My Approach

I believe that challenges are inevitable over the course of a life, and it can be useful to seek support rather than suffer alone. Therapy is a unique opportunity for you to understand your relationship patterns and liberate yourself from behaviours that are no longer serving you.

In my practice I will gently encourage you to bring your whole self into the room, even those parts that might feel messy, scared or confused. I aim to create a safe, collaborative and confidential space where you can share your thoughts and feelings at your own pace.

I work with clients on a range of emotional experiences, including:
- Depression, anxiety
- Existential issues (including life transitions, meaning and purpose)
- Loneliness and isolation
- Relationship difficulties (with partners, friends, family members or colleagues)
- Grief and loss
- Pregnancy and parenthood
- Confidence, self-esteem and resilience
- Negative body image and disordered eating
- Trauma (including sexual abuse, domestic violence and intergenerational trauma)
- Identity issues (culture, race, gender, sexuality, disability)
Some clients might not be able to identify a specific issue, but have a sense that things could be better, and they’d like help with figuring out a way forward.

About Me

I’m an integrative psychotherapist, and there are all kinds of big words I can use to let you know my theoretical orientation - existential, relational, interpersonal, psychodynamic. These words simply mean that I like to focus on who you are, who you have been, and who you are becoming in relation to yourself and others around you.

I hold a Master’s degree and Advanced Diploma in Psychotherapy and a Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling. I am registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP), and my work is guided by their ethical framework. I trained for five years at The Minster Centre in London, which is one of Europe’s leading institutes for Integrative Psychotherapy.

I have worked in charitable and NHS settings specialising in suicide, women’s issues, bereavement and acute & complex mental health presentations.

In my practice I am guided by the following principles:

- I believe that you are the expert of your own life, and I try to understand your particular and unique experience as you live it.
- I think that past experiences can impact upon the present, and I work to make meaningful connections between the two.
- I am interested in how wider systems such as our families, communities and social and political networks inflect our emotional responses.
- I believe that change is only possible where there is a trusting therapeutic relationship. So I do my best to create a space where you can feel heard and known in all aspects of yourself.
- I am committed to non-discriminatory practice, and welcome clients of all identities, cultures, faiths, genders and sexualities, as well as those with health conditions or disabilities.

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

• Integrative Psychotherapist

What I can help with

• Anxiety
• Cultural Issues
• Depression
• Gender
• Health-related Issues
• Identity Problems
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
• Race Issues
• Relationships
• Sexuality
• Stress
• Trauma