I am passionate about supporting others to manage, and better enjoy their lives – while navigating the obstacles that 21st Century living, ingrained behaviour patterns and emotional dysregulation throw in our way.  Also to recognise our individuality and how valuable that is in a world of conformism – why we are who we are and how we are – and how precious that is. 

I began my training in 2009 with the Guild of Analytical Psychology specialising in Jungian Analysis.  In 2016 I switched to focus on the Transactional Analysis (TA) modality training for 3 years at The Link Centre and an additional year at Connexus Institute. I qualified as a Psychotherapeutic Counsellor in TA and later, working with a variety of person-centred modalities, an Integrative Psychotherapist - level 7 Advanced Diploma before completing my core training with the UKCP Registration examinations.

Alongside my therapy practice I have worked in commercial organisations for nearly 30 years. I understand the pressure experienced at all stages of a career and the challenges that day-to-day life can pose.

Challenges are painful and usually growthful - and anxiety is a natural response to any perceived threat. Without a healthy level of anxiety we really wouldn’t have got this far as a species. But when that anxiety tips into fear or exists at a debilitating level we know something is out of kilter.

Like many I have experienced bereavement, relationship turbulence, career challenges and maladaptive coping mechanisms - as well as great love and happiness – which, together with my professional training, shapes my approach.

How to manage and bear through the difficult times, not least when experiencing depressive and / or anxiety illness, can be learned when effectively supported.

I specialise in working with addictive behaviours, eating disorders, grief and loss – including life stage change from leaving school to children leaving home. I work often with depression and depressive illness, and anxiety specific and generalised.  Prior to private practice I worked at LifeWorks, The Priory and The Awareness Centre both in the low cost counselling and NHS services.

Clients come to me directly and / or are referred to me from private, commercial and clinical settings - GPs and therapists from a variety of modalities.