About me
If you're feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or simply not yourself lately, you're not alone and you don't have to face it alone. You may be here because something inside you knows it’s time for change.
Therapy, when approached with care and attunement, can be a deeply supportive and transformative space. I offer a warm, confidential, and non-judgmental environment where you can explore whatever challenges you’re facing, at your own pace. In our work together, I will listen with empathy and curiosity as we explore the issues that may be impacting your emotional wellbeing, relationships, or sense of self. My aim is to support you in gaining greater insight, healing, and a stronger connection to your self.
You may begin to uncover how past experiences and early conditioning continue to shape how you relate to yourself and others. Together, we can bring compassionate awareness to these patterns and explore how they may be holding you back. With this awareness, we can begin to gently shift toward more empowering ways of being, relating, and responding that feel more aligned with who you truly are. A key part of this journey may involve identifying and challenging self-limiting beliefs about yourself, others, and the world that keep you feeling stuck. I also support you in reconnecting with and befriending all parts of yourself, even the ones that may feel difficult, rejected, or misunderstood.
I don't believe that anyone is broken. Often, we find ourselves stuck in survival responses such as fight, flight, freeze, or shutdown, rooted in the nervous system's protective wiring. These are not flaws, but intelligent adaptations shaped by life experience. As a polyvagal-informed therapist, I will guide you in understanding your nervous system from an evolutionary perspective. We'll work together to map your nervous system states, recognize triggers, and develop tools and resources for self-regulation, safety, and connection.
My intention is to help you feel more empowered, not by fixing you, but by helping you understand, trust, and support your system. Through this process, you can begin to experience greater resilience, self-acceptance, and the freedom to make meaningful changes in your life.
My Approach
My work is grounded in a polyvagal-informed and integrative therapeutic approach. This means I support you not only through your thoughts and emotions, but with an understanding of how your nervous system responds to stress, safety, and connection.
Many people move through life in a state of survival, feeling disconnected, overwhelmed, anxious, or shut down. These are not signs of weakness, but protective responses your nervous system has developed in response to stress, trauma, or long-held emotional patterns. In our work together, we create a space where you can begin to feel safe, seen, and supported, so healing and change can naturally unfold.
I take an integrative approach, meaning I draw from a range of therapeutic models and tailor our work to meet your unique needs. This includes elements of humanistic, existential, psychodynamic, and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) - blending insight, emotional exploration, and practical tools to support your growth.
As a polyvagal-informed therapist, I pay close attention to how your nervous system shapes your experience of the world. Together, we’ll explore the ways in which your system may be operating from survival responses such as fight, flight, freeze, fawn, or shutdown - patterns that were once protective but may now be keeping you stuck. By bringing awareness to these responses, we can gently support your nervous system in moving toward greater regulation, connection, and resilience.
This work is collaborative, compassionate, and paced according to you. My intention is to meet you where you are and support you in moving toward where you want to be emotionally, mentally, and somatically.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am an Integrative Counsellor with a BA (Hons) degree in Integrative Counselling, qualified in 2023. As a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), I work in accordance with their Ethical Framework for counselling and psychotherapy and regularly engage in supervision to ensure safe and effective practice.
I am committed to ongoing professional growth and attend regular Continuing Professional Development (CPD) workshops throughout the year. This allows me to stay informed about the wide range of issues that can affect people, while learning new techniques and interventions to better support you. I have a genuine passion for learning and a deep commitment to continually expanding my knowledge and skillset in counselling and psychotherapy. Here are some of the CPD courses I have attended:
- Internal Family Systems model and healing inner conflict with parts integration
- Working with addictions and substance abuse
- (Re)Defining Trauma and understanding its effects
- NLP - Neuro-Linguistic Programming
- Polyvagal Theory & Intelligent Nervous System Responses
- Neuroception & the Life-Changing Embodiment of Safety
Professional qualifications
Integrative Counselling Bachelors, BA (Hons) - University of East London
Rhythm of Regulation Polyvagal Theory in Therapy
The Vagus Nerve Program
Level 3 Diploma in Counselling Skills
Level 2 Certificate in Awareness of Mental Health Problems
Level 1 Award in Counselling Skills
300-hour Ashtanga and Vinyasa Yoga Training – Vinyasa Yoga Ashram
200-hour Ashtanga and Vinyasa Yoga Training – Vinyasa Yoga Ashram
200-hour Vinyasa and Hatha Online Yoga Teacher Training – House of Om
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
- Hypervigilance and feeling on edge
- Restlessness and irritability
- Emotional overwhelm
- Increased sensitivity to other people’s emotions and your environment
- People pleasing to the detriment of yourself
- Low self-worth
- Struggle with self-criticism and self-blame
- Feeling hopeless
- Feeling numb
- Addictive behaviours
Therapies offered
Fees
£55.00 per session
Free initial telephone session
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Further information
I offer individual therapy with adults on a one-to-one basis. Sessions are 50 minutes long and are available in person in Romford, Essex, online or on the phone.
First session
I appreciate how contacting and finding a suitable counsellor can be difficult. This is why I offer a free 20 minute telephone consultation giving you the opportunity to tell me a little about what is going on for you and to ask any questions you may have. Also, for you to get to know how I work and to see if I am the right counsellor for you. There is no obligation to book an appointment as choosing a counsellor that you feel comfortable with is important.
If we book a first session, I will send you a therapeutic contract and assessment to complete before our first session. In the first session we will talk about what brings you to counselling and how we will work together.
