Well done for taking the first step to accessing support and alleviating some of the distress you are feeling. This is often the hardest step and the most daunting one but I hope that reading my profile encourages you to take the next step and begin your therapeutic journey.I am experienced in helping adults and young people to overcome anxiety, build self- esteem and confidence, fight depression and achieve healthy relationships. I specialise in working with people who experience intense and overwhelming emotions that cause them sometimes extreme distress in their everyday lives. I have helped people to understand and manage these intense feelings so that they can build a life that feels calmer and easier to handle. As an experienced integrative therapist, I am skilled in providing person centred therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy, attachment based therapy and Dialectical behaviour therapy. This integrative approach enables me to be responsive to your needs and tailor the therapy to suit your specific concern. I have worked with people suffering from complex and enduring mental health and wellbeing issues and I am therefore well practised in a range of interventions to facilitate change where there is distress.I am a registered and accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and I have extensive experience working in education, welfare to work and in charitable organisations. I have also worked in a forensic setting with clients with very complex and multifaceted issues.Qualifications: BSc Degree- Counselling Psychology, PG cert Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy, PG Dip Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy MSc degree- Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy.Recent Training Courses: Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Applied Suicide Intervention skills Training, Working with Obsessive compulsive disorder, Domestic Violence training: working with perpetrators, Anger management: Working with ex offenders.