About me:

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Hello, I’m Becky and I’ve been a qualified counsellor since 2016, when I graduated from a post-graduate diploma in counselling and psychotherapy. Since then I have completed a further post-graduate diploma in cognitive behavioural therapy, and I now integrate these according to the needs of the client. I’m a member of the BACP. At the moment I work with primary school age children, but have previously worked with teens and adults as well. I love seeing the change in people that simply being given a safe, non-judgemental space can provide.  

 

Specialist interest and/or experience:

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I have been a counsellor in schools since 2015, both in primary and secondary schools, and have worked with adults too throughout this time. I also have experience working with therapeutic groups. 

 

Clinical experience:

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I have five years of counselling experience; working in a primary school as a school counsellor as well as working in our private practices. A large part of my work has and continues to involve working systemically with children, young people and families supporting them in overcoming significant barriers within education and at home. I also have experience of working with OCD, trauma, family issues, attachment issues, personality disorders and neurodivergence. In the past year I have also undertaken a more senior role within NextSteps supporting across a range of clinical areas including clinical assessments.

 

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Clinical approaches:

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Working integratively involves a client-led approach, where the focus in every session are the clients’ needs. This approach involves using a range of therapeutic modalities, tailoring therapy sessions according to the person’s presenting and emerging needs. Modalities I work with are Transactional Analysis (TA), Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Sand Tray, Imagery and Metaphor work and two chair work.

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In conjunction with working integratively and relationally my approach involves a psycho-educative approach which involves sharing theories or ideas from eminent researchers relevant to the clients’ narrative. Using psychoeducation with clients helps clients to understand the basis of their feelings and emotions to build emotional literacy, self regulation and develop a personalised toolkit of interventions which can be used beyond the therapeutic process. Work with younger children predominantly involves play therapy which naturally engages the child's inner world allowing expression and articulation of difficulties which can be further explored. Work with older children involves a self reflective scaffolded approach to build greater autonomy and to develop a toolkit of coping strategies for beyond the counselling process. I also use sand tray work with both children and young people as a non-verbal symbolic approach enabling exploration of unconscious processes, gently bringing them into conscious awareness. I work as collaboratively as possible with parents/carers of the young people I work with.

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Work with adults focuses on a holistic approach in identifying links between current situations and earlier experiences through exploring a person’s life scripts. In having greater awareness of our own life scripts we are better able to move forward to our more authentic self.

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Couples therapy involves a solution focused approach, often shorter term, which looks at parallels between earlier relationship patterns and current relationships as well as exploring communication patterns and awareness of our own and our partners needs.

 

Qualifications and Training (dates etc):

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Currently studying for Advanced Diploma in Supervision

​BSC (hons) Psychology

Post Graduate Certificate in Education

Advanced Diploma (Level 6) in Integrative Counselling

Certificate in Couples Counselling

Thrive Trained

Enhanced DBS Certificate for working with Children and Adults

 

What are you passionate about:

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I view my client work as an absolute privilege and never tiring of stepping into my clients’ world. I am incredibly passionate about people being able to access support when they are struggling and work hard with clients to develop lifelong strategies to support them beyond the counselling process.