About me
When life feels overwhelming, you don't need someone to analyse you from a distance. You need a safe, connected, and genuine relationship where you can explore what is happening in your life with someone who can help you make sense of what you are experiencing.
My Approach
My practice is built on a simple foundation: the humanness of the two people in the room. While I am trained in Person-Centred and Psychodynamic therapies, I do not sit in silence or hide behind a clinical mask. I blend these approaches to look at both your present-day experiences and the deeper patterns from your past that might be keeping you stuck. I also bring an existential perspective to my work, which means we can gently explore questions around identity, meaning, and purpose in a down-to-earth way.
Areas of Focus
While my specialized training allows me to support individuals navigating complex life events, I welcome clients from all walks of life and experience. I regularly work with people experiencing anxiety, depression, relationship issues, neurodiversity, or a general loss of identity.
I have particular expertise and advanced training in:
· Trauma & Past Experiences: Gently processing painful events so they lose their power over your day-to-day life.
· Family Estrangement & Complex Dynamics: Navigating the unique grief, boundary-setting, and hidden guilt that comes with family fractures.
· Addiction & Unhelpful Cycles: Offering a compassionate, non-judgmental space to understand the root causes of addiction and safely regain control.
· Religious Deconstruction & Existential Growth: Accompanying you as you safely question, dismantle, or rebuild your core beliefs and sense of self.
Working Together in Edinburgh & Online
Choosing a therapist is a deeply personal decision, and finding the right "fit" is the most important part of the process. To help you see how it feels to talk with me, I offer a free, 15-minute introductory phone call. During this short chat, you can tell me a bit about what you are experiencing, and I can answer any questions you have about how I work. There is absolutely no pressure or obligation to book a session afterward.
I offer in-person sessions from my practice in Edinburgh's Southside, as well as online sessions across the UK.
Ready to connect? Click the button to send me a message, and please let me know if you would prefer an email, or a phone call back.
Training, qualifications & experience
About My Journey & Training
I am an integrative therapist trained in both person-centred and psychodynamic traditions, with a keen focus on existential perspectives. My path to becoming a therapist wasn't purely academic; before completing my clinical training at the University of Edinburgh, I spent a decade working in fast-paced professional environments. My career spans corporate account management for a PR firm, communications in the political sector, and dedicated work within the charity sector.
This diverse professional background gave me deep, real-world experience long before I stepped into the therapy room. It means I bring a grounded humanness to my practice, alongside a first-hand understanding of high-pressure careers, workplace dynamics and the impact of stress.
Core Academic Qualifications
Post Graduate Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy – University of Edinburgh
Certificate in Counselling Studies – University of Edinburgh
MA in Social Anthropology with Honours – University of Edinburgh
Advanced Specialized Training
To ensure my practice stays highly responsive to the deep, complex realities of human distress, I regularly undergo advanced clinical training. My continuous professional development is focused across these core areas:
Trauma & Relational Complexities:
Working with Relational Trauma (Carolyn Spring)
Trauma Informed Interventions (Counselling Tutor)
Working with Shame in Therapy (Carolyn Spring)
Understanding Narcissistic Behaviour (Jenny Hartill)
Addiction & Behavioural Cycles:
Certificate in Working with Addiction (Link Centre, Jan/Feb 2026)
Working with Co-dependency in Psychotherapy (Rachel Hopping)
Working with Terminal Ambivalence (Carolyn Spring)
Identity, Neurodiversity & Life Meanings:
Existential Perspectives in Therapy (Counselling Tutor)
Working with Neurodiversity (Counselling Tutor)
Women Are Angry Workshop (Jennifer Cox)
Working with Body Image and Disordered Eating (Mel Ciavucco)
Clinical Practice & Specialized Issues:
Managing Client Risk in Private Practice (Journey On)
Working with Suicidal Clients (Counselling Tutor)
Navigating Sexual Problems in Therapy (Link Centre)
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
£55.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I offer a free initial phone call and I am open to discussing my fees to make my therapy offering as inclusive as possible
When I work
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My hours vary daily but usually fit the slots shown above. Life doesn't always fit a 9-5; if you can't find a time that works, I try to be flexible where possible—especially if you're open to online sessions, which offers more options
