My Approach

My work is informed by attachment theory. I believe that relationship is at the heart of what it is to be human. In it we can feel a profound sense of connection, love, and support, in knowing that we 'matter'. In it we might also have experienced pain, and been deeply hurt. I am interested in exploring the learnt patterns of relating which have arisen from your relational experiences, and which form your unique relational road map.

Some of these ways of being will most definitely serve you well. Equally, there might be others which have become stuck in protective, or responsive patterns of relating which cause you distress and work against what you long for.

As a relational therapist I believe the most profound change occurs in experience, most powerfully in relational experiences. There is healing in voicing our thoughts and feelings; being seen and understood; finding permission that allows for the multiplicity of our experiences and the complexity of our feelings. Speaking our truth to another lets our experience live and be truly known.

To love and live fully as ourselves requires our commitment and service. I will guide you to find a loyalty to knowing yourself deeply. Always with tenderness, we will start the process of noticing a wider set of choices. In this you will find the possibility for empowerment, and learn ways of stepping into a more fulfilling version of your life, with increased confidence, spontaneity and hope.

About Me

I am an experienced integrative therapist, qualified to work with a wide range of issues. Over the years I have worked in statutory and charitable organisations, as well as in my private practice. I offer in person and online sessions, for both short and long term work.

I know how difficult it can feel searching online profiles trying to know if I might be the right therapist for you. Your reasons for seeking therapy will be as unique as you, and here I am trying to say something which might offer a flavour of how I work, so you might also understand what makes me uniquely me as a therapist.

Over the years of my experience I have come to trust these first steps, there might be a wish list, thoughts and hopes of what being in therapy might be like, often driven by the distress that started the whole process rolling. I will listen deeply, and with tenderness. Everything is welcome, nothing is too messy. Importantly for me the process is a collaborative one, I will not be offering solutions, instead we will be in there, together, trying to make sense of your experiences. I will always be in your corner, and however broken you might feel, I will always hold a sense of you as whole until you are ready to know that for yourself.

Beautifully, time after time, I witness the work transforming the initial wish list into change beyond that which we even knew was wanted.

Please get in touch if this has left you curious.

I work with

• Companies
• 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

• Integrative Psychotherapist