About me
Welcome. I’m an Integrative Psychotherapist, registered with the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) and a Senior Accredited Member of the National Counselling Society. For over twenty-five years I’ve worked in mental health and psychological wellbeing, supporting individuals through complex and often deeply personal challenges.
My approach is known for being both grounded and compassionate. I work extensively with anxiety, trauma, panic and stress-related concerns, depression, eating disorders, obsessive–compulsive presentations, post-traumatic and post-adoption issues, and relational difficulties. Many clients also come to me when long-standing patterns begin to limit their lives, personally or professionally.
Beginning therapy is rarely a quick decision. For some, arriving here follows months—or years—of private contemplation; for others it’s a more immediate moment of realisation that something needs to change. It’s common to feel uncertain about who to trust, what qualifications matter, or how therapy actually works in practice. My intention is that this site gives you a sense of my background and approach, so you can make a considered choice.
I currently work online from London and Gower and practise in line with the UKCP Code of Ethics. I am fully insured.
Integrative work brings together several psychotherapeutic models so that our work is tailored to you rather than fitting you into one theoretical method. My practice is trauma-informed and includes somatic and mindfulness-based approaches. Over recent years I have moved my practice online, and clients frequently tell me the depth of work available through secure video sessions feels both effective and unexpectedly personal.
Our first meeting focuses on what you want to change or understand, and clarifies whether a counselling or psychotherapy process is most appropriate. Counselling can be useful for a defined issue. Psychotherapy typically moves at greater depth and over a longer time frame. I offer both short-term and long-term work.
If we decide to work together, sessions take place weekly for 50 minutes. The initial six sessions form an assessment period and may also focus on immediate concerns—such as managing acute anxiety. The technical aspects of how I work matter less than whether you feel understood, safe enough to explore, and confident that together we can create meaningful change.
Some clients begin with a clear focus. Others arrive simply with a sense that life is not as they hoped—and want to understand what lies beneath that feeling. Either is a valuable starting point.
Training, qualifications & experience
Member of the UKCP Register of psychotherapists
Postgraduate Diploma in Contemporary Trauma Practice (Relational Change- Oxford 2018)
Fundamentals of Supervision Certificate, Psychotherapeutic Supervision Certificate, Group Supervision Certificate - Bath CSTD
Senior Accredited Member of the National Counselling Society (2016)
Postgraduate Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy from the Welsh Psychotherapy Partnership (2014)
Diploma Arts in Therapy and Education (IATE 2007)
Cert. Community Mental Health (1999)
BA Hons English/Philosophy (1992)
I work within the UKCP code of Ethics.
Twenty five years experience working in the field of mental health across a range of settings: Community, In-patient, University, Private Practice
Currently training in transpersonal and depth psychology - Grof Legacy Training
Participant in Bernardo Kastrup's global Analytic Idealism forum: With Reality in Mind https://www.withrealityinmind.com
Psychotherapist in private practice since 2012
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 UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) is a leading professional body for the education, training and regulation of psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors. Its register is accredited by the government's Professional Standards Authority.
As part of its commitment to protect the public, it works to improve access to psychotherapy, to support and disseminate research, to improve standards and to respond effectively to complaints against its members.
UKCP standards cover the range of different psychotherapies. Registration is obtained by training or accrediting with one of its member organisations, or by holding a European Certificate in Psychotherapy. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
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
Therapies offered
Fees
£60.00 - £100.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
My pricing scale reflects my clients' varied contexts.
I charge £60 per weekly 50 minute session as a concessionary rate to increase accessibility.
Supervision fees - concession until UKCP registration in 2026, please contact me to discuss further.
When I work
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Further information
- Worked as Mental Health Adviser for the University of Wales, Trinity Saint David until 2015.
- Previously Mental Health Coordinator at Swansea University for 8 years. Completed a therapy placement at Swansea University in the Wellbeing department 2011 and completed a second placement with Y Cwmni Siarad (The Talking Company) in 2012
- Co-facilitated the 8 week Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) course (2012)
- Delivered mental health awareness training in a range of settings since 1997 and individual psycho-educational sessions.
- Worked as a mental health advocate across a range of inpatient units across South Wales from 2001-6.
- Other varied experience in specialist mental health housing support & user participation projects (1990s)
- Passed the MITI assessment (Motivational Interviewing Treatment Integrity) -2012- in order to work for the WILMA research project for the NHS and Cardiff University as a Motivational Interviewer. This is an additional and effective short term approach that many people find useful to support their motivation and ability to change difficult habitual behaviours.
- Research interest in working therapeutically with people who experience psychosis, particularly phase specific interventions.
- Lead contributor to the development of Digital & Social Policy for Welsh Psychotherapy Partnership and have ongoing research interests in this area.
- Delivered training on the Ethics of Digital and Social Media use for student psychotherapists at WPP (2016).
- Previously Co-director of CARP collaborations - a Wales based social enterprise building community capacity and cohesion.
