About me
I am a qualified Integrative Psychotherapist and Art Psychotherapist, offering sessions both in-person and online. I provide a warm, thoughtful, and creative space for mental health support, self-exploration, and growth.
People begin therapy for many reasons. You may feel overwhelmed, anxious, low, self-critical, stuck in repeating patterns, or navigating complex relationships. You may want to process traumatic experiences, explore your identity, work through grief, or better understand the impact of the past.
I have experience supporting clients with anxiety, depression, trauma, low self-esteem, perfectionism, shame, emotional overwhelm, neurodivergence, sexuality, relational difficulties, and experiences of unstable mood.
I am trauma-informed and attachment-aware, and I pay close attention to how early relationships, adverse childhood experiences, and internalised critical voices can shape how we relate to ourselves and others. Together we can explore these patterns safely and develop greater self-compassion and resilience.
As an Art Psychotherapist, I offer the option of integrating creativity into sessions. Art therapy combines talking with image-making, allowing emotions, memories, and internal conflicts to be explored in ways that words alone sometimes cannot reach. You do not need any artistic skill —only curiosity. We might use drawing, painting, collage, clay, writing, or visualisation to externalise difficult feelings, explore relational themes, or reconnect with a sense of safety and strength. You can read more about art therapy here: https://www.baat.org/About-Art-Therapy
I work integratively, drawing from psychodynamic, humanistic (person-centred and Gestalt-informed), relational, and emotion-focused approaches. I also incorporate somatic awareness and grounding techniques, particularly when working with anxiety, shutdown, or trauma responses. Where helpful, I can support clients in developing practical tools for daily life, including those navigating ADHD or executive functioning challenges.
I believe questions of purpose, freedom, meaning, and how we manage life-stages are also important and am happy to explore clients’ existential and spiritual needs if desired.
I am affirming of LGBTQ+ identities and also work with clients in non-traditional relationship structures. I recognise how identity, difference, and social context impact us, and I aim to offer a space that is respectful and inclusive.
My style is reflective, and collaborative. I will encourage you to be curious about your inner world while supporting you to build practical and emotional resources for everyday life. Therapy can be a space not only to process pain, but also to rediscover creativity, rest, agency, and meaning.
Please feel free to get in touch if you would like to know more.
Training, qualifications & experience
Registered Art Therapist (Health Care Professions Council: reg. no. AS16754).
Integrative Psychotherapist (UKCP: reg no. 2011184884. Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapy College).
BAAT (British Association of Art Therapists) registered.
IATE registered.
MA in Arts Psychotherapy from the Institute for the Arts in Therapy and Education (Distinction).
I currently work in private practice. I am accredited with the HCPC and follow their standards of ethics and confidentiality and have regular supervision with an HCPC registered supervisor. I am fully insured, registered with the ICO and in-compliance with GDPR.
I also have several years of experience as an honorary arts psychotherapist in the NHS, in inpatient and outpatient services, seeing both individuals and groups. I also have worked in a community mental health setting, as an art therapist in a women's counselling service and as an honorary counsellor for MIND.
I have a previous background in photography, arts and heritage, the charity sector, SEND, and user-led mental health.
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
£50.00 - £100.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Sessions are usually on a £65-100 sliding scale dependent on income and circumstance.
As a rule, I charge £65 for those on incomes up to £35,000, £70 up to £40,000, £75 up to £45,000, £80 for up to £50,000, £85 for up to £60,000 and £90 for up to £70,000. I charge £100 for all higher incomes.
I also have a limited number of concession spaces available, for those earning under £25,000, paying between £50-£64. Please enquire about availability.
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