About me
I believe that therapy begins with the relationship between therapist and patient. I therefore aim to provide a safe, confidential and non-judgemental space in which you can speak openly about your distress and explore how it’s shaped your experience of yourself, your relationships and the world around you.
In our work together, we can consider how present difficulties may be connected to earlier experiences, significant relationships and recurring ways of relating to yourself and others. We can also attend to the circumstances, expectations and responsibilities within which your life is lived. Rather than treating symptoms simply as problems to be removed, we can approach them as meaningful responses that may once have offered protection or made difficult circumstances more bearable.
I don’t offer a ready-made account of who you are or how you ought to live. Instead, therapy can help you understand your experience more clearly, recognise possibilities that may previously have been overlooked, and develop greater freedom to respond to life in ways that feel more fully your own.
Training, qualifications & experience
I hold a Doctorate in Counselling Psychology and Psychotherapy (DCPsych) and am a UKCP-registered clinical psychotherapist. I trained at the Metanoia Institute, where I developed an integrative approach to psychotherapy, grounded particularly in the psychoanalytic tradition.
Over the years, I have worked with people of different ages and backgrounds, experiencing a wide range of emotional and psychological difficulties. My experience includes both NHS and private practice settings, and has taught me the importance of approaching each person as an individual rather than assuming that one particular way of understanding or working will suit everyone.
Originally from Cornwall, I moved to Loughborough for my university studies and have since made the area my home.
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) is a leading professional body for the education, training and regulation of psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors. Its register is accredited by the government's Professional Standards Authority.
As part of its commitment to protect the public, it works to improve access to psychotherapy, to support and disseminate research, to improve standards and to respond effectively to complaints against its members.
UKCP standards cover the range of different psychotherapies. Registration is obtained by training or accrediting with one of its member organisations, or by holding a European Certificate in Psychotherapy. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
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).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
