About Me
My qualifications
I have a Post-Graduate Diploma in Counselling & Psychotherapy from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.
I am a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). This certifies that my training is to a professional standard and that I work within the BACP Ethical Framework for the Counselling Professions: www.bacp.co.uk/ethical_framework.
You can check my membership on the professional register here: www.bacpregister.org.uk
I very much hope that you wouldn’t have cause to complain about my practice such that we couldn’t find a resolution together. If you do however, you can contact the BACP here: www.bacp.co.uk/prof_conduct/

My experience and interests
My background is in caring roles and in organisations trying to improve human wellbeing. For the past five years I have been a mental health worker for LGBT Health and Wellbeing which includes coordinating a counselling service. I identify as queer and I am passionate about working affirmatively with gender, sexual and relational diversities.
Past counselling experience includes long-term work within a university research clinic as well as time-limited work within a charity for people affected by cancer.
I actively work - from and towards - an intersectional, anti-oppressive practice that recognises the greater systems we come from, and are working within.
I am trained to work with the uniqueness of each individual in whatever they are experiencing and however they experience it.
However, some of the things that I have worked with often include:
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anxiety
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depression
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relationship difficulties - partners, family, friends, co-workers...
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sex and sexuality
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gender
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isolation, alienation and unbelonging
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loss and grieving
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fear
- life transitions and change
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confusion and difficult choices
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overwhelming emotions
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feeling stuck
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self-worth / self-confidence / self-esteem
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neurodiversity
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illness and life-limiting conditions
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minority struggles
I am passionate about the power of counselling in empowering us to live truly fulfilling lives. Find out more about the therapy here.
