A Safe and Compassionate Space to Heal
I aim to create a safe, confidential, and non-judgmental environment where you can explore your experiences at your own pace. We’ll work gently and collaboratively, helping you reconnect with your emotions, strengthen your boundaries, and begin to understand how the past has shaped your thoughts, behaviours, and relationships.
My work is trauma-informed. This means I recognise that past doesn’t just live in the mind, it is also carried in the body, the nervous system, and the stories we tell ourselves. Healing is not just cognitive, it’s relational and emotional too. You’ll be met with compassion, clarity, and respect for where you are in your journey and I won’t ask you to relive painful memories.
My Approach
I offer psychotherapy tailored to your individual needs and informed by evidence-based and relational models, including:
- Humanistic Therapy: Emphasising empathy, authenticity, and personal growth.
- Psychodynamic Therapy: Exploring unconscious patterns rooted in past relationships.
- Gestalt Therapy: Increasing self-awareness through present-moment focus.
- Jungian Therapy: Tapping into deep inner work through myth, dreams and valuing our own uniqueness.
- Compassion Focused Therapy: Healing emotional pain through developing kindness, resilience, awareness, and self-care.
- Mindfulness and Somatic Work: Supporting nervous system regulation and finding safety in the present-moment.
Our work together will focus on:
- Understanding your thoughts, emotions, and behaviours
- Exploring past experiences and how they affect your present life
- Developing coping strategies for managing stress, anger and difficult emotions
- Enhancing self-awareness and self-acceptance
- Improving relationships and communication skills
- Building resilience and fostering personal growth
I have extensive experience working with clients facing trauma-related issues and abusive relationships. I offer effective trauma-informed care and have trained with leading experts, including Peter Levine, Gabor Mate, and Ramani Durvasula.
I hold a Post Graduate Diploma in Integrative Psychosynthesis and I’m registered with the BACP. I have been seeing clients in private practice since 2013 and I have 6 years experience of working in NHS Drug and Alcohol Services which included sitting on an advisory panel for Public Health England.
Where appropriate I provide psycho-education to help you understand the dynamics of how the past sharpened you, how you work with difficult thoughts, emotions and behaviours, and build a happier and more meaningful life. Many clients find it empowering to put words to what they’ve lived through and to realise they are not alone, broken or at fault.
Drawing on over 30 years of meditation practice, I integrate mindfulness into my therapeutic work. This approach fosters self-awareness, self-care, and emotional resilience, enabling you to navigate life’s challenges with greater clarity and confidence. By cultivating mindfulness, you can develop a deeper connection with yourself and gain insight into your thoughts and emotions.
You don’t have to face things alone. When you’re ready I invite you to get in touch. I offer a free 15 minute initial Zoom or phone consultation where we can explore what you’re looking for and how I might help.
