About me
As a qualified counsellor, I bring two decades of patience, curiosity and open-mindedness from my career in education to my therapeutic work. I believe that, as human beings, we all want to live purposeful and meaningful lives and that this is unique to each individual. My passion is being able to hear and connect with people to build an open, compassionate and hopeful relationship. A relationship where it feels safe to feel whatever comes up, tackle big questions or take small practical steps towards peace and confidence.
My training and experience is wide and varied and includes, but is not limited to:
- Grief, bereavement and loss – this includes non-death loss such as divorce or relationship break up, redundancy or estrangement and many forms of grief including anticipatory grief (e.g. dementia and terminal illness), delayed or disenfranchised grief and grief after suicide.
- Identity and confidence – including challenges faced due to ageing, body confidence/weight, self-esteem, becoming a parent, sexual/romantic relationships or trauma.
- General anxiety and depression – including strategies for managing overwhelm or panic, reducing anxiety responses, bringing awareness about what may be underneath feelings of anxiety and depression.
- Health issues and challenges – including cancer, long-term health conditions, terminal illness, chronic pain, death and health anxiety/OCD.
- Work-related Stress/Burnout – including long-term sickness, feelings of exhaustion, loss of motivation and compassion fatigue (particularly in the education/academic professions)
- Parenting – including estrangement or difficult relationships (with children or parents), anger/frustration, the pressures and expectations of parenting and loss of identity.
- Neurodiversity – support during the diagnosis journey, understanding feelings around a diagnosis, strategies for managing and understanding your experience.
- Trauma – including processing and exploring traumatic events, historical child sexual abuse, vicarious trauma (e.g. trauma experienced from witnessing an event or working as a police officer/EMT/etc).
My ongoing training and qualifications include:
Core Training
- BSc Counselling and Therapeutic Communication 2025
- Foundation Degree (distinction) in Integrative Counselling 2024
Additional Training
- Pre-Trial Therapy 2026
- ADHD in the Therapy Room 2026
- Childhood Sexual Abuse training 2025
- Neurodiversity 2025
- Embodying Equity: Principles of Disability Inclusion 2025
- Single-Session Therapy training 2024
- End of Life Therapy Diploma (distinction) 2024
- Mindfulness Training 2024
- Creativity as a Therapeutic Technique 2024
- Working with the Inner Child 2023
- BACP Online Counselling Training 2023
- Trauma and the Body 2021
- Working with Trauma 2020
I strive to create a space in which the range and diversity of human experience and identity is appreciated, accommodated and celebrated. This means that I am happy to have an open conversation with you about what may help you access therapy whether your need is related to a disability, neurodivergence or communication style. This can include adjusting the environment (for example, lighting, heating, furniture, etc), adjusting the sessions (for example length of time, the need for a translator, etc) or adjusting the communication style (for example non-verbal communication, using devices or coloured paper for dyslexia).
As a member of the Feminist Therapy Network (whose ethos can be found here), I am interested in and aware of the impact that cultural and societal messaging can have on our wellbeing and feelings of empowerment, believing that our humanity and an ethic of love unites us first and foremost.