I qualified as a counsellor in 1996, which is when I set up my private practice.

My journey to this point began many years earlier, initially through social work training and case work in Hackney - which I realised was not right for me at all. As time went by I attended brief courses on bereavement visiting and Christian counselling, which were a response to friends coming to talk over with me the issues they faced. I realised that a more comprehensive training was necessary for me to become an effective counsellor and stumbled across the Person-Centred Diploma in Counselling at Weald (now Harrow) College.

After 7 years' experience of working with clients I felt ready to train as a supervisor of other counsellors. On the Institute of Person-Centred Learning's course in 2003 I learned about a collaborative approach where supervisor and supervisee are working together to understand issues which arise for the supervisee in his/her client work. After five residential weekends of study and practice I began working with both trainee and qualified counsellors. I completed my Diploma in Supervising Person-Centred Practice with a final presentation to three of my peers and tutors in March 2005.

I began teaching in September 2003, on a Basic Counselling Skills course at East Berkshire College. The following year I moved to Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College in High Wycombe to teach the person-centred H.E. Diploma in Counselling. I still work there for half the week.

I am married, with two grown-up daughters. I have lived in Harrow since 1990, and before that in Wembley. For over 20 years I have been a member of Kenton Baptist Church, where I contribute to music and worship.

Diploma in Supervising Person-Centred Practice 2003

Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education

Accredited Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy

Member of the British Association for the Person-Centred Approach

Member of the Association of Christian Counsellors

Registered Counsellor with the Churches' Ministerial Counselling Service