Counselling and psychotherapy

How I work

I offer both short-term counselling and longer-term psychotherapy at regular weekly sessions from comfortable locations in Stony Stratford, Milton Keynes and in Summertown, Oxford.

Whilst some of our work involves you telling your story, I will also encourage you to bring awareness to your present moment experience, exploring inner processes, sensations, feelings, thoughts and beliefs, your concerns and life experiences and how all of these are embodied as ‘you’. Considering the whole of yourself brings clarity to the familiar but often limited ways we relate to life. In seeing more clearly, there is the potential for living and being ourselves in a more compassionate way by letting go of ways of being that are no longer supportive.

Working with a therapist in an atmosphere of presence and care helps us uncover hidden or unacknowledged feelings and defences which may be contributing to how we handle situations in our life. Receiving the difficulties of our lives with compassion enables us to integrate conflicting or contradictory feelings. As we experience greater acceptance, we can have more confidence in being authentic and real with others in our lives.

In-person and online sessions

I offer both short term & long term therapy in-person and also online. Meeting online can be helpful either because you are based further afield or you need the flexibility.

Core Process Psychotherapy

Core Process Psychotherapy is the original Mindfulness-based psychotherapy. It combines the wisdom and compassion of Buddhism with western approaches to psychology and is founded on the belief that true healing is only possible to the extent that we can be fully present to the immediacy of our inner and outer experience. This compassionate and relational approach emphasises our wholeness, and the inherent resilience and balance that lies within us all – however hidden these qualities may sometimes seem.

Confidentiality and professional standards form an essential part of Core Process Psychotherapy. All psychotherapy is conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP).

Get in touch

If you’d like to explore working with me then text or call me on 07946 818012 or send me a message. My Milton Keynes practice is based on Stony Stratford, a market town within easy reach of Northampton, Buckingham, Bedford and Leighton Buzzard. My Oxford practice is on Thursdays in Summertown, North Oxford. Various weekday appointment times are available – including evenings.

My fees

Weekly sessions are £75 per 50 minute session.