Qualifications & Memberships​

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• Level 5 Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling (CPCAB)

• Level 4 Diploma in Integrative Therapeutic Counselling (CPCAB)

• Certified Life Coach (TCA)

• Registered Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP)

• Registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)

• Enhanced DBS certificate

• Professional indemnity insurance​

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Professional Experience​

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• Private Practice – The Counselling Studio

• Volunteer Counsellor – Mind (adults, in person and online)

• Volunteer Counsellor – North Kent College (young people)

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Creative and Performing Arts Experience

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Before training as a counsellor, I spent many years working professionally in the performing arts and wider creative industries. This experience gave me a first-hand understanding of the unique pressures that can accompany creative careers, including performance anxiety, self-doubt, rejection, public scrutiny, inconsistent work, and the challenge of balancing creativity with personal wellbeing.

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Alongside my counselling practice, I continue to work with performers and creative professionals. While I work with adults from all backgrounds, this experience enables me to offer an informed understanding of the emotional demands that can come with life in the creative industries.

Read more about counselling for creatives →

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Lived Experience

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Living with Type 1 diabetes has given me a personal understanding of the emotional and mental load that can come with managing a long-term health condition. While every person's experience is different, I understand how managing a condition can affect much more than purely physical health.

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Ongoing learning is an important part of how I work. Below is a selection of training and professional development that informs how I work.

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Safeguarding & Professional Training

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• Adult Suicide Prevention Training (Mid Kent Mind) - Dec 2025

• Safeguarding Adults Level 1 (KSCMP) – June 2024

• Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults & Children (KSCMP) – September 2024

• KCSIE – Keeping Children Safe in Education – May 2024

• Prevent Training – April 2026

• Preventing Radicalisation (KSCMP) – July 2024

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Additional Training

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• Trauma Awareness – June 2024

• Equality, Diversity & Inclusion – July 2024

• Domestic Abuse & Extremism (KSCMP) – September 2024

• Online Safety – July 2024

• Cybercrime Awareness – July 2024

• Modern Day Slavery – August 2024

• Workplace Safety – July 2024

• Ensuring Equality for People with Learning Difficulties and Disabilities (Kent Police Training School) – 2016