About me
You may already understand a lot about yourself. You might know where certain patterns come from, recognise what happens in relationships, or even know what you would like to change. Yet knowing and being able to do something differently aren’t always the same thing.
Many of the people I work with feel stuck somewhere between the two.
You may have spent years adapting to what other people needed or expected of you. Perhaps you’ve become good at coping, achieving or keeping things together, while underneath there is a sense that something doesn’t quite fit. Relationships may keep bringing up the same feelings. You may question yourself, overthink decisions, pull away when things become difficult, or find yourself responding in ways you understand afterwards but struggle to change in the moment.
I don’t see therapy as being about fixing you or telling you how you should live. My approach is calm, curious and collaborative. Together, we can begin to understand what sits underneath the way you think, feel and respond — including the experiences, relationships and beliefs that may have shaped you.
Sometimes the patterns that cause difficulty now began as ways of coping, protecting yourself or maintaining relationships. Understanding that can create space for something different. Not becoming a different person, but having more freedom to decide what still belongs in your life and what no longer needs to.
I work with adults and couples, both in person and online, and also offer walking therapy outdoors. My work often explores relationships and attachment, identity, shame, emotional regulation, loss and the experience of feeling stuck despite understanding yourself.
You don’t need to arrive knowing exactly what you want from therapy. We can start with what is happening now and understand it together.
Perhaps the most important change isn’t becoming someone new. It’s finding your way back to yourself.
Training, qualifications & experience
Training, qualifications & experience
My original training is in person-centred counselling, and this remains the foundation of how I work. I believe people need to feel genuinely heard and understood before meaningful exploration and change can take place.
Over time, my practice has developed into a more integrative way of working. I draw on additional training and learning around attachment, developmental trauma, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), mindfulness-based approaches and emotional regulation. This helps us explore not only what is happening now, but how earlier experiences, relationships and ways of protecting yourself may still influence how you respond today.
Qualifications and professional development include:
Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling – Person-Centred Approach
BACP registered member
Trauma-informed practice and developmental trauma
Attachment theory and relationship patterns
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Mindfulness-based approaches
Gottman Method Couples Therapy – Level 1
Ongoing professional development in identity, shame and emotional regulation
My experience includes working with adults and couples around relationships, attachment, identity, shame, grief, emotional regulation, intrusive thoughts and the experience of feeling stuck in patterns that can be understood intellectually but remain difficult to change.
I also have extensive professional experience within the Emergency Services and have trained as a Peer Support Mentor. This gives me a particular understanding of environments where people may be expected to remain capable, composed and functional while carrying considerably more underneath. I work with people from the emergency services and other demanding professional backgrounds, alongside clients from a wide range of occupations and life experiences.
I don’t believe one therapeutic model provides every answer. The relationship between us remains central, while different ideas and approaches can help us make sense of what you are experiencing. The aim isn’t to fit you into a theory, but to understand you well enough that the work becomes useful to you.
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
My work often explores the patterns beneath what someone is experiencing — how earlier relationships and experiences can shape identity, self-belief, emotional responses and the way we relate to others.
Rather than trying to turn you into a different version of yourself, our work is about understanding what has developed, what may once have protected you, and what now leaves you feeling stuck.
I work in a calm, curious and sometimes gently challenging way, helping you understand yourself more clearly and find a way forward that feels more like you.
Therapies offered
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Fees
£80.00 - £245.00
Additional information
If something in this profile resonates, you’re welcome to make contact and we can explore whether working together feels right.
- 121 sessions in person & online 50mim £80
- Walking / outdoor sessions 90min £90
- Couples session 50min £110
- Couples session 90min £140
- 2hr Relationship Mediation Session £200
- 6hr guided relationship Mediation £550
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Further information
I don’t believe therapy is about telling you how to live your life or trying to turn you into somebody different. Often, people already have far more understanding than they realise; what feels difficult is getting beyond the patterns, expectations or experiences that have left them feeling stuck.
My way of working is calm, conversational and curious. I’ll give you space to think and speak openly, but I won’t simply sit back and leave you to make sense of everything alone. At times I’ll notice patterns, ask questions or gently challenge something when I think it may help us understand what’s happening beneath the surface.
We may explore earlier experiences and relationships, but not simply for the sake of looking backwards. The important question is how those experiences might still be shaping the way you see yourself, respond emotionally, make decisions or relate to other people now.
Sessions can take place face-to-face in Weeton, online, or outdoors through walking therapy. However we meet, the relationship we build and having somewhere you can be genuinely yourself matters more to me than following a particular technique.
You don’t need to have everything figured out before you start. Sometimes the first step is simply beginning the conversation.
