About me
I'm an integrative counsellor and community grief tender, with particular focus in four areas:
Trauma, Abuse & Neglect: Trauma lives in the body, shaping how we relate to ourselves, others and the world. My work isn't about "fixing" - you're not broken - it's about understanding and integrating traumatic experiences and relationships, so you can find safety and steadiness in your life. I'm completing an Advanced Certificate in Trauma Therapy and work part-time as a Trauma Stabilisation Worker with women experiencing complex trauma. Many clients I see have PTSD or C-PTSD.
Grief: Grief isn't only about bereavement, it can be loneliness, relationship breakdown, painful life experiences, or collective grief like climate loss. It's often too heavy to carry alone. I'll sit with you in your distress, rage and despair, so you don't have to face it by yourself.
Neurodivergence: Most of my clients are neurodivergent, navigating a world not designed for them. Together we unpack the belief that something is "wrong" with you, build tools that genuinely support you and strengthen your confidence to advocate for yourself.
LGBTQIA+ Clients: Therapy asks you to be vulnerable and you shouldn't also have to explain or justify your queerness while doing it. I offer a space where you're accepted as you are, without needing to educate me first.
How I Work
I work alongside you, with warmth, care and without judgement, taking a holistic approach that welcomes all of you: your identities, thoughts, feelings and body.
As an integrative counsellor, I draw on different approaches, depending on what serves you best. Alongside talking therapy, I sometimes use simple embodied practices, like writing, movement and tracking bodily sensation, to help surface what's outside of conscious awareness.
My practice is intersectional and anti-oppressive, geared towards facing exclusion and injustice in ways that feel empowering to you, while affirming the strengths and joy your identity brings.
I work relationally: the relationship we build is central to you feeling safe, respected and understood, and I welcome your feedback on how it feels to work together.
Training, qualifications & experience
Training & Qualifications:
- Level 7 Diploma in Integrative Counselling
- Advanced Certificate in Trauma Therapy (ongoing)
- Certificate in Wild Therapy
- Grief Tending in Community
- Registered with British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)
- Registered Reflective Parenting Group Practitioner (Anna Freud)
Professional Experience:
My whole career has been in the charity sector, with the last ten years focused on mental health and wellbeing. This includes:
- Counselling and trauma stabilisation for women and young people (Social Interest Group, Brighton Women's Centre, DePaul UK)
- Community grief tending: online for genderqueer people, in person for anyone grieving
- Reflective parenting groups for kinship carers and fathers linked to perinatal mental health services (Anna Freud)
- Managing therapeutic provision in schools/colleges (Mind) and for families with under-5s (Anna Freud)
- Managing humanitarian programmes for refugees in the Middle East (War Child UK, ActionAid, International Service, UN Women)
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
- Anxiety and depression
- Low self-esteem / self-confidence and shame
- Relationships, family issues, communication and attachment styles
- Isolation, despair and existential concerns
- Systemic oppression and discrimination (e.g. transphobia, sexism, racism)
Therapies offered
Fees
£60.00 - £90.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I operate a sliding scale of £60 - £90 and ask clients to decide what they can afford to pay.
Currently my concessionary slots are full but please email me to be added to my waiting list.
When I work
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Further information
Practicalities about my way of working
You can choose to have sessions online via Zoom, in a therapy room, or outdoors in Brighton.
Working outdoors can support your wellbeing in a different way, with fresh air, movement and the space and calm that come from being in nature and connecting with the other-than-human (trees, plants, animals, sea, sky).
I offer short-term therapy (minimum 12 weeks), long-term and open-ended therapy.
Getting started
I offer a free 15-minute phone call before we begin, so you can ask any questions you may have about counselling and how I work, to get a sense of if I am the right therapist for you.
If you decide to proceed, we will then have an initial 50-minute consultation. This is a space to explore what has brought you to counselling and what you hope to gain from it, and to get a sense of whether working together feels like a good fit. This session is charged at the agreed session rate.
If we choose to continue together, sessions are 50 minutes, held weekly at the same time and day. Sessions are led by you and whatever feels most important to bring on that day.
