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Counselling
What You Can Expect
Am I living in a way which is deeply satisfying to me, and which truly expresses me?' - Carl Rogers. - Founder of the person-centred model
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Hello. Thank you for taking the time and interest to learn more about me and whether we could be a good fit for you to get the support you are looking for. I hope I have covered everything you need within this site, but if not, jump to the contact page and send me a message; I will be happy to answer any questions or give you additional information.
I qualified as a Counsellor/Psychotherapist in 2007, and I currently work in Private Practice. I am integrative counsellor/psychotherapist, but with person-centred at my core. Meaning that I believe you are the expert of you. I will help you untangle your thoughts and feelings and support you to establish who you are, away from who you have learnt to be.
I am a researcher into the experiences of sutistic counsellors - advocating for auiutistic differences as strengths and better representation and inclusion https://doi.org/10.1002/capr.12839
I offer sessions face-to-face in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, and electronically/online from anywhere in the UK. (Please click on the links for more information)
'The person-centred approach ultimately sees human beings as having an innate tendency to develop towards their full potential. However, this ability can become blocked or distorted by certain life experiences, particularly those experiences which affect our sense of value.' - Carl Rogers
How Counselling Can Help
'We cannot change, we cannot move away from what we are, until we thoroughly accept what we are. Then change seems to come about almost unnoticed' - Carl Rogers
Through life, we can alter who we are to suit the needs of others. This is especially true of autistic people and those with ADHD. We can absorb many messages that have told us how we think and feel are wrong. We learn to fit in by looking around us at what behaviours and characteristics are liked and accepted and mirror these to fit in. But this goes against who we are, and over time, we can become so far away from who we want to be. This can cause us so much stress and anxiety.
I'm a therapist as well as an AuDHD person. As an autistic psychotherapist, I utilise psychoeducation and counselling techniques through a neuroaffirmative lens, to help you explore and celebrate your differences in a safe place with someone who understands.
I have additional training in CBT, DBT, Gestalt, and creative methods and integrate them fluidly to help you explore who you truly are away from social expectations. I aim to support you in reflecting upon and undoing all the internalised messages you have learnt by trying to 'fit in'. Through talking, you will recognise who you are and who you want to be and begin to separate them from who you feel you are expected to be.
There is a major difference between masking out of choice and masking unconsciously for survival.
Counselling is insight-based. Whereas coaching is action-based.
THE CURIOUS PARADOX IS THAT WHEN I ACCEPT MYSELF JUST AS I AM, THEN I CHANGE" ~~CARL ROGERS