About me
Maybe you’ve noticed yourself ending up in the same place again. You overthink conversations, struggle to say no, put other people first, lose yourself in relationships or become frustrated with how strongly you react to certain situations. You may know something isn’t working, but knowing that hasn’t made it easier to change.
Sometimes the things you do today made perfect sense once. Perhaps you learnt to keep everyone happy because conflict didn’t feel safe. Maybe you've become fiercely independent because relying on people ended in disappointment. Maybe you overthink because being prepared helped you feel in control. Or perhaps alcohol, substances, relationships or other behaviours became a way of escaping feelings you didn’t yet know how to hold.
Then, somewhere along the way, the thing that helped you cope started getting in the way. That’s where I become curious. Not simply about how to stop the anxiety, the overthinking, the people-pleasing or the behaviour, but about what happened along the way that made it necessary in the first place.
Therapy can give you the space to understand what you want to change, why it became part of your story, and what you might need now.
Training, qualifications & experience
My counselling training helps us explore the experiences and relationships that have shaped you, while practical approaches can support you when understanding alone doesn’t feel enough. Therapy with me is a place where we can make sense of those ways to cope and respond. Not to stay stuck in the past, but to understand it well enough that it doesn't have to keep shaping what happens next.
Alongside my private practice, I work therapeutically within a residential rehabilitation treatment program, supporting people through addiction and recovery, including the 12-Step process. Stopping alcohol or drugs doesn’t mean the work stops. The substance may be gone, but some of the emotions, relationship difficulties, and ways of coping that were there before can still remain. Without alcohol or drugs, difficult emotions, past experiences, loneliness, low self-worth, or questions about who you are in recovery and what comes next can begin to surface. Therapy offers a space to explore not only how to stay away from alcohol or drugs but how you want to live without them. Together we can explore relapse prevention, triggers, confidence, identity, purpose and what matters most to you in recovery.
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 National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society This Not For Profit association of counsellors and psychotherapists aim to support the counselling profession, members and training organisations. In 2013 the NCS register was accredited by the Professional Standards Authority under the Accredited Voluntary Register Scheme. 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.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£45.00 - £80.00
