What is Counselling?

Counselling is an ongoing collaborative conversation that helps you better understand your thoughts, emotions and experiences. Sessions typically last 50 minutes, and are weekly or fortnightly.

Rather than giving advice or telling you what to do, my role is to provide a safe, non-judgemental space where we can explore what is happening in your life together.

People come to counselling for many reasons, including:

  • Anxiety, stress or low mood

  • Relationship difficulties

  • Grief or loss

  • Major life changes

  • Feeling stuck or overwhelmed

  • Wanting to understand themselves more deeply

You don't need to be in crisis to benefit from counselling. Sometimes having the time and space to reflect can be valuable in itself.

Getting started

Step two

Following the assessment, I will write up a summary of what we've spoken about, with some suggestions about how we may work together. It is then up to you whether the plan fits you, whether you'd like to change anything, and if you would like to continue with regular sessions.

Step one

We have a 10-minute phone call, and if we seem to be a good fit, we follow it up with a free 50-minute assessment, online or offline in my office. This session is for us to get to know each other, and to go over the main challenges you are facing.

What's important to me

I deeply care about all of my clients, and wish to see them thrive. My practice is not simply a matter of alleviating distress, but also building on successes and strengths.

Nothing fills me with more joy than when a client comes away from our sessions feeling more like themselves, having new perspectives on their experience of the human condition, and finding the resilience and resolve that exists in them.

Life can be really tough. And it's okay to admit that. We are met with situations and contexts that are more complicated than we have evolved to cope with on instinct alone. It's only together that we can make sense of it all, and find peace.

Ethics and transparency

I work in accordance to the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy Ethical Framework, which guides my practice and holds me accountable to professional standards.

Its core principles are:

  • Trustworthiness

  • Autonomy

  • Beneficence

  • Non-maleficence

  • Justice

  • Self-Respect

Confidentiality

Everything we discuss is confidential, except in a small number of situations where I have a legal or ethical duty to share information. These include:

  • If there is a serious risk of harm to you or someone else.

  • If disclosure is required by law (for example, by a court).

  • When discussing anonymised aspects of my work with my clinical supervisor to ensure safe and effective practice.

We'll discuss confidentiality in full during our first session, and you'll have the opportunity to ask any questions before we begin.

Fees

The introductory assessment session is free. Sessions thereafter are €50 each, and can be paid on the day or in batches of four.

Qualifications

MSc Psychology of Mental Health and Wellbeing 2025-2027, Uni. Wolverhampton, UK

L3 Certificate in Counselling Studies 2026, Astranti Connect, UK

L2 Certificate in Counselling Skills 2025, Astranti Connect, UK

Reach out

Get in touch for more information, or a 10-minute introduction phonecall. After the call, I offer a free 50-minute session so we can get to know each other, and see if we're a good fit.

The information you enter here will be kept confidential and is never shared without your consent.

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