About me
Many people come to therapy feeling exhausted from trying to hold everything together.
Sometimes this can look like anxiety, overwhelm, anger, sadness, relationship difficulties, feeling emotionally “stuck,” or repeatedly finding yourself in patterns that no longer feel helpful or safe. At other times, it can simply feel like a quiet sense that something is missing — that despite coping, functioning, and doing your best, life feels harder, emptier, or more disconnected than you would like it to.
Therapy offers a space to slow things down and make sense of your experiences at your own pace.
I work relationally and believe that feeling genuinely heard, understood and emotionally safe is central to meaningful therapeutic work. I aim to offer a warm, thoughtful and non-judgemental space where difficult feelings, experiences and relationships can be explored with honesty, curiosity and care.
I have experience working with individuals, couples and families across a wide range of emotional and psychological difficulties, including trauma, anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, low self-esteem, loss, emotional overwhelm, and experiences of feeling misunderstood or disconnected — both from others and from yourself.
My approach is integrative, meaning I draw from different therapeutic models depending on your individual needs, including relational, systemic and cognitive behavioural approaches. However, more than any particular model, I value the therapeutic relationship itself and the importance of creating a space where people feel able to bring the parts of themselves, they may struggle to share elsewhere.
Before retraining as a therapist, I spent over 25 years working within the business and software industry. This gives me an understanding of the pressures many people experience in professional environments — including stress, responsibility, burnout, identity, high-functioning coping, and the tension between appearing “fine” externally whilst struggling internally.
Alongside private practice, I work within specialist trauma services supporting survivors of sexual violence and related abuse. This work has further deepened my understanding of the impact trauma can have on relationships, identity, emotional wellbeing and the nervous system.
I believe therapy is not about being “fixed,” but about creating the conditions where understanding, change, healing and reconnection can become possible.
Training, qualifications & experience
Qualifications Awarded:
BSc (Hons) Psychotherapeutic Integrative Counselling
PGCert Systemic and Family Therapy – Anglia Ruskin University
PGCert Health & Social Care (Psychosis & Recovery) – University of Nottingham
Certificate in Reflective Clinical Supervision
Certificate in Supervision
Trauma-focused training includes:
TF-CBT (including CYP PTSD)
CATT (Children’s Accelerated Trauma Therapy)
PACE
NSPCC LTFI Practitioner Training
Ongoing Training:
Advanced Practitioner Certificate in Parent-Child Therapy
Certificate in Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Certificate in Art Therapy Skills (Children & Adolescents)
Certificate in Neurodiversity working with children and families
Somatic Trauma Therapy (with Babette Rothschild)
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
Therapies offered
Fees
£40.00 - £65.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Currently all sessions are held online using Zoom.
I can provide the details and links to using this app providing you have a mobile phone or P.C/laptop that will run this type of app.
Counselling
Individual - £50.00 per session (60 mins)
Couples - £60.00 per session (60 mins)
- £80.00 per session (90 mins)
Families - £80.00 per session (90 mins - upto 4 attendees)
Trainee counsellors - £40.00 per session
Supervision
Students - £40.00 per session
Qualified therapist - £50.00 per session
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Further information
I offer both short-term and long-term therapy.
As I am unable to answer the phone whilst in sessions, please contact me via email or leave a voicemail and I will aim to respond within 24 hours.
I am a registered member of the BACP and work within their ethical framework. This includes attending regular clinical supervision to support safe, reflective and ethical practice.
At the heart of my work is an awareness that people’s experiences, relationships and difficulties do not exist in isolation. Culture, race, religion, gender, sexuality, class, family experiences and wider societal influences can all shape how we experience ourselves and the world around us.
I value working with curiosity, sensitivity and respect for each person’s unique story and identity. I recognise that cultural, moral, spiritual and community values may play an important role in how people make sense of themselves, their relationships and the changes they may wish to make in their lives.
My role is not to make assumptions or impose beliefs, but to offer a thoughtful, collaborative and reflective space where these experiences can be explored safely and openly.
