Welcome
Welcome to my private counselling practice in Basingstoke, Hampshire. I’m a fully qualified counsellor and psychotherapist, with 25 years’ experience working with a wide variety of people and concerns. My professional training includes a Post-Graduate Diploma in Counselling from the University of East Anglia, completed in 1999. I am a Registered Member (MBACP) of the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy, have an enhanced DBS certificate and am fully insured.
How I work
My approach to counselling is a personal one, offering a respectful, non-judgemental and confidential therapeutic relationship. I trained initially in a type of counselling called Person-Centred Therapy but I’m interested in a range of perspectives that help create a thoughtful and accepting space where we can discuss your concerns.
This kind of counselling may help you in various ways: to gain insight into yourself and your relationships; to reduce stress, anxiety and depression; to feel less overwhelmed or isolated; to make changes in your life (or begin to accept things that can't change); to work towards personal goals; to feel more hopeful or that life has more meaning.
Experience
As well as working privately in Basingstoke, I was employed for 20 years as a counsellor and counselling service coordinator in colleges of further and higher education in Hampshire. I have also worked as a volunteer or training placement counsellor in other settings, including a youth counselling service in Basingstoke, an adult crisis centre, a sexual abuse helpline, a prison and a university counselling service.
I am a trained clinical supervisor and have written about counselling and psychotherapy in books and journals. For three years I was the Ethical Dilemmas column editor for Self & Society, an international journal for humanistic psychology, and in 2021 I co-authored a new edition of the textbook First Steps in Counselling. You can see a list of some of my published work here. In 2024, I received a Lifetime Achievement accolade from Therapists Connect.
Outside of counselling, I am also a father, a fan of music and literature, and a keen home cook.
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