About me
Do you ever feel as though you are carrying more than you can hold? Perhaps life feels overwhelming, uncertain, or quietly unfulfilling. You may have kept your feelings to yourself for a long time, unsure whether your struggles are “enough” to bring to therapy, or where to begin.
Maybe difficult relationships, life changes, or painful experiences have left you feeling disconnected from yourself and from others. You might feel unseen or unheard, longing to be understood, yet not quite knowing how to put your feelings into words.
My Approach
As a person-centred therapist, I offer a calm and compassionate therapeutic space where you are met with warmth, respect, and care. Whatever you bring to therapy is welcome here. Together, we can take time to explore your experiences, reflect on your thoughts and feelings, and gently uncover a deeper understanding of who you are and what you are living through.
I have worked with people from many walks of life, supporting them through times of anxiety, depression, stress, relationship difficulties, LGBTQIA+ related issues, chronic illness, menopause, becoming a parent and other life transitions, loss, abuse and trauma. For me, it is a profound privilege to support someone through their darkest moments and to witness the courage, growth, and healing that can emerge through therapy.
Tailoring therapy to you
Every client and every therapeutic journey is unique. Therapy can be a fascinating process of self-discovery, offering space to begin joining the dots and to find clarity about how you might wish to move forward, guided by growing self-awareness, confidence, and insight.
Alongside my core training, I bring a range of additional perspectives that may support you in understanding yourself and the challenges you are facing. These include an interest in attachment and how early relationships shape our ways of being; exploring and understanding neurodivergence where relevant, and gently noticing how emotions live and move within the body and nervous system. I may also invite awareness of the body as part of our work together, and, where helpful, offer space to explore younger or tender parts of yourself - sometimes described as “inner child” work.
"The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change." - Carl Rogers.
Getting in Touch
If you feel drawn to exploring therapy with me, feel free to get in touch by email, text or phone. Reaching out to someone new can feel daunting, so I offer a free telephone or video consultation as an opportunity for us to get to know each other before booking in a first therapy session.
This will give you a feel for my approach and how I work, you can share a little about what has brought you to therapy, and you can ask me any questions you may have. The relationship between client and therapist is central to the therapeutic process, and it’s important that it feels right for you. So if after our conversation, it doesn’t feel like the right fit, just let me know, and keep searching for someone with whom it clicks.
I work predominantly face-to-face from my therapy room in central Chorlton. It’s a lovely calming space full of greenery and natural light, and most clients enjoy coming here in person, although where needed, I also offer sessions via video. We will usually meet weekly at the same day and time, for a 50 minute session, and I work in an open-ended way, allowing our work together to unfold at your pace, and continuing for as many sessions as we both feel is helpful.
Training, qualifications & experience
PGDip MBACP
I am a fully qualified and experienced BACP-registered counsellor and psychotherapist.
- Level 7 Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy, University of Salford (BACP Accredited)
- CPCAB Awards, Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Studies, MCTC
- CPCAB Awards, Level 2 Certificate in Counselling Skills, MCTC
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
- Exploring neurodivergence
- Becoming a parent and other life transitions
- Exploring how emotions manifest in the body
- Inner child or younger parts work
- Processing and recovering from narcissitic parenting
Therapies offered
Fees
£60.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I have a small number of places available at a reduced rate for students and those on low incomes.
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