About me
I see therapy as an opportunity to stop trying to fix yourself and begin to understand what your mind and body are communicating.
You may understand yourself well. You may have spent years analysing your thoughts, researching, finding ways to cope, pushing through and trying to improve yourself. But knowing why you feel or respond in certain ways doesn't necessarily make it easier to change them. There can be a frustrating gap between knowing what is happening and being able to change it.
Sometimes this shows up in the body too: persistent tension, fatigue, pain, feeling wired or shut down, or physical symptoms that don't have a clear medical explanation. When we've spent a long time overriding our needs or pushing difficult experiences aside, the body can become an important part of the conversation.
We explore the deeper roots of your patterns through both past and present experience, making sense of how relationships, experiences and ways of coping may continue to shape how you think, feel and respond today. We look not only at your thoughts and emotions, but also at how these experiences are felt in your body, bringing your mind and bodily experience together. This can help you process difficult emotions, build greater capacity and resilience, and develop more choice in how you respond.
Rather than learning to manage yourself more effectively, the work is about developing your capacity to be with yourself. To notice what is happening rather than immediately analysing or controlling it; to listen rather than override; and to process difficult experiences rather than continually pushing through them.
I integrate psychotherapy with somatic awareness, therapeutic yoga, breathwork and embodied movement, drawing on attachment-based approaches, parts work, mindfulness and trauma-informed practice. These approaches can help you become more aware of what you need, build tolerance for difficult experiences, and develop greater choice in how you respond.
You don't need to perform, have everything figured out, or arrive knowing how to fix yourself. My role is to offer a space where you can become more curious about yourself, feel what is there, and gradually develop a more trusting relationship with your mind and body.
Over time, this can mean less fighting with yourself and more capacity to meet life's challenges with choice, self-trust and resilience.
Training, qualifications & experience
- 200hr trauma informed yoga teacher training
- Level 7 MA counselling Distinction (York St John University) (accred BACP counselling and psychotherapy)
- Talking Trauma with the aid of Bilateral Stimulation
- EFT - Emotional Freedom Technique
- TDS (trauma informed therapeutic model)
- Dissociation training
- Level 2 DDP (Diadic Development Psychotherapy)
- Online/telephone counselling (Counselling tutor)
- BAHons Psychology (Leeds Beckett University)
- Current Yoga teacher training enhancing somatic and nervous system regulation.
HOW I WORK:
Rather than offering a one-size-fits-all model, I tailor therapy to your pace and needs, creating a grounded, compassionate space where your system can gently ease out of survival mode and into greater safety, clarity and self-connection. My work supports anxiety, trauma, overwhelm, depression, bereavement, attachment wounds and long-standing patterns of coping.
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
£85.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Weekly Sessions – £85 (60 minutes)
Weekly therapy offers the most consistency and momentum. This regular rhythm helps maintain focus, build trust, and support steady progress.
Fortnightly Sessions – £85 (60 minutes)
Fortnightly sessions offer a balanced and sustainable pace for those who prefer more space between sessions. This option allows time for reflection and integration while maintaining a consistent therapeutic connection.
Monthly Sessions – £125 (90 minutes)
Monthly sessions are 90 minutes and offer time to pause, reflect, and reconnect with yourself. They can be a useful option for those seeking a deeper, less frequent space for exploration, or as ongoing support following more regular therapy.
When I work
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