About me
I am an accredited psychotherapist and EMDR practitioner offering specialist online therapy for adults who feel stuck in patterns that insight, coping strategies, or previous therapy have not fully resolved.
Many of the people I work with are thoughtful, capable and high-functioning on the outside, yet privately struggle with trauma responses, anxiety, phobic fear, emotional overwhelm, relationship difficulties, or a persistent sense of being held back by something deeper. Some have already done substantial personal work and want a more focused, effective approach to what still feels unresolved.
My work is particularly suited to clients seeking depth, precision and meaningful change. I integrate EMDR with evidence-based and relational practice, tailoring therapy carefully to the individual rather than applying a standard formula. This can be especially helpful where problems feel repetitive, disproportionate, or difficult to shift through talking alone.
Clients often come to me for help with trauma, PTSD, anxiety, attachment and relationship patterns, low self-worth, and fear-based responses that no longer make sense intellectually but still feel powerful emotionally. I am known for being warm, thoughtful and direct, and for helping people make sense of complex inner experience without losing sight of outcomes.
Alongside private practice, I also work in broader clinical settings, which helps me bring both depth and clinical rigour to my work. I value therapy that is compassionate, psychologically informed and purposeful.
I offer an initial consultation to explore what is bringing you to therapy, what you want to change, and whether we are the right fit to work together.
Training, qualifications & experience
- UKCP Accredited Psychotherapist
- UKCP Accredited Supervisor
- EMDR UK Accredited Practitioner
- EMDRIA Certified Therapist
- Chartered Scientist (CSci)
- Senior Accredited Member of BACP - MBACP (Snr Accred)
- MSc Psychology
- Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA)
- Integrative approach informed by EMDR, cognitive, behavioural, psychodynamic and relational models
- Specialist experience in trauma, PTSD, anxiety, phobic fear, and complex relational patterns
- Ongoing supervision, CPD, and ethical, outcome-focused practice
I often work with clients whose difficulties make sense intellectually, but still feel powerful emotionally. This may include trauma, PTSD, anxiety, panic, phobic fear, low self-worth, or relationship patterns that continue despite insight, coping strategies, or previous therapy. Many of the people I see are thoughtful, capable and high-functioning, yet find themselves repeatedly pulled into fear, shame, helplessness or emotional overwhelm.
Some clients come with a clearly defined traumatic memory or recent event they want to process. Others come with more longstanding patterns: recurring fear in relationships, a freeze response that appears out of proportion, chronic self-blame, or a sense of being stuck in ways they cannot think themselves out of. I help clients make sense of these patterns and, where appropriate, process the experiences that continue to drive them.
I also work with more complex presentations, including attachment injury, betrayal trauma, emotionally conflicted relationships, and situations where a person feels torn between self-protection, loyalty, responsibility, and fear of loss. In this kind of work, therapy is not only about reducing symptoms, but about helping someone feel steadier, clearer, and more able to respond with agency.
Where appropriate, I use EMDR to help clients process distressing memories and shift the emotional force of longstanding beliefs and reactions. This can be especially helpful when someone knows they are safe, but their nervous system does not yet respond as though that is true.
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 UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) is a leading professional body for the education, training and regulation of psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors. Its register is accredited by the government's Professional Standards Authority.
As part of its commitment to protect the public, it works to improve access to psychotherapy, to support and disseminate research, to improve standards and to respond effectively to complaints against its members.
UKCP standards cover the range of different psychotherapies. Registration is obtained by training or accrediting with one of its member organisations, or by holding a European Certificate in Psychotherapy. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
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
£175.00 per session
Additional information
My fee is £175 per 80-minute session.
I offer specialist online therapy for adults, including EMDR where appropriate. Work usually begins with an initial consultation, which gives us the opportunity to think together about what is bringing you to therapy, what you would like to change, and whether we are the right fit to work together.
Sessions are generally held weekly, particularly at the beginning of therapy, as this tends to support depth, continuity and momentum. Payment is requested in advance of each session unless otherwise agreed.
Where EMDR is being considered, I will usually use the initial consultation to assess suitability and to discuss how the work might be structured.
