right for\n you.
\nI offer short term (usually 6-12 sessions) or open-ended therapy. On-going sessions will be periodically\n reviewed as agreed between you and I.
\nEach session is 50 minutes long.
\nI am flexible about the frequency of sessions (eg. weekly or bi-weekly)
\nI offer a no cost, no commitment, 20-minute online or phone consultation for you to ask any questions and\n decide if I’m the right fit for you.
\nSo please, get in touch
\nMonday | \n9:00am - 8:00pm | \n
Wednesday | \n9:00am - 8:00pm | \n
Friday | \n9:00am - 2:00pm | \n
I work remotely (on-line via Zoom and telephone).
\nI hold face-to-face sessions in Chichester. My office is located within Chichester City Football Club,\n whose building is located behind Northgate Carpark.
\nI am available to meet at any of the local parks in Chichester (inc. Bishop’s Palace Garden, Graylingwell\n Park, Priory Park, Jubilee Park, Oaklands Park)
\n*Walking therapy requires an initial intake counselling session conducted in office or via online\n therapy.
\n£80 per session
\n£90 per session
\n£90 per session
\nThere is a sliding scale and concessions may be made for low-income (proof of benefits) or student\n clients (limited slots available). I'm happy to discuss your circumstances to see if I can accomodate\n you.
\n\nPayments are to be made in advance of each session via bank transfer. Sessions are specifically reserved\n for you, and if payment is not received or arranged, the session will be cancelled.
\n\nThere is a 48 hour cancellation policy in place: any missed, rearranged or cancelled\n appointments without notice or with less than 24 hours notice will be payable in full.\n
\nInquiries will receive a response within 1 working day; please check your spam or junk folder if\n you do not receive a reply.
\nThis is not an emergency service; if you need immediate support, some available\n resources are listed below:
\nAlong with being a psychotherapist, I am a IMPH (International Practitioners of Holistic Medicine)\n qualified sound therapist.
\n\nWhat we now call alternative or holistic interventions have always existed. Sound healing is an ancient\n practice from all over the world. There is an increasing amount of evidence and research to show the\n incredible positive effects of sound on wellbeing.
\n\nDuring sound healing, a variety of instruments are used to create tones of different frequencies. Some of\n the instruments used include singing bowls, chimes, drums, bells, and gongs. The vibrations created during\n a sound healing session can promote harmony, relaxation, improve mood, as well as, reduce fatigue and\n emotional distress.
\n\nCertain frequencies have been shown to release stress and tensions from the body, lower blood pressure\n and improve concentration and focus. Some believe that certain frequencies can even have a reparative or\n regenerative effect on muscles and tissue.
\n\nA sound healing/therapy session may often feel like you’re connecting to something beyond you, whether\n that be the intangibility and vastness of the universe and cosmos or your own sense of spirituality.
\n\nMuch like person-centred therapy, your experiences with sound healing/therapy will be entirely\n individual. The session is almost always accompanied by a guided meditation and short breath practice.
\n\nI provide 1:2:1 sound healing sessions, as well as, group sound baths in central Chichester.
\nAn individual sound healing session will be tailored to whatever your need is on the day. Our time\n together will begin with a brief discussion and assessment and end with a mindful check-out. It will take\n place in my private office. A combination of instruments will be used and singing bowls will be placed\n around, and sometimes on your body.
\n\nThink of this as a sound massage, where the vibrations will sooth you into meditative state that will\n help you regulate and de-stress. You will hopefully experience this session at personal, connective and\n deeply restorative.
\nSound Baths are sessions where a group of people are immersed in a meditative soundscape. The location\n may vary depending on availability but will always be a rented community space. A sound bath in a group\n setting can amplify its effects. The collective energy of the group, combined with the therapeutic sounds,\n can create a powerful shared experience of relaxation and healing.
\n\nDespite sharing the space with others, though, the experience is still entirely your own.
\n\nThe vibrations and acoustic frequencies of the various instruments will resonate through the space and\n the bodies in it.
\n\nIf any of these services interest you, please \n enquire here.
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