Hello, I’m Minnie, a.k.a. The Women’s Therapist…
I am a fully qualified counsellor and registered member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).
I work with those who identify as women at all life stages, and the unique challenges, expectations and duties that come with being a woman.
I work with a lot of mums as they navigate matrescence (the ongoing process of becoming a mother) and the often distressing, overwhelming and conflicting feelings that come with this. Whether you are a mother or not, it’s my experience that women tend to take on caregiving roles (or have these put upon them), and messages from childhood and society such as ‘be a good girl’, ‘be perfect’ or ‘please others' can result in us trying to live up to other’s often unrealistic expectations, chipping away at our self-esteem and sense of identity, leaving us feeling like we’re failing or that there’s something wrong with us, or feeling unworthy of having needs, let alone being able to meet them.
I am not a mother myself, however I bring my past experience as a nanny and primary school teacher as well as being an aunty of 2 and apply my knowledge of child development and passion for inner child therapy as well as my own personal experience with anxiety, depression, burnout and loss.
Over the years I have worked in a number of counselling services including a domestic abuse charity. I work relationally, bringing my authentic self to our collaborative partnership - I am not a robot or a nodding, blank-faced therapist. I will help you to connect with yourself, your feelings, your mind-body connection, by modelling this myself and by empathically experiencing with you.
Frequently Asked Questions
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I work with those who identify as women at all life stages, and the unique challenges, expectations and duties that come with being a woman.
I work with a lot of mums as they navigate matrescence (the ongoing process of becoming a mother) and the often distressing, overwhelming and conflicting feelings that come with this. Whether you are a mother or not, it’s my experience that women tend to take on caregiving roles (or have these put upon them), and messages from childhood and society such as ‘be a good girl’, ‘be perfect’ or ‘please others' can result in us trying to live up to other’s often unrealistic expectations, chipping away at our self-esteem and sense of identity, leaving us feeling like we’re failing or that there’s something wrong with us, or feeling unworthy of having needs, let alone being able to meet them.
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I believe no one size fits all and that’s why I trained as an integrative counsellor, meaning I can draw upon many different modalities and theories to best suit you.
My integrative approach draws from humanistic person-centred therapy, psychodynamic attachment theory, transactional analysis (TA) and inner child therapy, cognitive and behavioural acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), along with polyvagal theory and neuroscience which bring in the lens of the nervous system - something which clients often say was the missing puzzle piece!
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I am a fully qualified, insured counsellor and registered member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and I abide by their code of ethical practice.
I have undertaken extensive training in addition to my core qualification. I am committed to ongoing continuing professional development. You can see my qualifications and CPD here.
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I am a registered member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and abide by their ethical framework which can be found here.
I am enhanced DBS checked.
I undertake monthly clinical supervision.
I am fully qualified and insured with Balens.
I am registered with the Information Comissioner’s Office (ICO) and abide by all GDPR Data Laws.
I undertake regular safeguarding training.
I have emergency first aid training.
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You can book a FREE 20-minute online consultation where we can meet each other, discuss what’s bringing you to counselling and you can ask any questions you may have so that we can see if I’m the right therapist for you and your therapy goals.
Should you wish to go ahead after this you can arrange your first session then or get back to me via email when you’re ready.