I’m an integrative therapist with experience of working with children, teens and adults. As
an integrative practitioner, I believe that no one size fits all and I offer the flexibility to
integrate different approaches in order to adapt the therapy to best suit your individual
needs. I always put the therapeutic relationship at the heart of my work with clients and
work in a trauma informed, neurodiversity and gender affirming way, with the aim of
creating a safe, warm, non-judgemental space. With a background in working creatively, I
am open to finding different ways of collaboratively exploring the issues that are important
to you.
I have a particular interest in the ways that early attachments can impact on our relational
patterns throughout our lives and I have significant experience of working with adoptive
and kinship care families and young people who have experienced early life trauma. Before
training as a therapist, I worked for 23 years in the education sector.
I have supported clients with a variety of common issues, including, but not limited to:
- Anxiety and depression
- Bereavement and loss
- Neurodiversity (ADHD and Autism)
- Self-esteem
- Bullying
- Workplace stress
- Suicidal thoughts
- Self-harm
- Domestic abuse
- Trauma
- Families and relationships
- The impact of childhood trauma
- Parenting
- Emotionally based school avoidance (EBSA)
Qualifications and professional registrations
- Postgraduate Diploma in Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy (Leeds Beckett University)
- Postgraduate Diploma in Play Therapy (Leeds Beckett University)
- Master of Arts: Autism Spectrum (Sheffield Hallam University)
- Post Graduate Certificate in Education (University of Chichester)
- Registered member of BACP (British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists)
- Registered member of PTUK (Play Therapy UK)
Further training
- Advanced Therapeutic Life Story Work
- Intensive Filial Therapy
- Non Violent Resistance (NVR) Level 1
- Developmental Trauma training for Professionals (Beacon House).
- Re-building sensory systems and supporting regulation in children impacted by developmental trauma (Beacon House)
£55 per 50 minute session
