ABOUT ME
My practice as a psychotherapist began in Australia some 35 years ago, and Scotland has been my permanent home since 2001.
I have a professional background in social justice, psychotherapy and human rights. My formal training in Australia was in community development and community counselling (addictions), Narrative Therapy and mediation. I worked across a wide range of contexts and social justice issues. My BSc in Stress Physiology led to further training in Somatic Trauma Therapy and Integrative Bodywork and Movement Therapy. I qualified as a Psychodrama Psychotherapist in 2015 and have specialised in working with complex trauma and dissociation over the past twenty years.
More recently, I have moved away from offering long-term trauma therapy and now focus on therapy grounded in my critical phenomenological approach.
In addition to working with individuals, couples and groups in my private psychotherapy practice, I co-established a specialist consultancy in 2001 to design and deliver facilitated processes for individuals and groups experiencing interpersonal conflict or affected by patterns of ineffective communication. The focus of this work is to develop ways of working that draw on ideas and methods related to complexity, spontaneity, diversity, and empowering cultural practices.
REGISTRATIONS
I have registrations or accreditations with the following bodies, which are renewed annually:
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UKCP and MBACP
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PVG Scheme in Scotland
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ICO
I have up-to-date Professional Liability Insurance and am recognised by a number of Insurers, including:
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AXA
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BUPA
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Onebright
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Aviva
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Nuffield
If your insurer is not listed let me know and I will contact them about recognition.
CONFIDENTIALTY & ETHICS
What you share with me during our work together will be held as confidential and will not be disclosed to others without your permission, except where I have reason to believe that you may be in danger of serious harm or that others are at risk.
In such cases, I have a duty to break confidentiality., however it will always be my intention to reflect on the ethical challenges facing us in a collaborative way and talk things through with you where this is possible.
To safeguard the quality of my clinical practice I also discuss aspects of my work with my clinical supervisor, as and when I feel it is necessary, in such a way that does not identify my clients.
I abide by the Codes of Ethics of the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) and British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP).
In the first instance, if you have any concerns I hope that you will feel able to talk with me. However, if you feel unable to do this then please raise your concerns with the UKCP.
