My Approach

For therapy to be impactful and effective I base my work on building trusting relationships. From this therapeutic relationship we can build the safety needed to explore difficult emotions and painful and traumatic experiences. For younger children it's essential to create trust with the child and their parents, and with teenagers creating confidential spaces to reflect and share. I see my role in any child and adolescent work to support parents alongside the work to better understand the difficulties their child or teenager is experiencing, and the ways these are communicated in their daily lives.

My empathy and sensitivity enables clients to makes sense of, and manage, their feelings and experiences whilst using a playful approach to encourage clients to be curious about their inner world. I work relationally using the mediums of play and the arts to deepen the relationship, and offer ways to explore and integrate experiences by using; sand tray, paint, clay, masks, storytelling, music and drama.

About Me

I'm a UKCP registered Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist. I have worked with children and families for nearly 25 years, initially training and working as a youth worker, and I then worked in the field of child bereavement for 14 years. More recently I worked as the Clinical Lead in an NHS commissioned tier 2 child and adolescent mental health service. I've worked in private practice for 5 years as a Psychotherapist, and have additionally been working with fostering and adoption services.

I specialise in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy with children from aged 3 years, teenagers and adults using play, arts, talking therapy and attachment based approaches. I offer short and long term child psychotherapy to meet the needs of the child and family. I also offers parents and carers a space for support and reflection, and can link in with wider networks around a child or young person.

I hold a diploma in clinical supervision and work with individual therapists and professionals, as well as group supervision and reflective spaces for teams.

I work with

• Children and young people
• Companies
• 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

• Adolescent Psychotherapist
• Child Psychotherapist

What I can help with

• Abuse
• ADHD
• Adoption
• Age-related Issues
• Anorexia
• Anxiety
• Autism
• Bereavement
• Depression
• Divorce
• Domestic Violence
• Eating Disorders
• EMDR
• Family
• Mental Health Issues
• Parents
• Post-Traumatic Stress
• Relationships
• Separation
• Step Families
• Suicide
• Supervision
• Terminal Illness
• Training
• Trauma