Sometimes life throws us something particularly challenging to deal with, other times everyday events may accumulate until one tiny thing feels overwhelming. This can leave us at the mercy of our emotions, neither living nor feeling the way we’d like. Therapy can be an invaluable way to manage the challenges you might be facing; however they arose.
Whether you need space to offload or wish to change the patterns of a lifetime, I can offer you a warm, compassionate, non-judgemental therapeutic relationship. Together we can work towards a deeper understanding of what’s causing your difficulties and how these might be addressed.
The focus of therapy should be about living a more fulfilled and contented life in the present and future. However, unhelpful ways of being are often rooted in the past. By exploring this together we can help you understand what might be getting in your way.
Greater self-knowledge and awareness developed in therapy can help to develop better relationships, not just with others but with ourselves. This can lead to increased self-compassion and a more contented way of being. Equally, it can be healing to process difficult emotions and experiences that you might have pushed aside in order to get on with day-to-day life.
I have an MA and an Advanced Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy and Counselling from The Minster Centre, one of the UK’s leading training institutions for counsellors and psychotherapists.
Before training as a psychotherapist, I worked in factual television for over 20 years. I understand the challenges of working in a high pressure environment
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.