About me
Maybe you're carrying the weight of things that should never have happened. Perhaps you feel stuck in cycles of stress and overthinking, or disconnected from your own body after experiencing trauma or overwhelming events.
Therapy with me is a warm, safe, and confidential space where you can show up exactly as you are—without any need to mask or pretend to be anyone else.
I work holistically, blending Attachment Theory, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, and Person-Centred Therapy with Somatic Experiencing. Because trauma and chronic stress leave physical imprints on the nervous system, talking through your story is often only half the journey. Together, we gently pay attention to both your mind and body:
Mental & Emotional: Exploring how your past experiences, thoughts, and relationships shape your present life.
Somatic & Nervous System: Working with physical sensations and body activation to help you release stored tension and bring your nervous system back into balance.
Working together, we will move beyond just "surviving" day-to-day. You can expect to:
- Develop genuine tools for emotional regulation and calm your nervous system.
- Understand your core needs and set healthy boundaries in relationships.
- Begin healing from past trauma and move forward from feeling "stuck."
- Reconnect with who you are as you continue to grow and evolve.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am an Integrative Psychotherapist trained in Person-Centred Therapy, Attachment Theory and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy as well as being a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner.
I am an insured and registered member of the BACP (MBACP) and work in accordance with their Ethical Framework. I bring over 20 years of extensive healthcare experience supporting people in my previous roles as a Registered Nurse, as an educator in behavioural change work and in commissioning public health services.
I work with a broad demograph of clients, many being frontline NHS healthcare practitioners. Our work together often focuses on the interplay of personal emotions as a direct result of professional experiences and collective traumas.
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
£65.00 per session
Further information
Kindly note: It is important to me to speak with any potential new clients to my practice before therapy commences to fully understand your wants and needs from therapy. As such, I provide a no-charge 10-minute telephone consultation at a mutually agreed time.
It would be useful on initial contact with me to say the area in which you are based (Derby or Nottingham) so I can check availability.
Occasionally, and annoyingly, my initial email can end up in your junk/spam folder it seems, so please do keep an eye on that space when waiting on my reply....
