About Me 

About Me 

I am a person-centred counsellor who is compassionate and sincere. Offering a confidential space for you to explore what is troubling you, at your direction and pace.  With genuine interest and kindness, I listen to understand and accompany you to explore your thoughts, feelings and current difficulties.  Through my own inner work and healing, I have come to realise the inner wisdom and strength that can unfold when exploring painful feelings and experiences, helping us to make meaning of our life or current challenges. 

I am strongly interested in Complex Trauma through the work of Janina Fisher,  which can help us make sense of past trauma that impacts and often disturbs our lives. This disturbance often holds the key to growth. Trauma is a process and can very much be alive in us, causing emotional blocks and distressing body sensations, despite the event or events happening many years ago. From my experience, healing from trauma is supported by a nurturing, supportive therapeutic relationship. 

I have engaged in Process Work, which enhances awareness of our inner process and helps us to understand how external events impact us. I have found this work to be transformational. Exploring processes and conflicts can support our creativity and help us to address life challenges and mental health diagnoses.

I offer counselling to those over 18 years old. My counselling experience includes short-term and longer-term counselling, supporting people with a wide range of difficulties. I have also supported individuals with perinatal mental health and survivors of sexual abuse and domestic violence. 

Other things about me

Other work includes my role as a Safeguarding Manager for a local charity that supports young people with their mental health, creating and delivering training on Safeguarding, Self-Harm, Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Trauma. I am also co-director of Silk House Therapy and Wellbeing Cooperative, aligning with my passion to contribute meaningfully to both personal and societal change. 

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Qualifications and CPD

MA in Counselling and Psychotherapy: Complex Trauma

Diploma in Person-Centred Therapeutic Counselling

Certified Complex Trauma Professional 

Compassionate Inquiry Professional Training

Certificate in Self-Harm and Suicide Prevention

Certificate in Understanding Mental Health

Certificate in Trauma-Informed Practice 

Certificate in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy

Introduction to Mentalisation Based Treatment (MBT)

BA (Hons) Primary Education

Working with Shame and the Inner Critic

Violence against Women

Emotion Coaching Trainer

Compassionate Inquiry

Solution Focused Based Therapy

Carolyn Spring: Hope for Healing