About me
As a former international aid worker, I know what it means to stay present when things unravel. That's what I offer you, as a therapist.
Life brings all of us to points where something needs to shift, even when we can't quite name what that something is. A relationship might feel stuck. A loss might have hit harder than expected. Something from the past might keep bursting into the present, uninvited. Or a quiet unease about a new stage of life might have stirred questions that won't settle on their own.
You don't need fixing. Something just got in the way - and we can work with that.
This is central to Gestalt therapy, the approach I practise: we're all born with the capacity to solve our own problems, form rewarding relationships, and build a satisfying, fulfilling life. Struggle usually means that capacity got interrupted, not that it disappeared. Together, we can look more closely at your situation, notice your part in the patterns that keep things stuck, and experiment with new ways of responding - often discovering firmer ground than you thought was there.
I show up with steady presence, real warmth, and plain honesty. Whatever you bring, I want to meet it with acceptance rather than judgement - curious about your particular way of seeing the world, including the parts you're least sure of. My hope is to support you in becoming more fully who you are, free from the "shoulds" that so often crowd us out. I pay close attention to what happens between us as we talk, since what's unresolved often finds its way into the room before it can be defined in words.
Training, qualifications & experience
I'm a fully qualified counsellor and a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP). I hold a Postgraduate Diploma in Humanistic Counselling and Psychotherapy, and I'm currently completing a Master's in Psychotherapy at the University of Brighton. I also have a Master's degree in Conflict, Security and Development from King's College London.
Before training as a counsellor, I spent a decade as a humanitarian aid worker overseas. That work taught me how to stay steady alongside people when things are hard, and it shapes how I work now. I know the pressures of aid work first-hand, and I welcome others from aid, international development, journalism, and similar demanding fields. But you don't need that kind of background to work with me. What feels heavy to you is reason enough.
I bring experience working with the lasting effects of trauma, from early childhood through to adulthood, as well as a longstanding interest in life's big questions - meaning, freedom, and the harder parts of being human.
I work in line with BACP's Code of Ethical Practice, with regular clinical supervision.
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).
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
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Fees
£65.00 per session
Additional information
My first session is half price, so we can see whether we're a good fit. It's a conversation rather than a formal assessment, and there's no need to arrive with it all clearly explained.
Further information
I work from The Practice Rooms in Hove and online, seeing individual adults. Sessions are 50 minutes, usually weekly. I offer short-term, focused work and longer, open-ended therapy, and we'll talk early on about which feels like the better fit. Confidentiality, consistency, and working at your pace are central to how I practise.
Some people arrive already able to put words to what's going on. Others only know that something isn't right. Whatever has brought you here, I'd be glad to meet it, and you.
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