About me
About me
I am an experienced psychotherapist specialising in trauma and EMDR. I work with adults and couples who may be struggling with the effects of trauma, anxiety, difficult relationships or life transitions — or who simply know that something in their life no longer feels right, despite having tried hard to understand or change it.
Many of the people I work with function very well on the outside while carrying much more internally. I have particular experience supporting executives and people in high-responsibility roles, as well as expatriates and internationally mobile professionals navigating questions of identity, belonging and life between cultures.
Therapy can offer a different kind of space: somewhere there is nothing to perform, manage or achieve.
How I can help
You may be:
- living with the effects of trauma or PTSD
- feeling anxious, overwhelmed, emotionally numb or constantly “on guard”
- repeating patterns in relationships that you understand (or not) but struggle to change
- functioning well while privately feeling exhausted or disconnected
struggling with loss, identity or a significant life transition - feeling stuck despite previous therapy or considerable self-reflection
wanting to reconnect with yourself and your body - going through an intense spiritual, existential or transformative experience that is difficult to understand or integrate
My work is not based on applying the same method to everyone. We begin by understanding what is happening for you, the patterns that have developed around it, and the resources you already have.
From there, I draw on psychodynamic and relational psychotherapy, EMDR, parts work and embodied approaches to trauma. Sometimes our work involves understanding patterns from the past; sometimes working with what the body and nervous system have learnt to hold; sometimes processing particular traumatic experiences.
Protective responses develop for a reason. Rather than trying to push through them, I work with curiosity and respect for the pace at which meaningful change can happen.
I also work with people experiencing spiritual and existential crises, sometimes described as spiritual emergencies, and support people in preparing for, making sense of, and integrating profound or transformative experiences that may not fit easily within conventional psychological language. I approach both with openness and curiosity, while remaining grounded in psychological understanding, trauma-informed practice and careful attention to wellbeing.
Ways of working
Some clients come for ongoing psychotherapy, while others need more focused trauma work. Alongside regular 50-minute sessions, I offer longer trauma-focused and EMDR sessions and, where clinically appropriate, focused EMDR intensives.
I also work with couples experiencing recurring conflict, disconnection or significant transitions in their relationship.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am an accredited psychotherapist and counsellor (MBACP) with over two decades of experience across psychology, psychotherapy, coaching and mental health settings in the UK and France.
My original clinical training in France was psychodynamic, followed by specialist postgraduate training in trauma. My approach has since become integrative and embodied, incorporating EMDR, parts-based and somatic approaches alongside relational psychotherapy.
My understanding of integrative psychotherapy has also broadened over time. For me, integration means more than drawing on different therapeutic approaches: it means making room for the whole person — mind and body, relationships and history, as well as the existential, spiritual and, where meaningful to the individual, soulful dimensions of human experience.
Before becoming a psychologist and psychotherapist, I worked in legal and corporate environments. This gives me first-hand understanding of organisational life, responsibility and professional pressure, and continues to inform my work with leaders and people in demanding roles.
Having lived and worked between France and the UK, I also bring a cross-cultural perspective to my work.
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.
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
Fees
£90.00 - £150.00
Additional information
- Individual psychotherapy — £90 / 50 minutes
- Couples therapy — £110 / 60 minutes
- Extended trauma & EMDR session — £150 / 90 minutes
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Focused trauma intensives — available following assessment
Sessions are available in person in Newmarket and online.
Languages: English and French
