About me
My passion is supporting people navigating life transitions. Whether you’re experiencing a shift in your career, education or relationships, moving through a challenging season of life, or feeling those first stirrings, restlessness, dissatisfaction, anxiety, that signal change on the horizon, I’m here for you.
Times of change can be incredibly unsettling, particularly for sensitive and neurodivergent individuals. When our foundations shift, it is common to feel overwhelmed by anxiety, imposter feelings, and obsessive/ intrusive thoughts. Underneath these struggles can lie a heavy weight of shame, often carried since childhood, which affects how comfortable we feel with others and how safe we feel in our skin.
To make sense of these feeling we can unconsciously tell negative or limiting stories about ourselves—which assume, for whatever reason, we can’t, or aren't allowed to be, truly happy, successful, or at ease. We can also protect ourselves through automatic habits: numbing out on the internet, drinking, over-eating, or people-pleasing/ hiding behind a social mask. Slowly we can lose touch with who we are and the life we want for ourselves.
If you’re feeling stuck in these cycles, I offer you a warm, down-to-earth, and emotionally accessible space. Together, we will build your self-compassion, unpack emotional knots, and gently rewrite limiting narratives. My ultimate goal is to help you move away from automatic coping strategies and find your power, so you can become more intentional in your days, shed inherited shame, and feel genuinely at peace in your own skin.
With an Oxford DPhil in Religious Studies (Hindu/Buddhist focus), my practice brings together psychological/ therapeutic training with an openness to existential or spiritual exploration. I gently weave insights from Tibetan Buddhism and Quakerism into our work where it feels resonant for you, helping you find grounding and deeper purpose in your life and struggles.
How I work: I work relationally, using the relationship we build together as a mirror for insight, healing, and growth. My approach brings together awareness of internal thoughts and felt experience, while supporting and championing your executive function and ability to make positive changes.
- Deep listening: I want to hear your struggles, hopes and fears, and give you space to think and feel whatever’s here. I’ll never advise you, but will support you to think around an issue to find perspective and possibilities.
- Embodied Awareness (Gestalt & Focusing): When your mind is racing or you feel the urge to numb out, we can practice slowing down and feeling the physical sensations behind the thoughts. I will help you safely listen to what your body is carrying, particularly where old shame is stored.
- Tending to Your Parts & Stories (IFS):, we can look at the parts of you that might be holding onto childhood shame or limiting assumptions about yourself or future. We can gently get to know and look after these "clanging" parts—whether that’s an inner critic that beats you up for not being enough, or a protector that uses scrolling, alcohol, or people-pleasing to keep you safe.
- Proactive Coaching: we can integrate practical coaching tools to provide structured support and challenge limiting beliefs, so you can get clear about what you want and the steps you need to take to get it.
Who I Work With:
- Neurodivergent & Highly Sensitive Individuals: Supporting people who experience the world intensely, and struggle with the executive, emotional, or sensory overload that transitions can trigger.
- Students, Young People & Adult learners: Extensive experience supporting international students, boarders, adult learners, and university students navigating academic anxiety, perfectionism, and personal growth.
- FE & HE Professionals: I draw on over a decade of personal experience as a teacher and lecturer in Further and Higher Education to support staff experiencing workplace, career, or systemic shifts.
- Men: Men often feel comfortable speaking with me. Particularly those who suspect they might be neurodivergent, or have struggled with feeling “too much” or “not enough”.
If you don’t fit into any of these categories, please still feel free to reach out!
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Training, qualifications & experience
Qualifications & Background
- Diploma in Integrative Counselling & Psychotherapy (Specialising in Relational Gestalt and Person-Centred approaches)
- BFA Foundation Certificate in Focusing (British Focusing Association)
- IFS Immersion Training (Internal Family Systems)
- DPhil in Religious Studies (Hindu/Buddhist focus) – University of Oxford
- 10+ years of teaching and lecturing experience in FE and HE
- Specialist Mentor for uni students with Mental Health and ASC
- Coaching Certificate
• Registered Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)
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
Therapies offered
Fees
£65.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Session format: Currently Online (Secure Video Call) or Telephone only
Session length: 60 minutes
Standard Rate: £65 per hour
Concession Rate: £45 per hour (Available for students and anyone currently struggling financially
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