I am an experienced, qualified and UCKP registered psychotherapist working in Bath and have been in private practice since 2010.
LOCATION
33 Gay Street, Bath, BA1 2NT
FEE £60
Psychotherapy offers a unique opportunity to explore any difficulties you might be experiencing in a safe and confidential space.
Psychotherapy allows for a deep exploration of life themes, and a chance to be understood and to understand yourself more truly and more clearly. There are many reasons why someone might seek the support of a psychotherapist: depression, anxiety, relationship problems etc. Some people come to examine their internal life more closely, to try to gain insight into the meaning of their moods and actions, and reflect upon behavioural patterns that seem to repeat throughout life.
Whether you need support with more acute feelings that seem overwhelming, or whether you are just interested in what makes you tick, psychotherapy could help.
Qualifications
I am a qualified psychotherapist with a Masters degree in Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapy. I trained for seven years at BCPC (Bath Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy). I am registered and accredited by UKCP (UK Council for Psychotherapy), the UK’s leading professional body for psychotherapists, meaning I have met and am required to maintain the highest possible standards of practice.
Since my initial training I have done much continued professional development, and am particularly interest in Embodied Relational Psychotherapy.
As well as working in private practice, I spent 5 years working part-time in the NHS as a psychotherapist. I also spent 2 years working for The Trauma Foundation South West offering long-term psychotherapy for refugees and asylum seekers. I am currently a tutor at the Bath Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy, teaching on the counselling and psychotherapy training.
What sort of therapist am I?
I offer caring yet focused and informed attention, facilitating a joint process that will help you find your own answers, in your own words. We sit together in my private, quiet consulting rooms. As a therapist I am present and engaged, entering into an exploration and dialogue with you about your experiences and feelings. Within this supportive atmosphere, we work together to reach understanding and clarity about your current circumstances.
My training is integrative, meaning that I draw from a number of different important theories. My practice is firmly based upon humanistic principles, which emphasise each individual’s innate human potential and their capacity for self-determination. I acknowledge and work with unconscious processes and reflect on how past experiences affect the present. I have a keen interest in relational psychotherapy and intersubjectivity theory, which in short means I work hard to understand my client’s subjectivity as one that is unique in the world and present in relationship with me. My view is that all these schools of thought have much to offer, but I would be against following any singular theory dogmatically.