My Approach

I aim to offer a safe and confidential space, where you can feel welcome and able to be yourself.

I imagine you may have a range of thoughts and feelings about beginning therapy. You might be clear about what you would like support with, or what change you hope to see in your life. Or you might not really know why you feel the way you do but know you aren't living your life as fully as you would like. Either is welcome.

My approach is relational, which means that the quality of relationship we build together is an important part of the work. I take care to create a space where you can feel accepted and heard. I find it helpful to hold a curious and non-judgemental attitude as we begin to understand what is happening for you. I will work with what you choose to bring to each session, at a pace that feels right for you. I'm interested not only in what has brought you to therapy at this time, but in getting to know you as a whole person.

I understand that it can be difficult to voice some of our more uncomfortable or unwanted feelings and thoughts. So together we’ll pay close attention to what supports you to build trust and express yourself in a way that begins to make sense of your responses to the world around you. I believe there is much value in giving dedicated time to share and deeply consider our most difficult and challenging experiences, alongside someone we can trust.

Often in life, we have had to find ways of coping with situations where we may have had little support. These strategies that once served us well can become fixed patterns or limiting beliefs that can stay with us long after we truly need them. One task of therapy is to grow an awareness of how we might hold ourselves back, or get stuck in ways of thinking and relating that no longer feel helpful. With awareness, we can then begin to consider our different choices and experiment with finding new ways of responding to ourselves and others which feel more fulfilling and authentic.

About Me

I am UKCP accredited (UK Council for Psychotherapy) and am a higher accredited member of UKAHPP (UK Association of Humanistic Psychology Practitioners). I hold professional liability insurance and have an up-to-date enhanced DBS certificate.

I work as a psychotherapist in private practice in Bristol, alongside my role as a school counsellor and as part of a team of therapists at Gloucestershire Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers (GARAS), where I work with unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.

I have completed a five-year Post Graduate Diploma in Gestalt Psychotherapy and a two-year Post Qualifying Diploma in Counselling Children and Young People.

I was drawn to Gestalt for its holistic and experiential nature, and I enjoy bringing creativity into my work. When I meet with a person, I am interested in gathering a picture of their world and their place within it. I have found that using resources such as drawing, image cards, objects and sandtray can be useful ways to enable self-expression and help bring what may be outside of our awareness into the room. Most importantly, my focus is on meeting you where you are and discovering what supports you to feel most at home in yourself.

I am passionate about learning and committed to continuing my professional development, as well as my own personal growth, alongside my work with clients. I recently completed a two-year Shadow Work course, which continues to enrich my relationships and deepen my compassion for the struggles and difficulties we can find ourselves in.

My background as a youth and community worker has laid a solid foundation for how I understand and relate to the world around me. Over the last eighteen years, much of my work in the community has focused on meeting people wherever they are and finding empowering ways to access more support and choice in their lives.

QLS Level 7 Post Qualifying Diploma in Counselling Children and Young People, I’m OK, You’re OK Counselling & Training Ltd, (2026)

Healing the Shadow - 2 Year Shadow Work CPD Program, Marianne Hill, Frome (Jan 2024 – Nov 2025)

Post Graduate Diploma in Gestalt Psychotherapy, Gestalt Centre Wales, Chepstow (Sep 2018 – Jul 2023)

Foundation Training in Systemic Constellations, The Centre for Systemic Constellations, Bristol (Mar 2023 – Jul 2023)

Gestalt Fundamentals, Gestalt Centre Wales, Chepstow (May 2018 – Dec 2018)

Certificate in Therapeutic Mentoring, Trauma Recovery Centre, Bath (Sep 2017 – Apr 2018)

Non-Violent Communication: Transforming Conflict, Seeds of Peace, Bristol (Sep 16 – Jun 17)

Foundation in Art Therapy, Truro College, Cornwall (Sep 2013 – Apr 2014)

BA (1st Class Hons) Youth and Community Development, Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds (Sep 2009 – July 2012)

I work with

• Individuals

Types of Therapies Offered

• Humanistic Psychotherapist