About me
I am a neuro-atypical counsellor, and that deeply shapes the way I understand people, emotions, relationships and psychological distress. For many years, I experienced the world as intense, overwhelming and emotionally demanding, often feeling different from others without fully understanding why. Like many neuro-atypical adults, I spent a long time masking, adapting, overthinking, trying to “hold it together,” and wondering why things that seemed manageable for other people could feel so exhausting internally. Discovering my own neuro-atypicality changed not only the way I understood myself, but also the way I work therapeutically. It helped me realise that many people are not “too sensitive,” “too emotional,” “too much,” “lazy,” “dramatic,” or “difficult.” Often, they are nervous systems that have spent years surviving overwhelm, misunderstanding, rejection, chronic stress, masking, emotional invalidation, or trying to fit into environments that were never designed for the way they naturally function.
Because of this, I work in a way that is compassionate, direct, authentic and deeply neurodivergent-affirming. I understand what it is like to feel emotionally overwhelmed by everyday life; overthink conversations for hours afterwards; struggle with rejection sensitivity; experience burnout; mask constantly around other people; feel different or misunderstood; live with chronic anxiety or emotional exhaustion; crave connection while simultaneously finding relationships difficult; feel stuck between perfectionism and overwhelm, and carry shame for “not functioning” the way you think you should.
In therapy, I aim to create a space where you do not have to pretend, perform, mask or explain yourself constantly. I believe understanding how your brain and nervous system function can be life-changing. So much suffering comes not only from our struggles themselves, but from years of believing those struggles mean something is wrong with us.
My approach combines emotional depth with practical understanding. I work with clients experiencing anxiety, trauma, emotional dysregulation, burnout, relationship difficulties, low self-esteem, attachment wounds, perfectionism, neurodivergence, masking, identity struggles and chronic overwhelm.
I do not believe healing means becoming less sensitive, less emotional or less neurodivergent. I believe healing means understanding yourself more deeply, reducing shame, building emotional safety, learning regulation skills, creating healthier relationships, and no longer seeing yourself as broken for functioning differently.
You are not a problem to be fixed. You are a person whose experiences, nervous system and adaptations deserve understanding.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have a BA in Pastoral Counselling from Glasgow Caledonian University, a degree in Languages as well as a Post Graduate Certificate in Education. I have worked with clients of all ages and nationalities and I specialise in children (having worked in schools and colleges for 3 decades). I am a Registered Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (720062).
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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Additional information
Sessions last 30 (£30), 45 (£45) or 60 minutes (£60).
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