My Approach

Many people come to therapy already understanding their patterns intellectually, yet still finding they repeat them under pressure. You may recognise that you overthink, over-adapt, hold yourself to relentless standards or doubt your own judgement — yet the same reactions keep taking over in relationships or difficult situations.

Therapy looks at the emotional conflicts that drive patterns such as low self-esteem, perfectionism and people-pleasing. By working directly with these underlying patterns, deeper change becomes possible and behaviour can begin to shift naturally.

The aim is not simply to cope better, but to help you feel more secure in yourself — able to trust your judgement, recognise and respond to your own wants and needs and remain connected to who you are in your life and relationships.

About Me

Do you often find yourself over-giving in relationships, worrying about disappointing others or second-guessing your decisions?

Perhaps you hold yourself to high or perfectionistic standards while quietly doubting whether you are “good enough”. Over time this can lead to exhaustion, resentment or a sense of losing yourself.

I specialise in helping adults who struggle with low self-esteem, chronic self-doubt, perfectionism and patterns of losing themselves in relationships develop a stronger sense of self-respect, confidence and emotional balance.

I am a UKCP-accredited and BACP-registered psychotherapist with over ten years’ experience supporting adults who feel stuck in repeating relational and emotional patterns. Many of the people I work with find it difficult to say “no” without guilt, trust their own judgement or stay connected to themselves when relationships feel challenging.

I am trained primarily in Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP), an evidence-based and emotionally focused approach that helps bring unconscious patterns into awareness so long-standing reactions can begin to change.

This is an active and collaborative process. We work directly with what happens in the moment — including emotional reactions, bodily responses and habitual ways of responding — so the underlying processes keeping your difficulties in place can begin to shift.
I continue to undertake advanced clinical training and supervision in this approach.

I offer individual psychotherapy in-person in Bath and online across the UK. I also offer a free 15-minute introductory call so you can ask any questions and decide whether you would like to work together.

I work with

• Individuals
• Private healthcare referrals

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

• Psychosynthesis Psychotherapist

What I can help with

• Anger Management
• Anxiety
• Depression
• Family
• Mental Health Issues
• Online Counselling
• Post-Traumatic Stress
• Relationships
• Stress
• Trauma