• Are you concerned about alcohol or drug use?

  • Are you affected by someone else's drinking or drug use?

  • Do you experience difficulties in your relationship with your partner, parents, children or friends?

  • Do you feel depressed or anxious and find daily life difficult to manage?

  • Would you like to have more confidence in yourself?

  • Counselling could help with any of these issues.


  • Conselling helps to:

  • Enhance self-awareness


  • Set new goals


  • Make positive choices 


  • Feel more in control                         






How can counselling help?

Counselling provides you with the opportunity to explore, understand and address your problems and difficulties in a safe, non-judgemental and confidential environment.

Counselling is a two-way process in which you and your counsellor work together towards helping you gain a better understanding of yourself and your relationship with others.

Counselling can facilitate personal growth and change.


                                                   About Me

I am a fully qualified counsellor/therapist with psychology-based training with 10 years experience.

I have extensive experience in working with clients who have difficulties with their alcohol and drug use.

 Until recently  I was the Counselling Manager for an addiction counselling agency in the Kingston area.

I have worked as an Alcohol/Drugs misuse counsellor for several years at various NHS G.P surgeries in the Kingston & Richmond areas as welll as a bereavement counsellor  for the Kingston Bereavement Service.

I have been in private practice for the past six years working with varied issues.

I am a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and  the United Kingdom Association for  Psychotherapy Integration (UKAPI).

I am a Sessional Lecturer for a Counselling Experiential group at the North East Surrey College of Technology.



                                                    My Qualifications

Postgraduate Diploma ( PostGrad Dip) in Counselling Psychology (University of Surrey)

BSc (Hons)  Psychology & Counselling (University of Surrey)

Certificate of Higher  Education in Combined  & Social Studies  (Open University)

Specialised training in Substance Misuse, Bereavement and SEe FaR CBT (treatment for PTSD).