About me
Are you feeling constantly on edge, overwhelmed, or quietly burning out?
When life piles up—whether it’s high-pressure demands, relationship strain, navigating neurodiversity, or healing from emotional abuse—it’s easy to slip into survival mode. You might look like you're holding everything together on the outside while feeling exhausted, disconnected, or weighed down by loneliness on the inside.
Reaching out isn’t about being "broken"; it’s about giving yourself the dedicated space, clarity, and practical tools to regain balance.
How I Work
I offer a calm, grounded, and non-judgmental space to help you untangle what’s going on under the surface. My approach blends reflective exploration with down-to-earth tools you can apply immediately:
- Making Sense of the Noise: Exploring the root causes of anxiety, anger, low mood, or feelings of dissociation and detachment without clinical jargon.
- Practical Regulation: Learning real-time techniques to soothe your nervous system when stress peaks or executive overwhelm takes over.
- Rebuilding Clarity & Boundaries: Identifying what you genuinely need so you can set firm boundaries, overcome self-doubt, and stop running on empty.
Areas I Work With Most Often
- Anxiety, Stress & Burnout: Managing high-stress loads, chronic worry, panic, and mental exhaustion.
- ADHD & Neurodiversity Support: Navigating late-discovery ADHD, executive dysfunction, masking, sensory overload, and burnout in a neuro-affirming space.
- Low Self-Confidence & Imposter Syndrome: Quieting harsh self-criticism, moving past self-doubt, and building stable, authentic self-worth.
Relationship Difficulties, Betrayal & Abuse: Processing relationship breakdown, affairs, breach of trust, or the lingering impact of emotional manipulation. - Depression, Loneliness & Dissociation: Breaking the cycle of low mood, working through feelings of isolation, and feeling safe and present in your body again.
- Men’s Mental Health & Life Transitions: Navigating work/family pressures, identity shifts, fatherhood, and the silent burden of "carrying it all."
Taking the First Step
The therapeutic relationship is the foundation of effective counselling. To see if we’re a good fit, I offer a free, informal 20-minute phone or video consultation.
Send me a quick message or email, and we can arrange a time to discuss what you're facing.
Training, qualifications & experience
My Qualifications & Professional Standings:
- BACP Accredited: Registered and Accredited Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.
- NCPS Accredited: Accredited Member of the National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society.
- Experience: Over 5,000 clinically supervised hours of practice.
- Integrative Psychotherapist: Level 4 CPCAB Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling.
- CBT & ACT Specialist: Diplomas in both Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).
- CPCAB Level 3 Qualified Counselling Tutor.
- Qualified Mindfulness Teacher and Diploma in Mindfulness.
- Specialist Training: Diplomas in Trauma, Psychodynamic and Gestalt Therapy.
- Philosophical Integration: Diploma in Stoic Philosophy( The origins of CBT and ACT)
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 National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society This Not For Profit association of counsellors and psychotherapists aim to support the counselling profession, members and training organisations. In 2013 the NCS register was accredited by the Professional Standards Authority under the Accredited Voluntary Register Scheme. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
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
I offer psychological education as I firmly believe that science-backed knowledge is the key to driving real change. By learning the mechanics of your mental health, you move from being a passive observer of your distress to an active participant in your recovery. This understanding helps you gain "distance"—the ability to observe a feeling without being consumed by it.
Ultimately, when you understand the science of your mind, you gain more control, the confidence to lead yourself forward, and the expertise to become the authority on your own life.
Therapies offered
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Fees
£55.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I offer both face-to-face and online sessions to suit your needs.
My in-person practice is based at Maple Leaf Counselling, Illshaw Heath Road, Hockley Heath, B94 6RX. The rooms are comfortable and private, set in a calm environment with plenty of parking on-site. For remote therapy, I conduct all sessions via Google Meet, providing a secure way to connect from your own space.
- Face-to-Face: £55.00 per session.
- Online Sessions: £50 per session.
I offer a free, no-obligation 20-minute consultation to see if we are the right fit. I look forward to hearing from you.
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