About me
You may have been struggling with something for a long time - anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma, identity questions, or the emotional impact of ADHD or autism - and found that previous attempts to make sense of it have only helped partially.
I am a Clinical Psychologist registered with the HCPC, with over 15 years' experience across NHS and private mental health services.
I specialise in ADHD, autism, and neurodiversity, alongside trauma and identity-related difficulties across adults, couples, children, and families.
People often come to me when they are experiencing emotional or relational difficulties that feel persistent, confusing or hard to shift - especially where earlier therapy or interventions have helped only partially.
You might be looking for support with:
Adults
- Anxiety, low mood, emotional overwhelm
- Identity confusion or uncertainty about direction or self
- Neurodivergence (ADHD/autism traits) and emotional impact
- Trauma, attachment difficulties, or family-of-origin issues
- Shame, self-criticism, and repeating emotional patterns
- Sexuality, intimacy, and psychosexual concerns
Couples Therapy
- Communication breakdown or recurring conflict
- Emotional disconnection or loss of intimacy
- Trust difficulties or relational rupture
- Navigating neurodiversity or identity differences within a relationship
- Repetitive patterns that feel hard to interrupt
Child & Adolescent Work
- Emotional and behavioural difficulties
- Anxiety, withdrawal, or emotional dysregulation
- Difficulties related to neurodivergence
- School-related stress or social difficulties
- Supporting children who feel misunderstood or overwhelmed
Family Therapy
- Family conflict or breakdown in communication
- Strained parent-child relationships
- Difficulty understanding each other's emotional needs
- Supporting families where neurodiversity or trauma is present
- Helping families move out of entrenched patterns of interaction
My Approach
My approach is collaborative, reflective, and non-pathologising, with a focus on understanding psychological and relational difficulties in context.
I primarily work from a Narrative Therapy framework, alongside other evidence-based psychological approaches where helpful.
This means therapy is focused on helping you to:
- understand how difficulties develop and are maintained over time
- explore how identity and relationships shape emotional experience
- develop a way of understanding difficulties that does not reduce you to a diagnosis, label, or problem
- develop new ways of understanding patterns that feel stuck or repetitive
- create space for meaningful and sustainable change
A key focus of my work is helping people and families move from feeling "stuck in the problem" to developing more flexibility, understanding, and choice.
What to Expect
Therapy begins with an initial phase of understanding your current difficulties, relationships, and what you would like to change.
Sessions are 50 minutes for individuals or 80 minutes for couples and families, and can be offered weekly or fortnightly depending on your needs.
We will work at a pace that is appropriate for the complexity of your situation, with attention to both emotional safety and meaningful change.
Location and Online Therapy
In addition to in-person sessions in South Liverpool, I offer online therapy across the UK for adults, couples, children, and families.
Contact
If you would like to arrange a free introductory call, you are welcome to get in touch via Counselling Directory. If you're struggling to get started, just click the email button and type "Hi, I'd like to find out more." I will handle the rest.
I aim to respond to enquiries within 1-2 working days.
Training, qualifications & experience
My clinical training is at doctoral level, and I have worked across a range of specialist settings supporting individuals, couples, children, and families with complex and longstanding psychological difficulties.
NHS Clinical Experience
Within the NHS, I have worked in a range of services focusing on:
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHS)
- Complex and longstanding difficulties
- Trauma-focused psychological work
- Psychosexual and relationship services
- Neurodevelopmental and neurodiversity-informed therapy
This experience has involved working with individuals and families where difficulties are often interlinked across emotional, relational, developmental and identity-related domains.
Specialist Areas of Practice
Over time, my clinical work has developed a particular focus on:
- Identity-related distress and life direction difficulties
- Neurodivergence (including ADHD and autistic traits) and emotional impact
- Trauma and attachment-related difficulties
- Relational and family-based patterns of difficulty
- Sexuality, intimacy, and psychosexual concerns
- Complex presentations where multiple difficulties interact
I have extensive experience working with people who have had previous therapeutic input but continue to feels stuck, misunderstood, or only partially helped.
Teaching, Supervision and Professional Roles
Alongside clinical practice, I contribute to the training of future clinicians as a visiting lecturer on a Clinical Psychology Doctoral programme.
This role involves supporting doctoral-level trainees in developing their clinical understanding, reflective practice, and application of psychological theory in complex clinical work.
Approach to Clinical Work
My work is grounded in evidence-based psychological practice, with a strong emphasis on Narrative Therapy and systemic understanding of difficulties in context.
Across all settings, I aim to maintain a reflective, collaborative approach that considers not only symptoms, but also the wider relational, developmental, and identity-based context in which difficulties arise.
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
£100.00 - £150.00
Additional information
Individual 50 minute sessions are charged at £100, whereas 80 minute family or couples sessions are charged at £150.
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