About me
If you feel overwhelmed, stuck, or unsure, you’re not alone. A safe, supportive therapeutic relationship is crucial for positive change.
I help adults facing anxiety, depression, stress, relationship issues, family problems, or the effects of past experiences. Many clients sense their past impacts them, even if they can’t express how.
My trauma-informed approach looks at both developmental and single-incident trauma from earlier life. This may include childhood experiences, tough family ties, or events that shape how you feel, connect with others, or view yourself today.
I’m trained in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing). This method aids the brain in processing distressing memories, making them feel less overwhelming. It helps you stop feeling stuck in the past without needing to discuss every detail. Instead, it allows your nervous system to reduce the emotional intensity of past events, helping you feel more present and ready to move forward.
EMDR can also be helpful with other presentations. ADHD isn’t caused by trauma, but living with ADHD often means experiencing the world in ways that can feel overwhelming and emotionally wounding over time. Many individuals with ADHD are more vulnerable to internalising these experiences, leading to trauma responses such as chronic self-blame, shame, or a sense of helplessness. In EMDR, trauma is defined not just by what happened, but by how the experience was processed and stored in the nervous system. Both ADHD and trauma share common challenges, such as emotional dysregulation, low self-esteem, and difficulty managing stress. I use EMDR to help individuals with ADHD reduce emotional overwhelm, release negative core beliefs, and build greater confidence, and resilience.
EMDR is also effective for those with obsessive-compulsive disorder and phobias, especially when intrusive thoughts or compulsive behaviours are connected to past experiences or heightened fears.
Together, we’ll explore your thoughts, emotions, and experiences at your pace. My goal is to help you gain understanding, self-awareness, and ways to manage anxiety, low mood, and relationship or family issues in daily life. For some, this means recognising long-standing patterns; for others, it means feeling more like themselves and happier in their relationships.
I can offer sessions that are calm, non-judgmental space for you to speak freely. It’s perfectly fine if you’re unsure of what to say at first. Some clients find relief simply in being listened to, while others appreciate new perspectives and tools for meaningful change.
As a qualified counsellor and registered member of UKCP, BACP, and the EMDR UK Association, I follow professional and ethical guidelines to ensure confidentiality and safety. My training also includes psychodynamic approaches, which look at how unconscious processes shape behaviour, and systemic practice, which focuses on relational dynamics within families.
I offer in-person sessions in Oxford and can also provide online sessions via Zoom, phone, or chat if that’s more comfortable for you.
If you’re considering therapy, I’m here to answer your questions and support you in taking this important step towards better mental health. I aim to respond quickly, and there’s no pressure to commit. Starting therapy is a big decision, and it’s important that it feels right for you.
I’m not able to accept referrals for students or staff from the University of Oxford or The Cherwell School.
Training, qualifications & experience
Experience
I have experience working in the NHS in an adult psychotherapy service and in primary care. Plus, the business retail sector, private and state secondary education and universities supporting people from diverse backgrounds and a wide range of life situations.
Education
BSc Psychology (Open)
Mst Psychodynamic Practice (Oxford)
PgCert Intermediate Systemic approaches to working with individuals, families and organisations (Tavistock and Portman)
PgDip Psychoanalytic Infant Observations (Tavistock and Portman)
PGDip Online Therapy
EMDR Parts 1 to 3 - Adults
EMDR - Children and Adolescents
Introduction to CBT Series (Centre for CBT Oxford)
Publications
Barnard, M. 2018, 'On Divorce and Separation', BACP Children, Young People and Families, March 2018, pp. 30-33.
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.
The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) is a leading professional body for the education, training and regulation of psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors. Its register is accredited by the government's Professional Standards Authority.
As part of its commitment to protect the public, it works to improve access to psychotherapy, to support and disseminate research, to improve standards and to respond effectively to complaints against its members.
UKCP standards cover the range of different psychotherapies. Registration is obtained by training or accrediting with one of its member organisations, or by holding a European Certificate in Psychotherapy. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
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.
Universities Psychotherapy & Counselling Association
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
Therapies offered
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Fees
£75.00 per session
Additional information
£75 per fifty minute session.
£100 per ninety minute EMDR session.
Please let me know if your availability does not fit above and I will try to accommodate where I can, especially if you are looking for remote sessions.
When I work
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I am able to offer in-person and remote sessions on a Thursday and Friday. Whereas during weekends, sessions are remote only.
Further information
My room in Oxford has parking nearby at Diamond Place (///novel.herbs.relate), and is easily accessible by bus. The closest Bus Stop is 'South Parade’, with the following buses stopping there - 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D, 7, 25A, 94, 500, 700, S4, S5, N2, N7, NS5.
I receive regular supervision from an experienced EMDR Consultant for trauma work, and supervision from a Consultant Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist for therapy/counselling sessions.
