What I offer
Counselling couples in Windsor, Maidenhead and Cookham
All relationships have challenges. This does not mean they need to end. Indeed counselling can help relationships to find a new direction and meaning allowing them to take on a new lease of life.
I work with how you both relate to the problem, to other people and to me. We will reflect on the issues at hand. I will offer my perspective. I will challenge your point of view. We will sit together and accept the feelings however overwhelming they may seem.
I also see each person separately and then back together as a couple.
This process can help explore the problems between you both more fully so you can set a new path forward.
Our Journey
This work means embarking on a journey towards a place in your life that is yet to be defined: A prospect that can be both exciting and terrifying! But you will not be alone – we work together until you feel it is time to go.
An Opportunity to Invest in Yourself
The past cannot be changed.
How we feel about it can.
This is when therapy can really help.
The future has yet to be determined and this work can bring possibility that you may never have considered.
Individual Counselling
Sometimes we need to replenish ourselves
Counselling is about asking the question 'Why do I do what I do?' and the work is about the question 'How can I change to make things feel better?'
It's tough asking for help
Many of us believe we are strong enough to deal with what ever life throws at us.
But humans are community animals and it only makes sense that we need each other in order to survive as a whole.
You ARE strong when you ask for help.
What possible good can talking do?
Why does sharing work?
Scientists can prove that the brain needs another brain in order to develop. We learn from the gaze of the other (our care giver from birth for a start).
Change will occur when you share because the feelings sound different out loud versus how they are in our heads. A new way to experience yourself will bring change.
How can a therapist know what to do?
The therapist does not know what to do about your problem. But the therapist can help you work with the problem that you are experiencing. To help you make sense and to find meaning with what may seem overwhelming.
I use my energy to care about your predicament and to help you express what needs to be said. I get involved in what you think and how you feel. I offer my own thoughts and perspectives.
Will I feel better?
This process can show you how talking can influence your thoughts and feelings. What you decide to do next is up to you. Many use what they learn in the counselling room out there in the wider world. It is great place to practice life!
Areas for Counselling
Relationship Issues
Anxiety and Panic Attack
Relationship Issues
Finding ways to listen and understand one another.
Depression
Anxiety and Panic Attack
Relationship Issues
Revealing the trapped feelings behind the mask.
Anxiety and Panic Attack
Anxiety and Panic Attack
Anxiety and Panic Attack
Finding a way to feel the fear but survive then thrive
Bereavement
Physical or Emotional Abuse
Anxiety and Panic Attack
Coming to terms with loss
Conflict
Physical or Emotional Abuse
Physical or Emotional Abuse
Finding a way to express rage in a helpful way
Physical or Emotional Abuse
Physical or Emotional Abuse
Physical or Emotional Abuse
Needing to be heard
Training, Qualifications and Experience
Accreditations
Educational & Experience
Educational & Experience
- UKCP Registered Psychotherapist
- M.A in Psychotherapy and Counselling
- Advanced Diploma in Existential Psychotherapy
- B.A (Hons) in Business Studies
- Marketing Diploma
18 years in Marketing roles for Blue Chip companies bringing knowledge of business to bear within the therapeutic context.
I abide by the ethical codes of conduct issued by the UKCP
Educational & Experience
Educational & Experience
Educational & Experience
I trained for 5 years including 4 years of my own personal therapy and have been counselling couples and individuals in Windsor and Maidenhead for 12 years.
In addition to my private practice, I have worked for Heatherwood Hospital NHS Mental Health Psychotherapy department and for the Slough branch of Turning Point, the alcohol and drug a
I trained for 5 years including 4 years of my own personal therapy and have been counselling couples and individuals in Windsor and Maidenhead for 12 years.
In addition to my private practice, I have worked for Heatherwood Hospital NHS Mental Health Psychotherapy department and for the Slough branch of Turning Point, the alcohol and drug addiction agency.
I work with many Senior Executives who experience problems both at home as well as at work and my 18 years in industry gives me insight into the difficulties of corporate life.
My UKCP (UK Council for Psychotherapy) registration requires me to acquire 50 hours of continuous personal training development each year.
Additionally, using my psychological skills alongside my corporate experience, I offer facilitation training days to small companies who are looking to boost team morale and spend time out of the office to plan future business opportunities.
My Philosophy
Educational & Experience
My Philosophy
My approach allows me to work with most issues.
My modality is Existential Phenomenological. This means I see each person as unique. There is no set agenda. I will listen to your feelings; challenge your perspective; dialogue with your thoughts and explore what it means to be you.
Change occurs when you are willing to engage with your
My approach allows me to work with most issues.
My modality is Existential Phenomenological. This means I see each person as unique. There is no set agenda. I will listen to your feelings; challenge your perspective; dialogue with your thoughts and explore what it means to be you.
Change occurs when you are willing to engage with your issues. How we relate as therapist and client is part of that change. This unique relationship allows the unsaid to be said and the hidden to be revealed.
This process gives you permission to re-evaluate how you relate to the world and this in turn offers you choice about your way forward.