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• Face-to-face consultations
• Video and telephone consultations

About me

I am an experienced therapist offering online therapy to individual clients aged 16 years and above.

Therapy provides an opportunity to better understand ourselves, untangle inner conflicts and bring about positive change. Your sessions with me are confidential and provide you with a space to talk freely, separate from your personal and professional networks. It can be the place where you drop the social script; you don't have to pretend to me that you are feeling fine or make small talk about the weather.

I acknowledge that the environments we grew up in and what we experience as we move through the stages of our lives, can leave us with emotional wounds, anxiety and unhealthy coping mechanisms.

I am experienced in working with clients who suffered from emotional abuse and neglect as children from their care givers. The impact of childhood abuse can be far reaching and can and does, impact a person well into adulthood. Did you experience criticism, judgement or bullying? Was there a domineering character in the family who left you walking on eggshells?

The abuse may have left you with feelings of anxiety, grief, depression and perhaps a feeling of aloneness, coupled with a strong need to be self sufficient, as you learnt early on that you couldn't rely on those around you for support.

I work with people who may not look like they're struggling. Often high-achieving, capable, thoughtful, the kind of person others lean on. However, deep down there is exhaustion and anxiety. A deep sense of disconnection from self.

Another area of experience is working with bereavement and loss. I trained with the nationwide charity, Cruse Bereavement Support, and supported clients who had experienced bereavement and loss. The loss may have occurred recently or decades ago. Grief is complex and there are no rules about how each individual will process their feelings and emotions. My bereavement work with clients encompasses many forms of loss; the loss of a loved one, the loss of a pet and the grief for the life you imagined you would have, but didn't get to experience. The missed opportunities, jobs, relationships or children, that didn't happen for you. It's a form of disenfranchised grief and we can explore this.

I also work with relational difficulties, whether that's struggles in a couples relationship, family tensions or issues at work with your boss or colleagues. We can explore challenges in communication and connection with others.

I work in an integrative way, which means I draw upon various modalities, mainly Person Centred therapy with elements of Gestalt and Psychodynamic. I tailor the therapy to suit your individual needs and can offer short or longer term sessions.

This therapeutic work is for people who want to live more honestly, not perfectly, not pain-free, but with more clarity, agency, and depth. It's for those who are tired of the noise, the coping, the pretending.

I don't believe in being a blank screen or hiding behind jargon. I show up as a real human being, empathic, engaged, and alongside you as we explore your experiences together.

Areas of interest

Bereavement and loss; Complex family dynamics; People pleasing behaviours; Burnout; Anxiety; Low mood; Depression, Work place stress; Relationship issues; Stress; Feeling sad; Abuse; Low self esteem; Childhood abuse and neglect; Loneliness; Overwhelm;