About me
Choosing a counsellor can sometimes feel like a big step. With over 20 years of experience working with the body, I bring a collaborative approach that honours both mind and body, recognising that emotional experiences are not only thought about, but also felt and held within us.
Beginning a journey of self-discovery and healing can be challenging, particularly in the fast-paced world we live in. I offer a confidential, non-judgemental space where you are supported at your own pace. My aim is to empower you to navigate life’s challenges while maintaining your autonomy, agency, and sense of self.
In our work together, we explore not only your thoughts and emotions, but also how stress, anxiety, and past experiences may be stored in the body. Early life experiences, particularly our first relationships, can shape an internal blueprint for how we relate to ourselves and others. These attachment patterns are often held somatically, influencing how safe we feel in connection, how we manage closeness or distance, and how our nervous system responds under stress. Through gentle somatic awareness, we begin to notice where emotions live in the body, how they show up, and what they may be communicating.
I work from an integrative therapeutic background, drawing on all major counselling theories, with a particular emphasis on attachment theory and somatic work. Together, we explore how early relational experiences may continue to influence present-day patterns in relationships, emotional regulation, and self-worth. This work is always paced carefully, supporting both understanding and embodied processing, rather than re-living or overwhelming the nervous system.
Therapy does not have to feel groundbreaking or overwhelming. It can be as simple as developing curiosity about your patterns of behaviour, your emotional responses, and the ways you learned to adapt in order to feel safe or connected. You lead the process, and together we work with whatever you bring into the room, without pressure or expectation.
With a specialist interest in the vagus nerve and nervous system regulation, I support clients in building greater capacity for safety, connection, and emotional regulation. This can be particularly helpful for those with attachment wounds, anxiety, or trauma, where the nervous system has learned to stay on high alert or to shut down. Somatic work offers a gentle way to process unheld or unprocessed emotions when talking alone feels difficult, allowing the body to release what it has been carrying.
I have extensive experience working with anxiety and pain, including work within the mental health field abroad. I work with clients experiencing anxiety, depression, trauma, attachment difficulties, existential concerns, and a wide range of emotional and relational challenges.
My own experience of therapy was profoundly transformative and became the catalyst for my training as a counsellor. Having walked this path myself, I bring empathy, attunement, and deep respect for the courage it takes to begin.
Please contact me on 07931 552 508 to have a preliminary conversation to see if we are a good fit.
Training, qualifications & experience
- BSc (Hons) & MSc
- Advanced Diploma in Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy.
- Level 5 Attachment Theory Diploma
- Level 5 Somatic therapy for Trauma
- Trauma Informed Certificate
- Certificate in Attachment and Trauma
- Polyvagal practitioner
- Breathwork practitioner
- TA101
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 per session
Additional information
I offer a free 15 minute introductory call for you to decide if we are a good fit.
When I work
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I work face to face and online. Online appointments offer more flexibility of day and time.
