About me
Life can feel overwhelming at times. You may be struggling with anxiety, low mood, relationship difficulties, family tensions, loss, or a sense of feeling stuck or disconnected from yourself. Perhaps you are coping on the surface while quietly carrying a great deal underneath.
I work with adults facing a wide range of life experiences, including relationship difficulties, parenting challenges, complicated family dynamics, low self-esteem, stress, burnout, grief, life transitions, and the lasting impact of difficult past experiences. Many of the people I support are navigating caring responsibilities, family conflict, emotionally complex relationships, or feeling overwhelmed by the pressures of holding everything together.
I offer a warm, confidential, and compassionate space where you can talk openly and feel genuinely heard. Together, we can explore what may be contributing to your difficulties, helping you make sense of painful feelings, recurring patterns, and the experiences that may have shaped how you relate to yourself and others.
My approach is integrative, grounded primarily in person-centred and psychodynamic therapy. This means I work relationally and collaboratively, paying attention both to your present experience and to deeper emotional patterns that may sit beneath the surface. I believe therapy should be tailored to the individual rather than taking a one-size-fits-all approach.
Alongside talking therapy, I may draw on mindfulness, compassion-focused approaches, and body-based awareness where helpful. Emotional experiences are often held not only in thoughts and feelings, but in the body too — through tension, overwhelm, anxiety, sleep difficulties, or a sense of disconnection. Gently noticing bodily sensations, nervous system responses, and patterns of emotional experience can sometimes deepen understanding and support emotional regulation. This is always guided by your pace, comfort, and preferences.
Before training as a counsellor, I spent over 25 years running an independent business and have over 20 years’ experience teaching yoga and meditation. I have also worked within NHS and voluntary mental health and addiction services as both a counsellor and recovery practitioner. These experiences give me a grounded understanding of the complexities of everyday life, including work pressures, relationships, caregiving, family life, loss, and change.
I believe therapy can offer not only support during difficult times, but also a deeper understanding of yourself and your relationships, creating space for meaningful and lasting change.
Training, qualifications & experience
- CPCAB Diploma Therapeutic Counselling (2024)
- Counsellor and Recovery Practitioner-Via Drug and Alcohol Service (2022-25)
- Working Therapeutically with Adult ADHD Certificate (2025)
- Healing with Embodied Practice Certificate (2025)
- Sleep Recovery Certificate (2025)
- EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) Level 1 & 2 (2026)
- Certificate Trauma Therapy (2026)
- CPCAB Integrating Mindfulness & Compassion into Professional Practice (2018)
- BWY Yoga Teacher Training (2007)
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
I also offer 1:1 yoga and mindfulness sessions
Therapies offered
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Fees
£80.00 - £90.00
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
My fees start at £80 per 50-minute session dependant on location/time. I offer some limited concessionary rates. I work with individuals short term and long term. I offer face to face and online sessions.
When I work
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Further information
I work face to face at East London Therapy Rooms in Walthamstow (less than 5 mins from tube and overground) and City Therapy Rooms, London EC4A 1JQ (Close to Chancery Lane tube) and online via Zoom.
Starting therapy is a big step, and I understand it can feel daunting. I offer a free, 15-minute informal consultation where we can talk briefly about what’s on your mind and ask any questions you may have. There’s no obligation—just a chance for us to connect.
If you would like to arrange an informal chat please email me
