My counselling practise
I believe many people spend their lives performing, surviving, striving, or adapting themselves to meet other people’s expectations. Counselling offers a space to step outside of that pressure and ask more honest questions:

What do I want? What do I need? Is that deep-held belief about myself actually true?
I am a counsellor who helps people slow down enough to hear themselves clearly.

When I’m not seeing clients I work for COSCA, Scotland’s professional body for counselling and psychotherapy, so you know you are in safe hands.

Who I work best with
Iwork particularly well with people who are trying to reconnect with themselves.
Often these are people who have spent years:

• striving and achieving without feeling fulfilled
• adapting themselves to meet others’ expectations, perhaps as part of the LGBTQ+ community
• surviving difficult childhoods, relationships, or environments

   

Many of my clients arrive at a point of transition:

• finishing education
• reaching long-held goals and wondering “what now?”
• recovering from emotionally difficult relationships
• beginning to question the roles they’ve always played

I especially value working with people who are ready to explore themselves more honestly and begin recognising that their own needs, feelings, and desires matter too.

My Postgraduate Diploma in counselling is from the University of Strathclyde where I was trained in the Person-Centred approach. I am an Accredited Member of BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy) and work to their strict code of ethics. I work with adults aged 18 and over and am also a qualified counselling supervisor.

Special interest areas: Trauma from childhood, adult trauma and PTSD, self esteem