About me
Welcome! I am a trauma-informed Creative and Embodied Psychotherapist. I offer a playful, body-aware approach to therapy that supports both adults and children in exploring emotions, relationships, and life challenges. My work integrates dramatherapy, somatic coaching, and parts-based approaches to help clients build insight, resilience, and a deeper connection to themselves. Together, we’ll build a non-judgmental space to explore your experiences with compassion, curiosity, and care. Whether you're navigating anxiety, identity, relationships, or life transitions, I'm here to meet you exactly where you are.
My approach is collaborative, gentle, and grounded. I believe the therapeutic relationship itself is a space for growth, healing, and discovering what works for you. It can be a place to explore attachment patterns, practice new ways of relating, and experience repair. I maintain clear boundaries with clients while bringing genuine presence, warmth, and playfulness to the work. I firmly believe that therapy doesn't have to be heavy all the time and that there is room for lightness, experimentation, and discovery.
I actively affirm and support LGBTQ+ identities and neurodivergent ways of thinking, feeling, and relating and my practice is grounded in intersectional and anti-oppressive principles. I recognise how systems of power, privilege, and oppression shape individual experiences and understand how the nervous system can be impacted by this as well. I work to create a therapeutic space that actively challenges these dynamics rather than replicating them.
I bring curiosity to how the different parts of your identity connect to shape who you are and how you experience the world. My aim is to offer a space where you don't need to mask or fit into expectations, where cultural, relational, and identity diversity are not just welcomed, but celebrated.
Dramatherapy forms the foundation of my work. This is a specialised form of psychotherapy that uses creative expression, metaphor, and embodied exploration to access experiences that traditional verbal approaches may not reach. Dramatherapy enables us to access and explore challenging experiences in a safe, contained way and may use movement, small objects, image cards, artmaking, or storytelling alongside talking. It is particularly effective for processing trauma, navigating identity, and exploring relational patterns.
Somatic Practices acknowledge that our experiences are held not only in our minds, but also in our bodies and nervous systems. I work with physiological responses, sensory awareness, and gentle nervous system stabilisation to support clients in building capacity for emotional processing and self-regulation. This might involve breathwork, grounding techniques, tracking sensations or movement, to bring awareness to your body and nervous system responses.
IFS-Informed Parts Work provides a framework for understanding the internal multiplicity we all carry. I guide clients in exploring different aspects of self (protective parts, vulnerable parts, authentic self) with curiosity and compassion, helping these parts to relax and facilitating internal integration.
You might find my approach helpful if you're experiencing:
· Anxiety, stress, and overwhelm
· Depression and low mood
· Trauma and attachment-related difficulties
· Identity exploration (including LGBTQ+ experiences)
· Neurodivergence (ADHD, autism, sensory differences)
· Emotional regulation and self-esteem challenges
· Relationship difficulties
· Life transitions and change
· Grief and loss
· Feeling ‘stuck’ or difficulty expressing yourself
Every therapy journey is different, and creative psychotherapy allows for flexibility to shape sessions uniquely to you, honouring your autonomy and lived experience. Sessions may be reflective, creative, or gently playful. We might talk, move, use objects or images, tell stories, or simply sit with what is present. No prior experience with creative or body-based work is necessary as sessions are tailored to each individual’s needs, and you will never be pressured to do something that doesn't feel right. We will work collaboratively to determine what methods and interventions are most helpful for you, building a foundation of trust.
Training, qualifications & experience
I bring my years of experience working within the NHS, Health and Justice, and Education provisions (including SEND and PRUs) to my clinical work, combining my knowledge and experience with deep relational work, tailoring sessions to each client's unique needs.
I hold a Masters in Dramatherapy from the University of Roehampton, and am registered with both the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and the British Association of Dramatherapists (BADth), adhering to their codes of practice and ethical guidelines.
I also engage in continuous learning and professional development. Some of the additional trainings I have undertaken are listed below:
- Somatic Coaching (Regenerative Alchemy)
- Embodied Approach to Parts Work (Institute of Embodied Psychotherapy)
- Decolonising Psychological Practices (NHS)
- Working Alongside Trans, Gender Diverse and Questioning People (Gendered Intelligence)
- Relationship Diversity (BADth)
- Supporting Neurodivergent Clients (NHS)
I hold professional indemnity insurance and maintain an up-to-date Enhanced DBS check. I am registered with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) and work in full compliance with GDPR.
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 HCPC are an independent, UK-wide health regulator. They set standards of professional training, performance and conduct for 16 professions.
They keep a register of health professionals who meet their standards, and they take action if registered health professionals fall below those standards. They were created by a piece of legislation called the Health Professions Order 2001.
Registration means that a health professional meets national standards for their professional training, performance and conduct.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£80.00 per session
Additional information
If you're curious about working together, I welcome you to get in touch for a free initial conversation. This is an opportunity for you to share what you would like support with, to hear more about my approach, and see if we feel like a good fit.
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