Wessex Therapy - Counselling and psychotherapy in Weymouth and Dorchester area, Dorset and South West England

• I have gained wide-ranging experience through running a crisis, counselling and advice
  centre for over 20 years.
• I am Director of Wessex Therapy (and Wessex Therapy Plus) which I founded in 2006.
  
• I work with people of all ages and from all walks of life, including people suffering with
  what many would consider more extreme mental health problems.
• I have a long-standing professional interest in 'recovery' within mental health.
• I am also experienced in working with children and young people facing emotional, social
  and behavioural problems.
• I also take referrals from the Dorset Child and Family Counselling Trust (DCFCT).
  
• People tend to experience me as approachable, non-clinical, thoughtful and practical.
  
• I am a graduate of Regent's College School of Psychotherapy & Counselling Psychology,
  London.
• I have enhanced Criminal Record Bureau clearance.
  
• My training includes Child Protection and Safeguarding Children.
• I worked for some years as Executive Director of a charity in partnership with the NHS and
  Social Services to provide services for people with mental health problems.
  
• I am an accredited member of the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) which is one of the
  main governing bodies for psychotherapists and I am also a member of the Society for
  Existential Analysis and with this a Member of the College of Constructivist Psychotherapies.