About me
Are you looking for a different way to explore your mental health and wellbeing? Are you searching for ways that you can create long-lasting change in your life, not just a short-term sticking plaster?
What can I support you with?
Since qualifying as an Arts Psychotherapist (MA Dramatherapy) in 2016, I have dedicated myself to supporting people with their mental health and wellbeing, having worked with hundreds of people to improve their lifestyle, mental health and to re-connect with themselves and those around them. I have a vast amount of experience working privately as well as for organisations such as The Fire Fighters Charity & The Intercom Trust, as well as currently working with Carrot Fertility to support its members. I support adults over the age of 18.
Issues I have particular experience working with include anxiety, depression, stress & burnout, trauma, loss & bereavement, major life transitions, loss of identity, low self-esteem & low self-confidence, perfectionism, existential & spiritual exploration, expanded states of consciousness, relationship & family dynamics, navigating the menstrual cycle & coping with menstrual conditions, such as PMS & premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD). I also have specialist experience of working with the LGBTQ+ community, supporting individuals with issues such as coming out, gender dysphoria, transitioning, LGBTQ+ fertility treatment and parenting, family rejection and internalised homophobia. I have a passion for supporting those who identify as LGBTQ+ or who may be questioning their gender identity or sexual orientation & aim to provide a space where you can feel safe to be whoever you truly are.
What is my approach?
My primary training focussed on dramatherapy, a type of arts psychotherapy that uses many different means to explore how you might be feeling. In addition to talking during therapy sessions, we may also use techniques such as creative writing, artwork, object and metaphor exploration, ritual, archetypes, myth & folklore, sand play, music and other creative means. It is important to know that no previous experience of creative arts is necessary to access therapy that works in this way, all that’s required is an openness to explore and be curious!
I am also trained in yoga, mindfulness, nature connection & ceremonial cacao, and as a result my approach to therapy is holistic and transpersonal. This means I work with the spiritual aspects of one’s self as well as the mind and body, supporting you to connect to that all-knowing, instinctive part of yourself that many of us struggle to access in this busy, fast-paced world we live in. This is always integrated in to our work in a way that you feel comfortable with and which aligns with your own beliefs and values.
As a person-centred integrative therapist, I will work with you to explore, create & grow within our therapy sessions, providing you with a non-judgemental, safe space in which you can express your most true, authentic self. I look forward to connecting with you.
How do you get started?
If you would like to explore working with me, you can book a no-obligation free 15 minute phone call to talk things through further. You can book this via the 'book intro call' button at the top of this page, or you can email me here.
Once we've had an initial chat, we will then book in your first therapy session. This first session will give us a chance to talk about the issues you'd like support with in more detail & helps us to make sure the support I offer is right for you at this time.
Training, qualifications & experience
Primary qualification:
- MA Dramatherapy: 2014-2016- University of Derby (HCPC regulated)
Additional relevant qualifications:
- Cacao Practitioner Training: 2024- Keith's Cacao
- 200 hours Hatha Yoga Teacher Training: 2015- Shiva Yoga Peeth
Additional relevant training:
- Who Defends the Queer Child?- British Association of Dramatherapists
- Nature Connectedness and Mental Health- University of Derby
- Mindfulness for Wellbeing- Monash University
- Addressing Postnatal Depression as a Healthcare Professional- University of Exeter
- Self-Care in the Age of Burnout- British Association of Dramatherapists
- Adult Safeguarding- Training Exchange
- Working with Relational Trauma- Carolyn Spring
- Mental Health and The Body: Treating Trauma- Carolyn Spring
- Online and Telephone Counselling- Counselling Tutor
- Suicide First Aid (ASIST)- LivingWorks
- Advanced Helpline Skills- Helplines Partnership
- Working with Abuse in LGBTQ+ Populations- Women's Aid and Galop
- The LGBTQ+ Population and Homelessness- Stonewall Housing
- Understanding Violence Against Women and Girls- University of Strathclyde
Relevant Work Experience:
- Carrot Fertility- Emotional Support Consultant (emotional support- EMEA region) (2025-present)
- Elk&Ether- Arts Psychotherapist (2023-current)
- The Fire Fighter's Charity- Psychological Therapist (2021-2024)
- Intercom Trust- LGBTQ+ Practitioner (2018-2021)
- Revenge Porn (image-based abuse) Helpline- Helpline Practitioner (2017-2018)
- Royds Hall Secondary School and Nottingham Carers Federation- Trainee Dramatherapist (2014-2016)
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 HCPC are an independent, UK-wide health regulator. They set standards of professional training, performance and conduct for 16 professions.
They keep a register of health professionals who meet their standards, and they take action if registered health professionals fall below those standards. They were created by a piece of legislation called the Health Professions Order 2001.
Registration means that a health professional meets national standards for their professional training, performance and conduct.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas I have experience & specialist knowledge of:
- PMS (premenstrual syndrome) and PME (premenstrual exacerbation)
- Image-based abuse (revenge porn)
- Expanded states of consciousness & psychedelic integration
- Cacao-Assisted Psychotherapy (for more information, please visit our website)
Therapies offered
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Fees
From £65.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Initial chat-phone call: free of charge (15 mins)
1-1 psychotherapy session- online or in person: £65 (50 mins)
1-1 cacao-assisted psychotherapy session- online or in person: £75 (60 mins)
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