About me
Relationship (couple), family (adults) and individual counselling and psychotherapy.
You can expect to be listened to supportively, in an unbiased and non judgemental manner. The aim is to support not to fix. You set the focus and decide what to explore and your priorities and goals with guidance from me.
My work is to learn how to best support you. This is different and unique for every person. Therapy is a process of collaborative exploration between the therapist and clients. This includes helping you to explore your thoughts, feelings, needs and wishes. Importantly, you do not have to come with any clear understanding of what you want: so you do not have to know why you are coming. It's enough if you know you need to talk, that you have significant worries, feel something is missing, experiencing low mood, feel confused or maybe you are going through a significant transition: whether good or bad transitions tend to be very stressful.
Every person deserves to matter in this world and this means you deserve to think and care about yourself and to live with peace of mind, in relative harmony (conflict has to be managed not cured!) and with a sense of purpose.
I work with an attachment focus where our abilities to give and receive care are fundamental to wellbeing. This involves working with current experiences and at times looking to the past to identify how earlier (and those of your family (intergenerational)) have impacted and shaped your view of yourself and your expectations of others. It translates into a very safe, secure, practical and compassionate way of working.
Family Business Consultancy
Having worked as a solicitor in the private client (trusts, tax, succession) and corporate (including partnerships) fields for 18 years, I transitioned into working as a family business adviser focusing on the family dynamics or interpersonal aspects of family businesses. This is an essential, if not the most important, area (the others being organisation management, legal and financial) of family business advising which influences the extent to which family businesses will flourish and transition well. I am able to liaise with other professionals to facilitate important transitions.
I work both in person at my home office in Portishead and online using zoom.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions.
Training, qualifications & experience
I hold the following qualifications and experience:
- Trained in the McCluskey model for the exploration of the dynamics of attachment in adulthood life (June 2026)
- Trained with and am registered as a relationship counsellor with Relate (2006)
- Trained in family counselling with the Institute of Family Therapy (2012)
- Accredited by the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society
- MA, SOAS, University of London (2008)
- Trained in attachment informed psychotherapy
- Member and Vice Chair of the International Attachment Network
- Solicitor ( non practising)
- Trainer of NCIP accredited courses in working with couples
I have worked as a psychotherapist since 2006. I also train in the use of an attachment-informed approach to working with individuals and couples. I am a trustee of the International Attachment Network
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 National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society This Not For Profit association of counsellors and psychotherapists aim to support the counselling profession, members and training organisations. In 2013 the NCS register was accredited by the Professional Standards Authority under the Accredited Voluntary Register Scheme. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
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
£80.00 - £125.00
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
Fees are;
Individual sessions: £80-£90 for 50 minutes
Couple and family sessions: £105 - £125 for an hour
I offer a limited number of concessionary fees: currently all taken
I charge for missed sessions unless you have given me 7 days' notice (for evening appointments i.e. from 5pm) and 48 hours for others or we are able to rearrange during that week.
When I work
I currently have a waiting list of 6 weeks
