About Me

My path into psychotherapy began alongside a career in environmental regulation in Scotland, where I led on key policy areas and worked with others to improve environmental protection. I undertook part-time psychotherapy training alongside this work, began seeing clients in 2012 and became UKCP-accredited in 2016.

I offer both short-term and open-ended therapy, online and in person. My experience includes supporting people with work-related stress, depression, anxiety, trauma, relationship difficulties and low self-esteem, as well as work around sexuality, neurodivergence and major life transitions. Alongside private practice, I have volunteered as a therapist with Edinburgh-based agencies including LGBT Health and Well Being, Gay Men’s Health and the PF Counselling Service.

I am committed to ongoing learning and growth as a therapist and recently completed a PhD in Counselling Studies at the University of Edinburgh, exploring therapists’ experiences of moving from training into professional practice. I also hold an MSc in Psychological Science from the University of Glasgow and an MA in Mindfulness-Based Psychotherapeutic Practice from the Karuna Institute and Middlesex University (my professional qualification). My earlier studies were in engineering, in which I hold undergraduate and postgraduate degrees.

My Approach

I offer a safe, non-judging and confidential therapeutic space where thoughts and feelings can be shared and explored. My psychotherapy training is in a mindfulness based approach called Core Process Psychotherapy (CPP). This particular approach integrates concepts of mindfulness and awareness with modern psychological perspectives and theories.

You don't need to be familiar with what mindfulness is about to work with me. Instead, mindfulness supports me in the work that I do. My own mindfulness practice, for instance, helps bolster my resilience as a therapist. It also helps enhance the therapeutic space I provide.

Mindfulness is about bringing awareness to the present moment. Whatever arises in the here-and-now is met with compassion, warmth and non-judgement. Counsellors and psychotherapists aim to provide a therapeutic space imbued with the qualities of kindness, empathy and non-judging acceptance. Mindfulness-based psychotherapists use the principles and practice of mindful awareness to help underpin these qualities in their work.

Mindfulness also comes into the work in other ways. We may, for instance, bring awareness to what comes up in the here-and-now as we talk and explore together. This could include noticing thoughts, feelings and sensations as they arise in the present moment.

Initial meeting

Our first meeting together is an opportunity for us to explore what has brought you to therapy, and allows us to get a sense for how it might be to work together. There is no obligation to start working together after this meeting, and there is space in the days afterwards to reflect before proceeding to a course of therapy. If we proceed to regular therapy sessions together, then we will typically meet weekly at the same time.

Fees

I offer fees on a sliding scale of £75–£95 per fifty-minute session. You are welcome to choose an amount within this range that feels manageable for your circumstances.

Returning clients return on the fee last paid.

I work with

• Individuals

Types of Therapies Offered

• Core Process Psychotherapist

What I can help with

• Anxiety
• Depression
• Mental Health Issues
• Online Counselling
• Relationships
• Sexuality
• Spirituality
• Stress