I am a person-centred / integrative therapist, with 17 years’ experience of counselling, mostly gained in private practice. I have a particular interest in working with trauma and have 13 years’ experience of working with EMDR, which I have found to be highly effective in resolving or reducing the impact of both single event and complex trauma. I have also studied Somatic Trauma Therapy with Babette Rothschild and have trained in the Rewind Technique with David Muss. Whether I am practising counselling or EMDR, my main aim is to provide an environment in which you will feel safe to access and express the full range of your inner experience. My hope is that in this non-judgmental environment, you will come to accept and trust yourself more fully and make constructive changes from a much freer place. You may be challenged to reconsider some of your beliefs that once served a purpose, but which are no longer working for you. However, you will not be pressurised to do, think or feel anything that is not a good fit for you. This is your life, and I would love to free you up to live it to the full! Whilst I am fundamentally a person-centred counsellor, I have recently completed a MSc in Psychology, which has brought an evidence-based way of thinking to my work. Where appropriate, I may offer psychoeducation or evidence-based strategies to help you manage your emotions. The basis of our work, however, will remain relational and collaborative, in line with my person-centred values. I practise both counselling and EMDR from an office in St Georges, Weston-super-Mare on Mondays and Tuesdays, and online on Wednesdays and Thursdays.