My Approach

Psychotherapy can be understood as a relationship with a professionally trained person who is able to accompany you on an internal journey where it is possible to explore and come to terms with the trouble of life and as a result find inner resilience, and self compassion. This is made possible through the creation of safety and trust in relationship that offers confidentiality and holding space for the gentle unfolding of personal stories. This enables a supportive exploration of sometimes difficult and painful emotions and can also unearth more joyous and positive memories that have sometimes been shrouded. I work alongside my clients in a collaborative manner and encourage the development of insight with self compassion to challenge overdeveloped shame, self critique and persecution that can be debilitating inhibitors of self development and confidence. I also encourage experimentation and exploration to enable clients to risk becoming more of themselves and to develop self authenticity and courage. I draw upon creativity, imagination, bodywork and mindfulness as a way of helping clients to develop connections to the self. I believe that expressing the self and communication takes many forms and is not limited to words alone.
Under strain, like any wound, old traumas can resurface if not given time to process. Body and psyche require space for integration and resolution, psychotherapy provides a holding relationship for this essential work.

About Me

I am based in West Wales and work within the NHS
I completed my MA in Integrative Psychotherapy with adults from Bath Centre for Psychotherapy & Counselling
Initially I trained at the Institute for Arts in Therapy in Education to gain a Certificate in the application of Arts in Therapy & Education, this has a psychodynamic approach engaging with multidisciplinary arts including movement, body work, poetry, puppetry, world figures & sand tray, clay, collage and paint.
To address trauma and support the regulation of the nervous system I have also trained in Somatic Trauma Therapy with Babette Rothschild.
I have completed research in baby loss and trauma and have a special interest in this area of work.

I work with

• Individuals

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

• Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapist

What I can help with

• Addiction
• Anxiety
• Bereavement
• Infertility
• Mental Health Issues
• Parents
• Post-Traumatic Stress
• Trauma