About me
Perhaps you and your partner love each other, but find it hard to feel close in the way you used to. Maybe the distance between you has become so familiar that you've stopped noticing it or talking about it. Maybe you’re not sure whether it’s possible to have the relationship the you always wanted.
Or perhaps you haven’t quite felt like yourself since a difficult pregnancy, birth, or fertility journey, and the memories of these experiences catch you unawares and feel overwhelming. Other times, becoming a parent can stir up older patterns from your past you thought were long behind you.
Whatever is leading you to consider therapy, these are experiences that we can understand and work through together.
I'm a Clinical Psychologist specialising in the psychological and relational experience of building a family. I work with couples who have drifted from one another somewhere in the years of raising children, and with individuals living with the aftermath of a frightening birth, a loss, or a fertility journey that asked a great deal of them. Some of the people I see are right at the start of parenthood, and others are years in, only now finding the space to turn towards themselves or their relationship.
Couples therapy
Becoming parents is one of the most significant transitions a relationship ever goes through. The early years can be consuming in ways that leave little space for each other. And sometimes, by the time the chaos settles a little, you look across at your partner and realise something has changed. The relationship you have now isn't the one you want, and you're not sure how to find your way back.
I work with couples at all stages of parenthood, whether their children are small or years older, and whether the distance between them is recent or has been building for some time. Using the Gottman Method, a research-based approach to couples therapy, I help partners understand their dynamic, navigate conflict differently, and rebuild the friendship and connection that's been lost.
I also offer couples intensives for those who want to make meaningful progress without waiting weeks between sessions.
Individual therapy
I work with individuals navigating birth trauma, the psychological aftermath of difficult pregnancies, losses, and fertility treatment, and the deeper patterns that can become harder to ignore once you become a parent.
I offer EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) both as weekly therapy and in an intensive format. An intensive allows us to do focused, sustained work over a few days. For people who had a specific, frightening experience during pregnancy or birth, this can offer a way through that feels proportionate to what happened. Weekly EMDR suits those who prefer a more gradual pace, or whose lives don't lend themselves to taking extended time away.
I also offer longer-term individual work using Schema Therapy, for those who want to explore the patterns shaping how they think about themselves and relate to others.
If you’d like to find out more, I offer a free, no pressure, 20-minute consultation to talk through what you're looking for. You can book this directly through my website or reach out using the contact form.
Training, qualifications & experience
I'm a Clinical Psychologist (DClinPsy) with over a decade of experience working with individuals and couples, across NHS and private settings.
I'm a Certified Schema Therapist and a qualified EMDR Therapist, and I use both in my individual work. I've completed Level 2 Gottman Method training and am currently working toward full Gottman certification.
My specialist area is the psychology of building a family: from fertility and pregnancy through birth and into parenthood. This includes birth trauma, the couple relationship through the years that follow, and the way becoming a parent can surface older patterns or shift how you understand yourself.
I'm based in Sheffield and work both in person and online.
Member organisations
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Registration means that a health professional meets national standards for their professional training, performance and conduct.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Relationship Issues
Attachment Issues
Therapies offered
Fees
£120.00 - £130.00
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
Individual therapy fee: £120
Couples therapy fee: £130 (assessment sessions: £155)
When I work
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Monday: 9am–4pm
Tuesday: 1pm–8pm
Thursday: 1pm–8pm
Friday: 8:30am–4pm
