About me
Have you ever wanted help but struggled to find the right words?
Maybe talking feels overwhelming, intimidating, or even triggering. Perhaps you’ve tried counselling before but didn’t feel truly heard or understood.
You might be:
Experiencing anxiety, depression, or work-related stress
Living with a mental health condition, personality disorder, or neurodivergence
Processing trauma, harm, or distressing life events
Exploring your gender, sexuality, or identity
Navigating family challenges or feeling like something in life just doesn’t sit right
Or maybe you simply want to be seen and heard for who you are.
As a HCPC-registered Art Therapist with a background in talking therapies, I offer a unique blend of both—combining creative expression with therapeutic conversation to explore whatever you bring to the space.
Why Art Therapy?
You don’t need to be “good” at art to benefit. Art therapy isn’t an art class—it’s a space to connect with your inner world using materials like paint, clay, collage, beading and more. The process can help you:
Express things that feel too difficult to say out loud
Regulate emotions while exploring painful or complex experiences
Understand and shift unhelpful patterns of thought and behaviour
Connect with your inner child and rediscover a sense of play
Boost self-esteem and improve your relationship with yourself
Rewire neural pathways and support trauma recovery
Access parts of your subconscious that talk therapy alone might not reach
Art therapy can be especially powerful for people who find traditional talking therapies difficult—for example, those who are neurodivergent, struggle with eye contact, or prefer nonlinear ways of thinking and expression.
How I Work
I use an integrative model, drawing from a range of approaches including:
Person-centred and psychodynamic counselling
Transactional analysis and inner child therapy
Techniques from Gestalt, CBT, mindfulness, and drama therapy
At the heart of my practice is a humanistic approach—I believe you are the expert on your life, and therapy is about empowering you to reconnect with your own inner resources and wisdom.
My Experience
With 9 years working in trauma services, I offer a deeply trauma-informed practice. This includes:
Supporting regulation and safety during sessions
Recognising and working with trauma-related conditions such as PTSD, complex PTSD, BPD, and anxiety disorders
Working with survivors of sexual violence, domestic abuse, and childhood abuse
Supporting young people with developmental trauma impacting emotional, social, or psychological growth
As a queer therapist, I also specialise in Gender, Sexual and Romantic Diversity (GSRD). I work with LGBTQIA+ individuals, people in ethically non-monogamous relationships, those exploring kink or BDSM, and anyone who feels outside mainstream relationship or identity norms.
For Trainee Therapists & Supervisees
Alongside my private practice, I’m a Lecturer at a prominent university in Manchester, where I train the next generation of counsellors and therapists. I offer both talking and art-based supervision, using the Seven-Eyed Model to help supervisees explore their unconscious processes and ethical practice. My strong grounding in the BACP framework makes me a supportive and insightful supervisor.
Training, qualifications & experience
- MA Art Psychotherapy
- BA (Hons) Counselling
- Diploma in Transactional Analysis
- Post Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) (teaching qualification)
I am committed to continuously developing as a therapist, which includes engaging in training, attending conferences and events, and maintaining up to date understanding of research and development within the fields of counselling and mental health. This has included:
- Trauma and Abuse
- Developmental Trauma and Brain Impairment
- Gender, Sexual and Romantic Diversity (GSRD) including LGBTQIA+ community, ethical non-monogamy and kink
- Neuorodivergence
- Mental Health
- Personality Disorders
- Inner Child Therapy
And more...
Previous experience as a therapist includes The Blue Door (formerly Grimsby & Scunthorpe Rape Crisis), The Haven Trauma Service at Barnardo's, Grimsby Carers Service and Blackburn College.
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 HCPC are an independent, UK-wide health regulator. They set standards of professional training, performance and conduct for 16 professions.
They keep a register of health professionals who meet their standards, and they take action if registered health professionals fall below those standards. They were created by a piece of legislation called the Health Professions Order 2001.
Registration means that a health professional meets national standards for their professional training, performance and conduct.
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Fees
£45.00 - £70.00
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Further information
I offer an initial meeting session for 1 hour at a reduced price of £30, where we can meet each other, discuss your needs and hopes for therapy, so you can decide if we are a good fit. If we continue therapy, number of sessions is open-ended, but we will arrange reviews every few weeks to check in on progress and make any changes you may need
I am available to deliver training, talks and/or workshops to groups upon request. I have previously delivered similar events for Leeds Beckett University, Rainbow Therapy in Scotland, Humberside Police, North East Lincolnshire Council, Blackburn College, Edge Hill University, The Blue Door, Barnardo's and UCEN Manchester.
Previous topics/workshops have included: Trauma-informed practice, Emergency Self-Care Toolkits, Storytelling in Art Therapy, LGBTQIA+ experiences, Working with Neurodivergence, Responding to Survivors of Abuse, Using Art in Higher Education, Power in Therapy with Marginalised Groups, BDSM and Therapy. Other topics are available upon request.
