About me
Anxiety, Relationships, Self-Esteem, ADHD & Childhood Experiences
Let’s face it, choosing a therapist is a slightly strange thing to do.
You’re expected to scroll through lots of photographs of people you’ve never met, read about approaches you may never have heard of, and somehow decide which one of us you might eventually feel comfortable telling some very personal things to.
And after a while, we can all start to sound a little bit the same.
So rather than trying to convince you that I’m the right therapist for you, I’ll tell you a little about what it might actually be like to work with me.
I’m warm, curious and pretty involved in the therapy. I listen, of course, but I won’t just sit quietly while you talk and occasionally nod. I’ll ask questions. I’ll wonder about things with you. I’ll notice when something keeps appearing, even when it seems completely unrelated to what we were talking about five minutes ago. And when I think it might be useful, I’ll gently challenge you too.
You also don’t need to be “good at therapy” with me.
You can come with absolutely no idea what you want to talk about. You can change your mind halfway through a sentence. You can laugh about something that is actually quite painful. You can tell me that something I’ve said doesn’t fit. We’ll work it out together.
A lot of people who find their way to me are actually very insightful. They’ve thought about themselves a lot. They might already know they’re an overthinker, a people-pleaser or a perfectionist. They understand that something in their childhood probably contributed to how they feel now. They might even be able to explain their attachment patterns better than I can on our first call.
The frustrating bit is that understanding something and actually feeling differently are two very different things.
You can know you’re good enough and still feel inadequate. Know you’re allowed to say no and still feel horribly guilty when you do. Know somebody’s silence doesn’t necessarily mean they’re leaving you and still feel that familiar panic when they don’t reply.
That gap between what you know and what you feel is often where our work begins.
For you, it might look completely different. Perhaps anxiety and overthinking have simply become exhausting. Maybe your self-esteem has taken a knock, you don’t really trust yourself anymore, or you’ve spent so long being the capable one that you’re not entirely sure what you need.
Maybe relationships are where things become particularly difficult. You find yourself worrying about rejection, needing reassurance, choosing emotionally unavailable people, struggling with boundaries or taking far too much responsibility for keeping everybody else happy.
Or perhaps you can’t point to one particular problem at all. You just know something feels off.
That counts too.
So, what would we actually do?
I’m an integrative psychotherapist, which is a fairly unhelpful phrase if you don’t happen to be a therapist yourself.
Basically, it means I don’t have one formula that I apply to everybody who comes through my virtual door.
Sometimes we’ll be interested in what’s happening right now: anxiety, stress, relationships, emotional overwhelm, boundaries, ADHD, procrastination or a situation you’re struggling to cope with.
Sometimes we’ll find ourselves looking backwards. Childhood experiences, trauma, emotional neglect, difficult family relationships and the ways you learnt to get love, stay safe or keep the peace can have an enormous influence on how you relate to yourself and other people now.
And often, of course, the two are connected.
My training draws on person-centred and psychodynamic therapy, CBT, schema-informed work, mindfulness and inner-child work. But you really don’t need to know which bit we’re doing.
That’s my job.
What matters to me is that therapy helps you understand yourself in a way that feels useful outside our sessions too – not simply giving a name to a pattern, but gradually giving you more choice in what you do with it.
A few practical bits
I work online with adults and young adults across the UK.
I regularly work with anxiety, overthinking, low self-esteem, relationship and attachment difficulties, people-pleasing, perfectionism, ADHD and neurodiversity, emotional regulation, difficult family relationships and the lasting impact of childhood experiences or trauma.
Sessions are 50 minutes and cost £60.
And then?
Ultimately, a profile can only tell you so much.
You won’t really know whether you feel comfortable with me until we speak – and I think feeling comfortable enough to be yourself with your therapist matters enormously.
So I offer a free 20-minute introductory call.
You don’t need to prepare anything for it. Tell me what’s been going on, ask me questions, or simply tell me that you don’t really know where to begin. We can start there.
There’s no pressure to book afterwards. It’s just a chance for us to meet and see whether talking to each other feels right.
If you’ve made it this far and something about me or the way I work has clicked with you, you’re very welcome to get in touch.
Training, qualifications & experience
Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling (RQF) – CPCAB
Registered Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP)
I have been working therapeutically with adults for the past six years, both in private practice and within an established wellbeing service. This has given me experience with a really varied range of people, including NHS and frontline staff, professionals, parents and young adults from different backgrounds, identities and stages of life.
My clinical experience includes working with:
Anxiety, panic, stress and overthinking
Depression and low mood
Low self-esteem, shame and self-criticism
Relationships, attachment and family difficulties
Childhood experiences, emotional neglect and trauma
ADHD, neurodiversity and emotional regulation
People-pleasing, perfectionism and boundaries
Burnout and work-related stress
Binge eating, emotional eating and difficult relationships with food
Domestic abuse and unhealthy relationship dynamics
Self-harm
Identity, sexuality and LGBTQIA+ related experiences
Significant life changes, including parenthood and adoption
Earlier in my career, I also supported children with autism, ADHD and learning difficulties within a SEND setting, and worked with a charity supporting older adults with their mental health.
Therapeutic approach & further development
My core training is integrative and my practice draws on person-centred and psychodynamic therapy, CBT-informed work, schema-informed work, DBT skills, mindfulness, attachment perspectives and inner-child work.
I continue to develop my practice through ongoing professional development, independent study, clinical experience and regular supervision.
I am currently working towards BACP accreditation.
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
£60.00 per session
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Further information
I offer an initial 15 min free consultation, for more info please email me. I currently work only on online and telephone basis. Via google meets or Microsoft teams.
