Welcome

No more suffering in silence. A supportive place for you to be heard, find answers and reconnect.

I am open minded and keen to listen to your story. I believe that we are all inherently good and tend towards growth, even if it can feel like the opposite sometimes. I find it fascinating how everyone is living in a different way and I don't believe that there is a single right way to live. We are all on a separate journey and I look forward to meeting you if our paths do cross. I work with adults, older people and young people from 16 years of age (I do not work with children).

My Approach

I can help you take the time you need to reflect on your situation, with a non judgemental and compassionate ear. I can help particularly if you are feeling anxious, depressed, confused or isolated, or if you are going through a difficult life change such as a bereavement, or other loss, or adjusting to a new diagnosis of Long Covid or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

As well as talking it out, I will invite your body to take part in the conversation. Your body often has a lot to say as well, the way you hold yourself, where there is tension or tightness, your aches and pains, repetitive injuries or chronic complaints and how you are breathing - all give clues to what might be impacting you on a deeper level and habits that are keeping you somewhere you don't want to be. These things can give you new insights and help you to gently re-member your body, put yourself back together in new ways and reconnect with yourself as a whole person.

About me

In my sessions, I bring together insights from 20+ years of experience and study:

• Tools and theoretical ideas from social science, psychology, neuroscience and evolution as applied to mental health
• Deep listening and understanding through conversation, creativity and spending time in nature
• Body based wisdoms to help you rest and recover, that come from exploring your own movements, breathing, posture and habits.

Accreditations

I am a registered member of the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP)

I am working towards certification and accreditation as a Clinical Trauma Professional in Complex Trauma (Evergreen – Level II)

Main Qualifications

Psychology with Neuroscience Bsc (Hons)
Certificate in Contemporary Science
Advanced Diploma in Person Centred Therapeutic Counselling
Certificate in Creative Counselling for Young People
Breathwork & Meditation Practitioner & Coach
Certification in Embodiment Coaching

Work Experience

Lead Mental Health Practitioner – Long Covid Support Team
CEO, With The Seasons – Holistic Counselling, Trauma Therapy & Mental Health Advice
Staff & Student Counsellor – University of Bradford
Counsellor, Mosaic II – Charity for Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse & their Families
Researcher & Designer, Luto Research – Making Health Information Clearer for People

Continuing Professional Development

Traumatic Bereavement by Covid and During Covid Times
Bereavement & Identity – A Break in the Continuity of Being

Counselling Online Primer
Counselling in Nature (Ecotherapy)

Bringing the Body into Therapy (Susi Wrenshaw – Trauma Therapy)
Compassionate Enquiry Own Trauma & Ancestral Trauma (Gabor Mate)
Working with Dissociation (Carolyn Spring – Trauma Recovery)
Working with Distress, Suicide & Self Harm (Carolyn Spring)
Issues Surrounding Sexual Abuse

Eating Disorders & Relationships
Relationships – Why do we bother?
Perfectionism

Safeguarding Children & Vulnerable Adults
Working in a Multi-Disciplinary Team