This professional is available for new clients.
This professional is available for new clients.
About me
Struggling with Anxiety, Panic, or Self-Doubt? Need Support for Your Teen or Child?
Life’s challenges can feel overwhelming, but you don’t have to face them alone. Whether you're dealing with anxiety, panic, fear, shame, grief or struggling with relationship issues or self-sabotage, help is available.
Are you looking for support on your mental health journey?
I am an experienced Integrative Psychotherapist with over 18 years of expertise in helping individuals of all ages — adults, children, and teenagers — work through a variety of challenges. My therapeutic approach is tailored to meet your unique needs, whether you're struggling with anxiety, depression, panic attacks, self-esteem issues, self-harming behaviours, eating concerns, or grief. I also specialize in supporting families caring for children with special educational needs, including ADHD, ASD, OCD, Down syndrome, Dyslexia, and more.
As an Integrative Psychotherapist, I combine various therapeutic approaches — including Humanistic, Existential, Polyvagal, CBT, DBT informed, Creative and Psychoanalytic therapies — to create a personalized experience for you. Therapy is a journey of self-discovery, and I see my role as a compassionate guide, helping you explore how past experiences impact your present life, and supporting you in creating a fulfilling future. I offer online, face to face, outdoor (walk and talk) and outdoor canine therapy (with Labradoodle).
Helping Teenagers Through Life's Tough Moments
I am particularly passionate about working with teenagers during the challenging adolescent years. I provide a non-judgmental, empathetic space for teens to address self-esteem, anxiety, panic attacks, body image, and more. Having worked with young people at Croydon Drop In service and The Brit School, I understand the pressures they face and offer strategies for building confidence and resilience. Additionally, I have supported post-riot programs in Croydon schools, such as Roots of Empathy, Nurturing Parenting, and Zippy Friends, which helped children and parents navigate difficult times.
Supporting Parents of Children with Special Needs
If you're a parent of a child with special educational needs, I offer guidance on managing emotional, social, and practical aspects of your child's condition, including ADHD, ASD, OCD, and Dyslexia. I believe you are the expert on your child, and I work in partnership with you to find strategies that support both you and your child’s well-being.
Specializing in Women’s Empowerment and Compassion
Throughout my career, I’ve worked with Women’s Trust, supporting women and young girls who have faced trauma and abuse. This experience deepened my passion for understanding trauma, compassion, and how people can heal and transform with the right support. Today, I offer a safe space for women to explore their feelings, trauma responses, and emotional challenges. I help women navigate anxiety, depression, self-criticism, and unhealthy patterns such as toxic relationships, poor body image, addictions, procrastination, and more.
In addition to one-on-one therapy, I run creative therapy group workshops that incorporate metaphoric card explorations, breathwork, art, clay, mindful movement, outdoor therapy and more. These workshops are designed to help you reconnect with your inner strength and resilience.
As a speaker and workshop leader, I’ve facilitated workshops at festivals and retreats in the UK and abroad, offering women tools to build self-compassion, strength, and healing.
A Holistic Approach to Healing and Support
Whether you’re facing personal challenges, supporting a loved one, or navigating the complexities of your child’s special educational needs, I offer a safe, confidential, and empathetic space for us to explore solutions together. Therapy can be the first step toward lasting change, and I am here to support you every step of the way.
If you’re ready to take the next step or want to find out more, please reach out for a free consultation. Together, we can explore how I can best support you on your journey to well-being.
Expert in SEND Law
In addition to my work as a psychotherapist, I am also a SEND Law expert with 20 years of experience in the field. I offer legal SEND advice to schools, local authorities, parents, and organizations, providing support with issues related to Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs), Annual Reviews, exclusions, and tribunals. I have managed SENDIAS services and worked with the Council for Disabled Children (CDC) and the Department of Education (DfE). I have also delivered workshops and training on topics like SEND compliance, safeguarding, Autism, ADHD, and Dyslexia awareness.
Let’s work together to create a more fulfilling, empowered future. Get in touch today to begin your journey!
Training, qualifications & experience
I am a fully qualified psychotherapist with PGdip in Counselling and Psychotherapy from the University of Roehampton and BA in Psychology and Sociology from Westminster University. I am also a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).
I undertake regular clinical supervision and a programme of continuing professional development. I am also a Roots of Empathy Programme Instructor – providing emotional support and understanding for primary age children (http://www.rootsofempathy.org/ ) and a Family Links Nurturing Programme’s Leader (http://familylinks.org.uk/).
Advanced Certificate in the Application of the Polyvagal Theory in the Counselling and Psychotherapy 2023.
Member organisations
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Therapy for Parents
Becoming a mother or a father is a life-changing and profound experience. Having a baby will, inevitably, impact every aspect of your life.
Babies need their parents so fully that you might feel that you have no time for yourself or that you have lost your sense of who you are. Being a mother or a father can also feel isolating for some parents.
Becoming a parent could bring up, among other things, difficult feelings about your own experience of being parented, changes to your body, difficulties in your relationship with your partner, sexual changes and concerns, feelings of loss of your own freedom, sleep deprivation and difficulties in making a time or space for yourself.
Sometimes the process of becoming a mother is problematic in itself and you experience postnatal depression, difficulties in bonding with your baby or even, devastatingly, the loss of your baby in miscarriage or still birth.
Therapy is a space where you can take time to talk about how you feel, get support for yourself and express your feelings.
If you are a new mother I am happy for you to bring your baby with you to counselling for the first few months. This can get tricky once your baby is crawling and whether this is possible at all will depend on your baby’s temperament. You might be able (and prefer) to leave your baby in safe adult hands and enjoy the chance to have some time to yourself.
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You are no longer a new mother and are perhaps experiencing difficulties in your day to day life. How do you balance your own needs with those of your children, partner, work and friends? How do you make space for yourself and say ‘no’? Some mothers find themselves overwhelmed as they struggle to balance mothering with work and/or keeping a home going. Perhaps you are a single mum and finding it tough. How do you get support for yourself?
Therapy offers a confidential and quiet place in which to talk, get support, express your feelings and think about what you want and how to achieve it.
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Therapies offered
Fees
£60.00 - £120.00
Concessions offered for
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Some of therapy sessions are available online, face to face or outdoors. Please check these on the initial call.
Further information
I have experience working with children and teenagers with special needs such ASD, ADHD and Dyslexia. First of all I appreciate that you and your family have the greatest levels of knowledge about your unique situation. A therapy could bring to light your individual abilities and experiences in order to help you create new opportunities.
Every client is special and every circumstance is exceptional! Being born with special needs has its unique set of difficulties. Similarly, acquiring a special need as a result of an accident or illness can have heavy emotional, social and financial strains. Life’s journey holds difficulties, and sometimes the challenges are too great to face alone. I would provide a safe environment to explore and to face these challenges.
We could address these issues:
- Emotional well being
- Anger and impulse control
- Family life
- Couples, relationships and social connections
- School and employment barriers
- Community access and inclusion
- Trauma associated with disabilities
In a comfortable and open environment, I offer a highly personalised approach to all individuals in order to address their issues of concern in the most appropriate manner.
