Counsellors and Psychotherapists in and near Cambridge, CB2

I studied at The Institute for Arts in Therapy and Education (IATE) and gained an MA Integrative Arts Psychotherapy. I also have a BSc Psychology degree. I am fully registered with HCPC (Health and Care Professions Council) and BAAT (British Association for Art Therapists). I adhere to all their Codes of Ethics. As an Integrative Art Psychotherapist I draw from several different theories including Gestalt therapy, Transactional Analysis, Grief theory, Mentalization, mindfulness and Transpersonal therapy. I have experience with adults and children/young people who are bereaved, adults with drug and alcohol addiction and adults with relationship difficulties. I have also worked with children, young people and adults who self-harm, have depression, anxiety and/or bipolar disorder.

I’m a Registered MBACP counsellor in Cambridge and use a mix and match style (also known as an ”integrative approach”). This might include looking at practical coping techniques for issues such as anxiety, exploring the past to try to understand feelings and behaviours; and very much looking at how people feel now and what is happening in their world. The focus is on the individual, and what s/he wants to bring to counselling. I don’t judge and I don’t give advice; my role is to guide clients to explore how they feel and to help them better understand what’s going on in their world. I mostly do this by listening and talking. I feel it’s important to work at each client's pace – coming to therapy can be very challenging. Some people come for short-term therapy e.g. 2-6 sessions, others longer-term. As well as working in private practice, I work for a national Employee Assistance Programme; and I have worked extensively for the mental health charity MIND in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, and managed an in-house counselling service with a local GP Practice. My therapy room is on Oxford Road in Cambridge (just off Huntingdon Road as you go out of town) - it's warm, quiet and inviting. There's plenty of parking and cycle racks to the back of the building and public transport links.

Sometimes, when we're experiencing anxiety our thoughts can feel confusing and stressful and it can be difficult to know where to start to think about how to sort them out. I offer a confidential, non-judgemental and safe space which will allow you the opportunity to start to untangle these thoughts. To process them and look at why they might not be working effectively and how changing them can work better to allow you to prepare for and respond to everyday situations in a way that leaves you feeling more confident and more comfortable. I have gained substantial experience working in addiction recovery organisations. If you are looking to progress with addiction recovery, I can work with you to explore how issues might be affecting you to trigger addictive behaviour. How you can reconcile the past to be able to focus on shaping the present and the future. Looking at how you can plan to make step-by-step progress towards achieving your goals and managing life situations in a way that you feel is more suitable for making progress.

I offer a kind, safe counselling interpersonal service. I believe you have the right to be happy. I work your pace to keep you secure and in control of your counselling experience.

A talking therapy is about telling your own story, and getting better and better at it, adding on more detail as you become more aware, it is about freely expressing how it was, and how it is, but of course it is about moving forwards as well, having somebody that you can trust, without worrying about how you are saying it. I have been trained as a Psychodynamic Therapist, this focusses of the unconscious and past experiences, and how they shape your current behaviour. I have additional training in CBT and Transactional Analysis. I work with individuals and couples. In Central London I work from consulting rooms in Clerkenwell ( 5 minutes from Barbican and Old Street, 10 minutes from Moorgate), and Regent Street ( 5 minutes from Oxford Circus and Piccadilly). I also work from a Therapy Centre in Royston, North Hertfordshire ( Direct rail connection from Kings Cross) I am recognised by AXA/PPP, Vitality and Healix to see Private Insurance clients. People seek my help for a variety of reasons: anxiety & stress general anxiety disorder social anxiety depression self confidence or self esteem issues affecting men relationship problems communication within a relationship trust issues work related issues.