About me
Trauma-informed therapy for adults navigating grief, loss, and long-term emotional pain
I work relationally, without jargon, offering a safe, consistent space to untangle the hardest parts of your story. Whether you’ve been carrying the weight for years or are facing a recent upheaval, therapy can be a place to feel truly met and understood.
How counselling can help
Therapy offers more than coping strategies - it can help you understand yourself more deeply, make sense of old patterns, and find a way forward that feels like your own. For many of my clients, this means processing difficult life experiences such as bereavement, trauma, neglect, or identity struggles. It can also mean exploring how those experiences still echo in day-to-day life, relationships, and self-worth.
How I work
My approach is grounded in the Clarkson Relational Model and shaped by trauma theory, attachment, and relational depth. I believe therapy is a collaborative process - not about me being the “expert,” but about us working together to explore what matters most to you. I work steadily, without pressure, and at a pace that feels safe.
I have a particular understanding of how grief and trauma can affect neurodivergent minds, where loss can feel sharper, longer, and harder to put into words. My role is to hold the space with steadiness and care, even when things feel too big or too messy to say out loud.
What to expect in your first session
Your first session is a chance for us to meet and see how we might work together. We’ll talk about what brings you to therapy, what you’re hoping for, and any concerns you may have. You don’t have to have all the words - sometimes all you know is that something hurts. This is your time, and you set the pace.
Availability & fees
Sessions are £65, with a limited number of reduced-fee places for those on lower incomes. I offer online therapy across the UK, with flexible daytime and early evening appointments.
Qualifications & professional memberships
- Level 6 BA in Integrative Counselling
- BACP-registered therapist (Reg. MBACP)
- Ongoing professional development in trauma, grief, and neurodivergence.
If you’d like to know more or arrange a first session, please get in touch.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Level 6 BA qualification in Integrative Counselling
- BACP registered therapist
- Trained in the Clarkson Relational Model
- Trauma-informed and attachment-based approach
- Extensive experience working with adults navigating complex trauma, emotional neglect, shame, identity issues, grief, and neurodivergent experience
- Regular fortnightly clinical supervision for over five years
- Committed to ethical, relational practice rooted in lived understanding as well as professional training
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
I also welcome clients who feel they’ve been on the wrong side of the line, those navigating guilt, shame, or the impact of past actions they no longer recognise themselves in.
Sessions are generally held online.
If you need to meet in person, I may be able to arrange a local office space. Just let me know, and we can explore what's possible.
Therapies offered
Fees
£65.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
- My standard fee is £65 per session. Sessions last for 50 minutes.
- I offer a reduced rate for student therapists. Please get in touch to discuss availability.
- I also hold one low-cost space for a client in exceptional financial hardship; this is currently filled.
- I don’t offer sliding scale rates, but I’m happy to talk through options if cost is a barrier.
When I work
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Further information
Whether this is your first time or your tenth time, looking for support, we begin where you are. There’s no judgment, no pressure, and no guilt. Just a safe, steady space to explore whatever feels important.
I offer both short- and long-term therapy, always led by you and what you need. Our work can include trauma, grief, emotional neglect, shame, identity, neurodivergence, burnout or the quieter ache of simply feeling too much, or not enough.
This is a place where you don’t have to be okay, and don’t have to justify why you’re not.
