About me
I am a warm, experienced and professionally trained psychotherapist with over a decade of clinical experience across inpatient and outpatient services, including residential addiction treatment centres, trauma clinics, higher education, the charity sector and my own private practice.
I work with adults experiencing a wide range of emotional, psychological and relational difficulties. Alongside trauma (acute, chronic and complex), PTSD, CPTSD, dissociation, attachment difficulties, anxiety and depression, I also support clients navigating patterns such as perfectionism, persistent self-criticism, people-pleasing, relational and communication difficulties, boundary challenges, low self-worth, shame and addiction. Many clients come to therapy feeling stuck in patterns that are no longer helpful, even when they understand them intellectually and want things to change
In my work, I support individuals who may feel overwhelmed, stuck in repeated relational dynamics, or caught in survival-based patterns such as fight, flight, freeze or fawn. You may notice that certain emotional or behavioural responses arise automatically, particularly in relationships or under stress, even when they feel out of proportion to the present situation. My focus is on helping you develop greater awareness, regulation and choice, so these patterns no longer feel as controlling or limiting.
My Approach:
I offer an integrative, trauma-informed and relational approach tailored to your individual needs. The work is collaborative and paced carefully, with an emphasis on establishing a sense of stability and containment.
My practice draws on:
Person-centred therapy (empathy, authenticity and unconditional positive regard)
Psychodynamic and psychoanalytic perspectives
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Polyvagal-informed approaches
Somatic Experiencing
Nervous system psychoeducation
I specialise in body-centred and nervous system-informed work. Difficult experiences are not only understood cognitively but are also held within the body and reflected in patterns of regulation, emotion and relating. For this reason, I prioritise stabilisation and nervous system regulation as a foundation for deeper therapeutic work.
Psychoeducation is often an important part of therapy. Understanding how the nervous system, attachment patterns and early experiences shape our responses can reduce shame and support self-compassion. Rather than seeing yourself as “broken” or flawed, you may begin to recognise adaptive strategies that once helped you survive, even if they now feel limiting.
Areas I Work With:
Trauma (acute, chronic and complex)
PTSD and CPTSD
Dissociation
Emotional, physical, sexual and narcissistic abuse
Developmental and relational trauma
Attachment and relational patterns
Perfectionism, self-criticism and people-pleasing
Boundaries and interpersonal difficulties
Communication patterns in relationships
Anxiety, depression and chronic stress
Nervous system dysregulation
Addiction and recovery
Identity, self-worth and shame
What You Can Expect:
I aim to provide a grounded, compassionate and non-judgemental space where you feel respected, understood and met as a whole person. My approach is rooted in respect for the ways you have adapted and coped, even when those strategies have become burdensome.
Training, qualifications & experience
Level 2 Sensorimotor Psychotherapy for Developmental & Relational Injury- Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute 2025- present
Healing Developmental Trauma (one day summit) - The Embody Lab 2025
Somatic Attachment Healing (one day summit)- The Embody Lab 2025
Breathwork and Movement Therapy for Trauma Therapy (one day summit)- The Embody Lab -2024
IFS intuitive drawing workshop (foundation) - Ruth Culver - May 2023
Somatic Experiencing, level 3 (Advanced) - SOS Internationale - 2022- ongoing
Somatic Experiencing, Level 2 (Intermediate) - SOS Internationale – 2021 - 2022
Somatic Experiencing, Level 1 - SOS Internationale - 2020 - 2021
Trauma Research Foundation's Certificate Program in Traumatic Stress Studies, Pesi, Bessel van Der Kolk - 2021- ongoing
Foundation in Dance Movement Psychotherapy - Goldsmiths University - 2020-2021
Somatic Experiencing Introduction - SOS Internationale - 2020
Internal Family Systems Module 1 (level 1) - IFS UK – 2020- 2021
Internal Family Systems Introduction - IFS UK - 2020
Introductory workshop - The focusing institute - Dr. Greg Madison - 2019
Level 1: SP for the Treatment of Trauma - Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute 2018
Working with Dissociative Disorders in Clinical Practice - Carolyn Spring - 2019
Polyvagal Theory in Therapy Workshop - Deb Dana - Khiron House, Oxfordshire - 2019
Master Practitioner Training in Eating Disorders and Obesity - National Centre for Eating Disorders, London - 2019
MSc Counselling Psychology, 2016- 2018
Compassionate Inquiry - Gabor Mate. 2018.
Developing Effective Group Facilitation - Gestalt Centre - 2018.
BSc Psychology - 2005- 2008
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.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£70.00 - £80.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I have a limited number of concession spaces. This is a £10 reduction on my fee. Concession rates are offered on a case by case basis. Please contact me if you would like to discuss your eligibility.
Payment is by bank transfer prior to the session. Cancellations are sometimes unavoidable however clients are requested to give a minimum of 48 hours notice to avoid the fees for the session being chargeable.
When I work
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Further information
The links below provide some further information about the approaches I draw on in my work:
Somatic experiencing : https://sosinternationale.org/about-se
Internal Family Systems : https://ifs-institute.com
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy : https://sensorimotorpsychotherapy.org
