About me
Sometimes, it's hard to understand what's really going on beneath the surface.
From the outside, your life might look perfectly fine. You're capable, you get things done, and you may even be the person other people turn to when they need help.
But underneath, maybe you're:
- holding yourself to impossible standards
- struggling to rest without feeling guilty
- overthinking conversations, decisions and relationships
- constantly anticipating other people's needs
- overwhelmed by emotions you don't quite know what to do with
- repeating painful patterns in your relationships
Perhaps you've already tried to understand yourself, through therapy, reading, or simply thinking things through... but still feel stuck.
How I work
I work with anxiety, OCD, perfectionism, burnout, people-pleasing, emotional overwhelm and relationship difficulties. I also support people affected by trauma and difficult past experiences.
My approach is curious, compassionate and relational. Rather than simply trying to change the thoughts or behaviours that are causing difficulties, we'll explore what lies underneath them: where your patterns come from, what they might be trying to protect, and whether they are still serving you now.
What to expect
Our ways of coping often make sense in the context of what we've experienced. Understanding those connections can help us develop more compassion for ourselves and create space for something different.
We might explore this through conversation, reflection, body awareness, or exercises such as getting to know your inner critic and the protective role it plays. Where appropriate, I may also use guided visualisation to help you connect with younger or more vulnerable parts of yourself.
The goal isn't to become a different person. It's to understand yourself deeply enough that you have more choice in how you respond, relate and live.
Couples counselling
When the same arguments keep happening again and again, it can become difficult to see how to get out of the cycle. It can feel as though the problem is your partner: they don't listen, they criticise, they shut down, they ask too much...
With Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), we'll look beneath the conflict to understand the cycle you both get caught in and the emotions and attachment needs underneath it.
The aim isn't simply to communicate better. It's to understand what happens between you, recognise the pattern you're both caught in, and create new ways of reaching for and responding to one another.
Training, qualifications & experience
Ongoing:
- EFIT and EFCT
- IFS level 1
Past training:
- Advanced Certificate in Clinical Supervision (2025)
- Professional Certificate in Couples Counselling (2024)
- Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy (2022)
- Certificate in Counselling and Listening Skills (2020)
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
Therapies offered
Fees
£130.00 - £160.00
Additional information
- Individual therapy: £130
- Couples therapy: £160
When I work
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- Monday: 1 pm-5 pm
- Tuesday: 9 am - 5 pm
- Wednesday, Thursday and Friday: 8 am - 12 pm
