About me
Making Sense of Challenge, Change, and Transition
There are times in life when challenges invite us to pause and wonder about ourselves, our relationships, or where we belong. These moments may arrive unexpectedly, perhaps after a loss, a diagnosis, or a significant change; other times, a sense of unease might grow gradually, as things begin to feel out of step with what we need or hope for.
Whatever has brought you here, therapy can offer space to look more closely at your experiences. Together, we can explore what matters to you and begin to make sense of your feelings and beliefs as they are now.
Connection, Curiosity, and Understanding
At the heart of my work is the relationship we build. My clients describe me as approachable, engaged, and genuine. I take counselling seriously, but I don’t think therapy should feel too formal. My goal is to create an environment where you can speak openly and feel met with compassion, curiosity, respect, and sincere interest.
The unique journeys that shape each of our lives is something I care deeply about. In our work together, we can explore your experiences from new perspectives, notice patterns, and become curious about how your story has influenced the way you relate to yourself and others. I will offer acceptance and thoughtful reflection, and gently challenge where it feels supportive. There may also be points where a little humour will materialise, helping us feel more at ease as we navigate what is brought to our sessions and connect.
My approach is person-centred and integrative, drawing on pluralistic ideas that value collaboration, flexibility, and shaping therapy to fit you as an individual. Rather than following a set formula or agenda, we will create a way of working that feels right for you.
Areas of Experience and Interest
I welcome adults navigating a wide range of experiences, such as anxiety, depression, stress, burnout, grief and loss, relationship challenges, low self-esteem, transitions, and questions about meaning or purpose. Much of my work centres on supporting people as they explore identity, belonging, self-awareness, adjustment, and the ways significant change can shape our lives. Alongside supporting people with many different concerns, I bring both professional and lived experience of neurodivergence, including ADHD and autism, as well as chronic illness, pain and perimenopause/menopause.
What Counselling Can Offer
Counselling can gently invite you to delve deeper into your story, develop insight, and discover new ways to connect with yourself and the challenges you face.
Many people come to therapy hoping to solve a problem or find answers. While practical change is important, I also see therapy as a space to reconnect with yourself, notice your needs more clearly, and build trust in your own thoughts, feelings, and values. Often, the most meaningful insights are the ones we discover for ourselves, in our own time.
For some, therapy is a way to make sense of loss, change, or uncertainty. For others, it is about finding ways of living that feel truer to who they are. Therapy is not about becoming someone else, but about meeting yourself with compassion, finding clarity when things feel confusing, and moving forward in a way that feels meaningful for you.
Growth often comes from understanding ourselves, rather than from self-criticism. My hope is that therapy can offer you a space to navigate change, develop greater self-trust, and move through life's challenges while staying connected to who you are.
Working Together
I offer online and phone counselling for adults across the UK.
Whether you are seeking support with a specific challenge, navigating a significant transition, or simply wanting a space to share your story, we can begin wherever feels right for you. Therapy can start with a question, a feeling, a life event, or even just a sense that something in your life is asking for attention.
“We cannot change, we cannot move away from what we are, until we thoroughly accept what we are. Then change seems to come about almost unnoticed.”
— Carl Rogers, On Becoming a Person
Training, qualifications & experience
My training includes a first-class Bachelor's degree with Honours in Counselling and Psychotherapy, along with a Foundation Certificate in Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy. I am registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, and I follow their Ethical Framework to help create a safe and respectful space for our work together.
Over the years, I have had the privilege of working in a variety of settings, including private practice, corporate services, community mental health, listening services, and with a cancer support charity. In these roles, I have supported people navigating many different experiences, such as bereavement, illness, life changes, and emotional distress. Each person's story is unique, and I value the diversity and complexity that each individual brings.
In addition to my main training, I have continued to learn about grief and loss, as well as ways to work therapeutically with neurodivergent clients. I believe that ongoing learning helps me to meet people where they are and to offer support that honours each person's unique needs.
I am committed to ongoing professional development and regularly seek out new learning to support my practice. I am especially interested in neurodivergence, trauma, women's health, grief and loss, and the many ways people make sense of change, identity, and life transitions. I see learning as a collaborative process, and I am always curious about how we can explore these topics together in a way that feels meaningful for you.
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
£50.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
There are currently spaces available for sessions, each lasting 60 minutes. We can arrange to meet weekly, fortnightly, or monthly, depending on what feels most supportive for you at this time.
My standard fee is £50 per session. I also offer a limited number of reduced-rate spaces at £40 for those meeting weekly or fortnightly, and in some situations, I may be able to offer sessions at £30. If cost is a concern, we can talk together about what might feel manageable for you during our initial call.
I offer a free 30-minute initial call, where we can talk about what has brought you to consider counselling, explore any questions you might have, and get a sense together of whether working with me feels like a good fit for you.
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