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I am fully accredited Integrative Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist based in Guildford, Surrey. CBT is an evidence-based therapy recommended by NICE that has proved to be very effective in treating a range of emotional and behavioural challenges that we all encounter at some point during our lives. Emotional problems, including anxiety and depression, can manifest themselves in many ways both cognitive and behavioural and CBT has proved to be an effective and practical short-term intervention to assist in the long-term management of the common daily stressors in life together with panic attacks, phobias, OCD, insomnia, public speaking, chronic pain conditions, social anxiety, exam stress, perfectionism, procrastination, low self-esteem and IBS amongst many others. It may be that you have been struggling with a particular emotional issue for some time and have not yet found a healthy, rational way of managing it. CBT is a talking therapy that is collaborative, structured and short term, aiming to help you gain greater self-awareness of the way you think and the beliefs you have been holding about this particular issue. My aim is to help them to understand your emotional and behavioural challenges more clearly and rationally and to learn life-long healthy and more helpful patterns of thinking together with skills and techniques to manage them more effectively and to set realistic goals for yourself both in your work, your relationships with others and how you view yourself. With clients, I am able to draw upon a variety of CBT methods including Cognitive Therapy, Rational Emotive Behavioural Therapy (REBT) and more recent CBT developments including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) in addition to Mindfulness based Cognitive Therapy. This ensures that I can tailor the therapy specifically for you. I choose to specialise in REBT (a form of CBT), as I have seen at first-hand how effective it can be in a relatively short space of time for clients from all walks of life and with a wide array of emotional problems to effect long term emotional and behavioural change, enabling them to move forward with their lives in a more rational and emotionally healthy way. I will offer you a confidential, supportive, safe and non-judgmental space in which to work collaboratively with me on the specific issues that have brought you to therapy. Please call or email me for a brief confidential chat about your current challenges so that we can discuss whether CBT might be the appropriate therapy for you at this stage and that could help you to move you forward.
I choose to specialise in REBT (a form of CBT), as I have seen at first-hand how
effective it can be in a relatively short space of time for clients from all walks of
life and with a wide array of emotional problems to effect long term emotional
and behavioural change, enabling them to move forward with their lives in a
more rational and emotionally healthy way.
I will offer you a confidential, supportive, safe and non-judgmental space in which
to work collaboratively with me on the specific issues that have brought you to
therapy.
Please call or email me for a brief confidential chat about your current
challenges so that we can discuss whether CBT might be the appropriate
therapy for you at this stage and that could help you to move you forward.
I am an accredited Integrative Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist based in
East Horsley in Surrey. I currently work in private practice talkingCBT
(www.talkingcbt.com) conducting face to face and online therapy to private
clients aged 18 +.
During my three years training with the College of Cognitive Behavioural
Therapies in London, I have been introduced to a number of third wave CBT
modalities including CFT and ACT which I have found extremely helpful when
working with a range of clients and found how well they compliment the core
Cognitive Behavioural work (CT and REBT).
Prior to training as an Integrative Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist, I worked
as a City trained solicitor working for three City law firms, specialising in Wills and
Trust law for over 10 years.
Whilst working in such a demanding industry in the City during my thirties and
forties, whilst my two children were very young, it struck me how difficult it was
for professionals to build and maintain a rewarding career whilst raising a young
family trying to meet the commitments that both demanded. For women in
particular, this period in a woman’s life is also often when they also face fertility
challenges which add additional stress and anxiety. At this point in time, law firms
provided no mental health support.
As a result, five years ago, I decided to train as a cognitive behavioural a coach
due to the rising need to provide psychological support to professionals in the
legal sector in particular (including trainee solicitors, experienced solicitors,
Partners and barristers) who, I had seen at first hand, often struggle to find a
healthy work-life balance. Many of my clients required help and support to help
them find ways to manage their stress and anxiety as they coped with the
increasing demands of both their legal careers and those of bringing up a family,
caring for elderly parents or returning to work once their children had left home.
I found that Cognitive Behavioural Therapy was extremely effective in my
coaching work due to its collaborative practical and solution focused nature.
However, during the coaching process, it became increasingly evident that many
of my clients were struggling with a wide range of mental health challenges –
most notably anxiety and depression and very low self-esteem issues which often
necessitated a referral to a suitable counsellor.
This prompted me three years ago, to commence my training as a psychotherapist specialising in CBT.
I believe that through my own personal and professional life experiences, I have
the requisite personal qualities to form a healthy and effective counselling
relationship with potential clients and the capacity to meet the intellectual,
emotional and practical demands of the course and of providing counselling in a
professional context.
I believe that with my clinical psychotherapy and coaching training together with
my own academic, personal and professional experience, I have the requisite
qualities to form healthy and effective counselling relationships with clients. My
aim is to help them to understand their emotional and behavioural challenges
more clearly and rationally and to learn life-long skills to manage them more
effectively and to set realistic goals for themselves both in their professional and
private lives to enable them to make positive healthy steps forward.
Personally, I have attended an eight-week MBSR course with Ed Halliwell and, as a
result, have incorporated both formal and informal mindfulness practices into my
daily life. I find them particularly helpful in managing my daily stressors.
Professional Accreditations
National Counselling Society (NCS) – Accredited Registrant. MNCS (Acc)
BACP – Individual Member. In the process of applying for Registered Member
status (MBACP) expected June 2022.
CBT and Mindfulness qualifications
• 2021/22: Advanced Diploma in Integrative CBT/REBT – College of Cognitive
Behavioural Therapies - Distinction
• 2020/21: Advanced Diploma in CBT/REBT - College of Cognitive
Behavioural Therapies – Distinction.
• 2019/20: Diploma in CBT/REBT College of Cognitive Behavioural Therapies
– Distinction.
• 2019: Certificate in Counselling Skills and Ethics course College of
Cognitive Behavioural Therapies.
• 2020: Teacher training (MBSR/MBCT) Level 1 Mindfulness
Network/Bangor University.
• 2020: ‘Finding Peace in A Frantic World ‘– Teacher training. Chris Cullen.
Oxford Mindfulness Centre.
• 2019/20: Level 4 Certificate "Integrating Mindfulness and Compassion in
Professional practice." (CPCAB). Mindfulness UK – accredited teacher
Clinical experience
• Affiliate Integrative CBT therapist at The Eaves Counselling and Psychology
Practice – Godalming, Surrey – one day a week
• Accredited CBT therapist for Anxiety UK - 2019 - present
• CBT therapist with NHS G.P. practice – London - 2019 - 2022
Academic and professional background
• 2019 -2021 – College of Cognitive Behavioural Therapies, London.
• 1995 – 2006 – Associate solicitor at Theodore Goddard, Allen & Overy and
Smyth Barkham.
• 1993-1995 - Law Degree (Commendation) - University of The West of
England.
• 1985 -1988 - MA Geography - Cambridge University
I offer face to face therapy at The Eaves Counselling and Psychology in Godalming on Thursday afternoons.
I also offer online therapy to those clients who live outside Surrey on Tuesdays ( 9.00 a.m. - 6 pm), Wednesdays ( 9.00 a.m. - 6 p.m. and Thursday mornings 9.00 a.m. - 11.30 a.m.)
