My Approach

My approach integrates verbal reflections and work with the body, movement and a range of creative arts media to help you develop a better understanding and connection with yourself; and your relationships with others and the wider world in which you live. I draw on integrative, humanistic and Jungian approaches to Psychotherapy.

About Me

I am a Humanistic and Integrative Arts Psychotherapist with over 40 years' experience in using movement-based and creative arts approaches in arts, community, education and psychotherapeutic settings. I work with adults and trainees in individual and group contexts. I am also a published Researcher and Writer and regularly present my work at national and international conferences and symposia. I work in the UK and internationally.
I founded the Centre for Movement and Creative Arts in Psychotherapy (MAPTHY) in 2000 as a place to bring together my skills as an Arts Psychotherapist, Yoga Teacher and Dance Anthropologist. Over the last 25 years MAPTHY has grown to offer individual and group psychotherapy, clinical supervision and reflective practice, personal and professional development opportunities, retreats, as well as regular Yoga classes. This integration of modalities and disciplines creates a unique foundation to my approach to psychotherapy. In 2014, I founded the multi-modal North East Arts Therapies Group (NEAT) [[link to NEAT] to help develop networking opportunities and work, CPD, Supervision and placement opportunities for Arts Psychotherapists and Trainees from all four Arts Therapy modalities - Art, Dance Movement, Drama, and Music - who live and work in the Yorkshire, Northumberland, and Tyne and Wear regions. NEAT hosts an annual two-day conference where clinicians and trainees share experience, skills and knowledge in a nurturing, creative and friendly environment. Through the conferences NEAT has become a leader in the UK in giving opportunities for skills sharing and collaborations within and across the Creative Arts Therapy modalities. There are now over 100 people who are part of NEAT. I have a background in Dance and Choreography; Singing and Songwriting; Community Arts; Yoga; Dramatherapy; Dance Movement Psychotherapy; Ethnomusicology; and Dance Anthropology. I have led, taught and been a consultant on a number of MA Arts Psychotherapy and Arts in Health professional training programmes in the UK and supervised MA and PhD research students. I was a Co-Director of the Association for Dance Movement Psychotherapy from 2009-2013 and was its Chair from 2024-2025.

I work with

• Companies
• Families
• Groups
• Individuals
• Private healthcare referrals

Special Interests

Like all UKCP registered psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors I can work with a wide range of issues, but here are some areas in which I have a special interest or additional experience.

Types of Therapies Offered

• Dance Movement Psychotherapist

What I can help with

• Age-related Issues
• Anxiety
• Bereavement
• Chronic Illness
• Cultural Issues
• Depression
• Eating Disorders
• Health-related Issues
• Online Counselling
• Relationships
• Supervision
• Trauma
• Workplace Counselling