About me
I am an integrative and relational-developmental therapist passionate about supporting you to heal from dysfunctional family relationships, attachment issues and childhood trauma. Many of the challenges we face as adults such as anxiety, perfectionism, relationship problems, or feeling “stuck” in unhelpful patterns of behaviour are often rooted in your early experiences with your parents and unmet developmental needs such as being seen, understood and cared for.
I specialise in supporting individuals who:
-Want to resolve anxious or avoidant attachment patterns
-Grew up with critical, absent, or inconsistent parents
-Were the family scapegoat or favourite child
-Want to break generational cycles of trauma
-Have a loud inner critic and struggle with burnout, overworking or overachieving.
-Are children of alcoholic, depressed, or narcissistic parents.
-Have a late ADHD/ autism diagnosis and struggle with feelings of being good enough or fitting in.
You might:
-Find yourself reliving old conflicts or feeling criticised, compared, or dismissed
-Struggle with setting boundaries around difficult or controlling family members
-Feel like you are “too much” or worry that your feelings are burdensome to others
-Feel a pressure to perform, achieve or act a certain way to be accepted and good enough.
-Be drawn into patterns of conflict or old roles, such as the scapegoat or peacemaker
-Experience feelings of guilt, shame, anxiety or dread
-Want to understand the dynamics more clearly and have a safe space to share how it’s impacting you.
Spending time with family or romantic relationships might cause you to revert to feeling like a young child or teenager again, triggering strong emotions that can feel out of proportion to what is happening now. These situations can leave you frustrated, anxious, or overwhelmed and you might be feeling guilty about wanting to set new boundaries with family, or desperately trying to get them to change. I’ve been there, and I understand how isolating it feels on your own. I can help you to make sense of things and process your feelings in a safe space to reduce their power over you.
As a relational therapist, I also believe that in developing a safe, consistent and secure relationship with me, this will support you to practice different ways of relating which in time, you can then take outside of the therapy room to experience healthier and more fulfilling relationships with others.
If it sounds like you would like to work with me, or would like to find out a bit more; I welcome you to email me to arrange a FREE 20 minute zoom call. This is an opportunity for us to answer any questions you might have and get a sense of whether I am the right therapist for you. There is absolutely no obligation to continue if it does not feel that we are a good fit.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Level 7 PGDip Counselling & Psychotherapy - University of Leeds
- BSc Psychology - Nottingham Trent University
- Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Skills
I am committed to regularly updating my skills and knowledge. I engage in continuing professional development through reading, research and additional training. I am also passionate about engaging in my own personal therapy.
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).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£85.00 per session
Additional information
Payments are to be made by bank transfer prior to the day of session. Block booking a month at a time is also possible if preferred.
Full session fee £100. Limited spaces available on sliding scale £85+ based on affordability
When I work
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Current availability: Tuesdays at 9am. Wednesdays at 11am or 2pm. Thursdays at 3pm.
Further information
My preference is to meet weekly for long term therapy as this best resolves childhood attachment wounds and creates a safe and secure therapeutic relationship for healing to happen. For some people this may mean attending therapy for many years. To provide consistency and predictability which may not have been present in childhood, we will agree on a mutually convenient time slot to meet at the same time/day each week.
Group therapy
I facilitate an online group therapy session on the first Tuesday of each month at 6-7.30pm via Zoom. This is at a cost of £50 a month and is limited to no more than 8 members. Members must commit to attend for a minimum of 6 months and must be in their own individual therapy alongside this. Please email me to arrange a free 20 minute zoom call to find out more about joining. The next cohort will start in January 2026.
You may have been used to managing by yourself without asking for help or feel disloyal to family for considering therapy, but i really encourage you to make contact with me. Please drop me an email with your concerns and i will reply within 24 hours, so keep an eye on your junk mail.
