About me
I am an integrative psychotherapeutic counsellor based in Bristol, with a particular interest in relationships and how we connect with others. I work with couples, family pairs, friends, and individuals who want to better understand themselves and their relational patterns. I am LGBTQIA+ affirming and welcome all forms of relationship.
Relationships can be deeply meaningful, but when communication breaks down, trust is shaken, or patterns become stuck, they can also feel painful and confusing. I provide a calm, balanced and non-judgmental space where we can slow things down and explore what’s happening beneath the surface.
In relationship therapy (more than one client), we focus on understanding the cycle you find yourselves caught in — rather than deciding who is right or wrong. Together we explore recurring patterns, underlying emotions and unmet needs, while practising new ways of responding to one another. Progress often looks like less intense conflict, feeling more heard, repairing more quickly after disagreements, and increasing emotional closeness.
In individual therapy, I offer a reflective space to explore relationship difficulties, identity, life decisions, workplace dynamics, or repeating patterns you may not fully understand. My integrative approach draws on systemic, narrative, psychodynamic and Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT), combining emotional depth with practical tools for meaningful change.
I also offer counselling and coaching to organisations where workplace relationships are under strain.
I have supported clients to explore a range of issues, including:
- Difficulties with communication
- Navigating conflict in a more constructive way
- Understanding and healing after a betrayal
- Working through differing expectations or life decisions, such as having children, moving in together, or committing to marriage or a civil partnership
- Exploring sexuality, identity, or relationship preferences
- Considering whether to continue, change, or end a relationship
- Understanding relationships in the context of work
- Understanding employee, colleague, or manager behaviours
If you’d like to arrange a free 15 min initial conversation, or book a session to discuss your needs, drop me a line via email or contact me via my website.
If you choose to schedule subsequent sessions, they would be 50 mins in length and would usually take place weekly.
Training, qualifications & experience
As an integrative counsellor, I draw on a range of psychotherapeutic theories and tools to help you explore your relationships, feelings, behaviours and choices, in a way that best supports your individual needs:
Systemic therapy offers a supportive space for people to explore how their relationships work, looking at the patterns, dynamics, and how each person plays a part in both the strengths and the challenges within the ‘system’. Everyone is given equal space to share their perspective, with openness and without judgement.
Psychodynamic therapy offers a space to explore how past experiences and unconscious patterns may be shaping your present relationships and emotional life. By bringing these influences into awareness, it can help foster deeper understanding and meaningful change.
Narrative therapy invites us to look at the stories we tell about ourselves, and to consider how those stories have been shaped by the people, cultures, and environments around us. It’s a thoughtful and respectful approach that helps us explore our identities and experiences, making space for new perspectives and possibilities.
Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) offers an evidence-based approach to enhancing psychological flexibility. A key principle of ACT is the importance of identifying and clarifying our personal values so that we can make more intentional choices, including in our personal and professional relationships.
My training and qualifications include:
- Relate - Post-Qualifying Certificate in Relational Counselling
- UWE Bristol - MA Counselling and Psychotherapy
- University of Cardiff - Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Part 1
- UWE Bristol - Certificate in Counselling Skills
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
£60.00 - £80.00
Additional information
My fees are:
- £60 for individual counselling
- £80 for relationship counselling
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