I decided to retrain as a counsellor having personally experienced how transformative counselling can be.   I have worked previously in corporate, educational and creative settings so I have many different work and life experiences to draw upon.

I am deeply committed to being alongside you as you tell me your story.  Although you can't change the past, I believe that a warm therapeutic relationship can allow you to process your experiences and offer you the possibility of stepping back out into the world with improved self-awareness, confidence and perspectives.

My therapeutic training is in integrative counselling and psychotherapy which means I blend together different theoretical approaches – person-centred, CBT (cognitive behavioural therapy) and attachment theory.  As sessions progress this allows us the flexibility to develop together  a way of working which best suits your needs.  I am also interested in finding more creative ways of working if this is something you might find helpful as therapy progresses, and I have done some additional training to support this work.

I am experienced in working with clients to a limited number of sessions where the focus needs to be very specific, and equally working in a more open-ended, long term way.

I have worked with many different issues such as:  anxiety, depression, trauma, loss, bereavement, abuse, anger, self-harm, panic attacks, self-esteem, family, relationships.