I’m Steph and I qualified as a counsellor in 2023. I primarily work with adults but I completed a placement and subsequent training at CASY which involved working with children and young people. I have worked for Womens Aid, Cruse, and NWCH in a counselling capacity, and am a trauma-informed therapist. 

I am a person-centred counsellor, which means the client is placed at the centre of our sessions. Upon qualifying I decided to carry on with my training to enable me to offer Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, which can be useful for some issues including anxiety, phobias and unhelpful habits. 

Counselling was a career change I decided on after a chance conversation in Ibiza made me aware of the lack of accessible counselling in the UK. My background is in neuroscience and I was a research fellow at the University of Nottingham. Counselling may seem different to this but as a self-confessed science geek I have a passion for behaviour and understanding why we do the things we do. I seek to provide a space for people to explore their thoughts, feelings and behaviours and understand how we process our experiences. Sometimes we all just need a space to talk. 

Outside of the counselling room I enjoy spending time with my family, friends and variety of pets. I grew up in the countryside and have always loved being in nature, and in recent years I have developed a love of gardening. It is something I would love to bring into my practice in the future as I feel it is restorative to feel nature and see things grow. 

I enjoy films, music and going to see comedians – it’s hard to feel sad when you are laughing or dancing!