About - Online Counselling and Psychotherapy
About me
I’m a counsellor and psychotherapist with a background in mechanical engineering and military service.
I’ve been working therapeutically with people for 10+ years.
I’m based in France and work securely online via Zoom with clients in the UK, EU, and New Zealand.
Outside of work, I’m a musician - writing music and playing violin in an amateur indie folk band.
Professional registration
I’m an accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), and a full member of the New Zealand Association of Counsellors (NZAC).
These memberships recognise training, competence, and adherence to professional and ethical standards within their jurisdictions.
I’m also a member of the International Transactional Analysis Association (ITAA) for psychotherapy, and the International Association for Relational Transactional Analysis (IARTA).
Working via Zoom
I currently work online, securely via Zoom. To make sessions effective, please ensure you have:
A quiet, private space where you won’t be disturbed or overheard
A comfortable place to sit or recline
A computer with Zoom (camera + microphone) and a reliable internet connection
Minimal distractions – silence phone alerts and computer notifications
The idea is to replicate the feel of an in-person session as closely as possible.
Regions served
I mostly work with people in Europe, the UK, and New Zealand.
I work with English-speakers in other parts of the world provided our time zones are compatible.
I don’t work with people in the USA or Canada. My professional indemnity insurance doesn’t cover me for North America due to state-specific licensing requirements.
About ‘relational’
‘Relational’ counselling and psychotherapy is more than techniques - it is a real, reliable relationship that supports change.
In shorter-term counselling, I offer a steady, empathic presence with thoughtful challenge so change can happen.
In longer-term psychotherapy, the relationship itself is a focus: many problems have relational roots, so we notice how patterns show up between us and work with them safely and explicitly, allowing new experiences of being and relating that endure beyond our work together.
About ‘depth-oriented’
Depth-oriented work looks beneath immediate problems to the patterns and meanings that keep them in place - how you learned to protect yourself, what gets avoided, and how early experiences show up in current relationships (including with me).
I draw on a rich lineage of theories and approaches which has its roots in psychoanalysis and Jungian analytic psychology - evolved through the developments of Rogerian person-centred therapy, Gestalt, Transactional Analysis, and body psychotherapies - and finds popular expression in EMDR, Schema Therapy, and Internal Family Systems (IFS).
Contact
If you’d like to explore working together, you can book a free introductory call via the Contact page, or email contact@psychotherapyworks.org.