About me
Sometimes knowing what we would like to change doesn't feel enough. We can get stuck wondering what to do next and frustrated with ourselves for still doing the same things. Maybe you have felt this way for some time, or a recent event has highlighted that something needs to change.
Some experiences can be harder to name, such as feeling responsible for others, struggling to know what you need, being hard on yourself or wondering why certain situations affect you so strongly.
How I work
I offer trauma-informed, relational therapy for adults over 18. In therapy, we gently notice what is happening in your thoughts, feelings and the ways you relate to yourself and others. By becoming curious about how these responses developed and how they may have helped you cope, stay connected or feel safer, we can begin to understand why they might make sense.
As patterns become more understandable, we can begin to notice the small and meaningful gap between what happens and how you respond — a space that can easily pass unnoticed. Exploring what happens within that gap can help us see what pulls you towards familiar responses, while also making room to discover what else might be possible. Choices that may have previously felt unavailable.
You don't need to know why you feel as you do. We can begin with what is happening for you now and explore together at a pace that feels manageable.
My approach is integrative, relational and somatically informed. I work with anxiety, trauma and complex trauma, emotional neglect, relationship and attachment difficulties, people pleasing, low self-worth, shame, intrusive thoughts, loss and bereavement.
I offer a free 30-minute initial consultation, giving us an opportunity to meet and see whether working together feels right for you.
Training, qualifications & experience
Qualifications
CPCAB Level 6 Diploma in Clinical Supervision
CPCAB Level 5 Advanced Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling
CPCAB Level 5 Advanced Diploma in Somatic Informed Trauma Therapy
CPCAB Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
Certificate in Adoption Support Counselling
Selected Continuing Professional Development
I undertake regular continuing professional development to support and deepen my trauma-informed, relational and integrative practice. Selected training includes:
• Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR) – ongoing training, completed Levels 1 and 2
• Relational and developmental trauma
• Trauma, dissociation and recovery
• Somatic approaches to trauma
• Attachment and relational patterns
• Emotional neglect
• Working with shame and self-criticism
• Childhood sexual abuse
• Polyvagal theory and nervous system regulation
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and intrusive thoughts
• Adoption, attachment and developmental experience
My ongoing professional development reflects my particular interest in understanding how earlier experiences, relationships and adaptations can continue to shape the way we experience ourselves and relate to others in adulthood.
I am fully insured and am an Accredited Member of the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP)
I have worked with young people in school and college settings and volunteered with a local adult mental health charity.
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.
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
£70.00 per session
Free initial in-person, telephone or online session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Free Initial (no obligation) 30 minute consultation
60 minute consultation £70
When I work
Daytime and evening appointments available on weekdays
Further information
My office is based at my home address in Buckingham.
