About me
I'm an integrative counsellor and psychotherapist working with individuals and couples across the UK, online via secure video and in person near Shrewsbury.
If you're coming on your own, something has brought you here. Maybe it's stress that won't let up, anxiety that has made the world feel smaller, trauma, a phobia or a loss that has changed the shape of things. It might be a relationship that's troubling you or a life transition you're trying to find your way through. Alongside talking therapy, I draw gently on somatic, body-based practices because what we carry often lives in the body as well as the mind. We begin wherever you are and work at your pace.
If you're coming as a couple, something between you may feel stuck. It might be the same argument on repeat, distance where there used to be closeness, trust shaken by an affair, jealousy or a big change that has altered how you fit together: a baby, a move, children leaving home, retirement. Couples therapy gives you both a calm, neutral space to slow down, really hear each other and find a way forward. That might mean rebuilding or it might mean parting with care and respect. My couples work draws on attachment theory and relational approaches, looking at the patterns between you rather than deciding who is to blame.
How we can work:
- Online anywhere in the UK via Zoom, for individuals and couples
- In person at my private studio at Home Farm, Hughley, or my therapy room in Shrewsbury
- Walk-and-talk sessions outdoors
- Immersive retreat days and two-night residential retreats at The Hornbill on Home Farm, for individuals and couples
A free 15-minute discovery call is a gentle place to start. Couples are welcome to call together or individually.
Come as you are. Leave more like yourself.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am a Registered Member of the BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy) and the NCPS (National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society), and I work within their ethical frameworks.
Alongside talking therapy, my training is grounded in somatic, body-based work because stress, anxiety and trauma settle in the body as much as the mind. Lasting change tends to come from working with both together. In my couples work, I draw on attachment theory and relational approaches.
Qualifications & training
- BA (Hons) Philosophy & Psychology
- Professional Diploma in Counselling & Psychotherapy
- Professional Diploma in Hypnotherapy (Member, National Hypnotherapy Society)
- EFT / Emotional Freedom Techniques (tapping)
- Rewind Therapy practitioner (trauma & PTSD)
- Flash Technique practitioner
- Somatic practices
- Therapeutic Yin Yoga
- Bowen Therapy
- Sound Healing
- Wellbeing Coaching
Specialisms / what I can help with
Individuals
- Stress and anxiety, including health anxiety, panic attacks, social anxiety, generalised anxiety and work-related stress
- Trauma and PTSD
- Phobias
- Grief, loss and bereavement
- Life transitions
- Relationship difficulties
Couples
- Communication breakdown and recurring conflict
- Emotional distance
- Affairs, betrayal and rebuilding trust
- Jealousy
- Adjusting to life changes together
- Separating with care
I work with young people (16+) and adults.
I engage in regular clinical supervision in line with NCPS requirements and hold full professional indemnity insurance. I continually develop my practice through ongoing training and CPD.
I am a Registered Member of the BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy) & NCPS (National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society) and work within their ethical frameworks.
Alongside talking therapy, my training is grounded in somatic, body-based work - because stress, anxiety and trauma settle in the body as much as the mind and lasting change tends to come from working with both together.
Qualifications & training
- BA(Hons) Philosophy & Psychology
- Professional Diploma in Counselling & Psychotherapy
- Professional Diploma in Hypnotherapy (Member, National Hypnotherapy Society)
- EFT / Emotional Freedom Techniques (tapping)
- Certificate to practise the Rewind Technique (trauma & PTSD)
- Flash Technique practitioner
- Somatic practices
- Therapeutic Yin Yoga
- Bowen Therapy
- Sound Healing
- Wellbeing Coaching
Specialisms / what I can help with
- Stress and anxiety - including health anxiety, panic attacks, social anxiety, generalised anxiety and work-related stress
- Phobias
- Grief, loss and bereavement
- Relationship difficulties
- Couples
- Trauma and PTSD
- Life transitions
- Young people (16+) and adults (18+)
I engage in regular clinical supervision in line with NCPS requirements and hold full professional indemnity insurance. I continually develop my practice through ongoing training and CPD.
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 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.
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.
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
Nervous system regulation and the mind-body connection. Anticipatory grief and non-bereavement loss (the end of a relationship, a role or a chapter of life). Midlife transitions. I also draw on EFT, hypnotherapy, Rewind Therapy and Flash Technique for anxiety, stress and trauma.
For couples: communication difficulties, recurring arguments, emotional distance and disconnection, rebuilding trust after an affair or betrayal, becoming parents, the empty nest, retirement and other shared life transitions and separating with care.
Therapies offered
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Fees
£60.00 - £100.00
Additional information
Individual sessions: £60 per 50-minute session, in person or online
Couples sessions: £100 per 70-minute session, in person or online
Immersive retreats at The Hornbill on Home Farm:
- Full retreat day: £400 individual, £600 couples
- Two-night residential retreat: £1,500 individual, £1,999 couples
Free 15-minute discovery call available
Individual sessions: £60 per 50-minute session
Couples sessions: £100 per 70-minute session
Free 15-minute discovery call available
Further information
Sessions are available online via Zoom wherever you are in the UK or in person at my quiet, private studio at Home Farm, Hughley, set in the Shropshire countryside near Wenlock Edge, with free on-site parking. I also see clients at my therapy room in Shrewsbury. Individual sessions run for 50 minutes and couples sessions for 70 minutes. I also offer walk-and-talk sessions outdoors, for those who prefer to process while moving.
Reaching out can be the hardest part. If you've read this far, something in you is already considering it. Whenever you feel ready, a free 15-minute discovery call is a gentle place to start: no pressure, just a conversation. If you're coming as a couple, you're welcome to call together or individually.
For individuals and couples who need more than a weekly session, I also offer private immersive retreats at The Hornbill on Home Farm, either as a full retreat day or a two-night residential stay. You'll find details in my events listing below.
Come as you are. Leave more like yourself.
