About me
I am a fully qualified Psychotherapist (MSc), registered with BACP and accredited by UKCP, with over 19 years of professional experience working with individuals and couples. I am a Gestalt Psychotherapist and EMDR trained, offering both talking therapy and EMDR. I provide a safe, supportive and confidential space where you can explore whatever has brought you to therapy, whether that feels clear or hard to put into words. People often come feeling stuck, overwhelmed, anxious, or uncertain about their relationships or life patterns, including experiences of trauma. Whatever your reason, you are welcome as you are.
My approach is warm, relational and grounded in Gestalt and person-centred therapy. This work emphasises awareness, embodied experience and the patterns that shape how you relate to yourself and others. By paying attention to thoughts, emotions, physical sensations and behaviours in the present moment, therapy can help you understand how past and current experiences continue to influence your life now, and support you in developing new, more fulfilling ways of living and relating.
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) is an evidence-based approach for working with traumatic or distressing experiences that remain unprocessed. It supports the brain to process memories that feel “stuck,” reducing the intensity of emotions, beliefs and body sensations linked to past events. EMDR can be offered as a focused therapy in its own right or alongside talking therapy, always paced carefully and guided by your needs and readiness.
In our work together, you will have space to reflect deeply on what you are facing in a safe, confidential and non-judgemental environment with someone outside your everyday life. My role is to accompany you with curiosity and compassion, supporting self-understanding and meaningful, lasting change.
I work with individuals and couples across all life stages. With couples, I offer a supportive space to explore communication, recurring dynamics and emotional connection, working together to restore understanding, closeness and healthier patterns within the relationship.
If you are ready to explore yourself with care, curiosity and professional support, I am here to walk alongside you.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am a Psychotherapist with extensive experience of working with clients of all ages and backgrounds. People often come to see me at a point in their lives where something feels difficult, stuck, overwhelming or unclear, and they feel it would be helpful to have a safe, supportive space to talk about what they are facing.
My therapeutic approach is grounded in Gestalt psychotherapy and person-centred principles. This means our work together is relational, collaborative and tailored to you as an individual. Gestalt therapy focuses on increasing awareness of your thoughts, emotions, bodily sensations and patterns of relating, helping you to better understand yourself in the present moment. Through this process, many people begin to recognise long-standing patterns that may no longer serve them and discover new, more supportive ways of responding to life’s challenges.
Alongside talking therapy, I am also EMDR trained (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing). EMDR is a structured, evidence-based approach that can be particularly helpful when past experiences, trauma or distressing memories continue to affect your day-to-day life. Some people find that despite understanding their difficulties, certain emotional responses feel “stuck” or hard to shift, EMDR can help the brain process these experiences in a way that feels less overwhelming, allowing for greater emotional relief and integration. Where appropriate, EMDR can be used on its own or thoughtfully integrated into our therapeutic work together.
I place great importance on creating a safe, confidential and non-judgemental environment where you can feel heard, understood and respected. My role is not to tell you what to do, but to walk alongside you, supporting you to explore your experiences at your own pace, develop greater self-awareness and move towards meaningful, lasting change.
Qualifications
MSc Gestalt Psychotherapy
EMDR Trained
Post-Graduate Certificate in Supervision
Clinical Diploma in Gestalt Psychotherapeutic Counselling
NCFE Level 4 in Counselling and Psychotherapy
I am also fluent in BSL and happy to work with Deaf and Hard of Hearing clients.
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
£75.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
Individual Face to face and online sessions £75.00 (50 minutes)
EMDR Therapy £90 (1hr)
Couples Face to face £100 (50 minutes)
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