I believe that we were all born with a perfect sense of who we are and what we are.

My introduction to the world of psychology organically blossomed from working with children as a therapeutic foster carer, completing the Introduction to Transactional Analysis in 2006 and the Certificate in Therapeutic Fostering in 2007. I became the foster parent to over 35 children between 1998 and 2011 whilst honing and furthering my therapeutic studies.

I have extensive experience working with both children and their families through local councils, providing nurture groups in schools and one to one work with older students. This led me to working directly with parents to help them understand their children and manage their needs and behaviours.

My interest in working with adults emerged directly from this experience. I began to see how their problems were firstly impacting their own lives, but furthermore the lives of their children.

My Approach

I work in a predominantly person centred way but draw on a range of different modalities including hypnotherapy and tapping (EFT) to tailor a unique integrated approach for each individual. My more recent training has extended my understanding of the impact of early childhood trauma and intergenerational trauma allowing me to better support all my clients.

This approach offers support, nurturing and a true sense of being heard and understood creating an environment in which a client can fully explore and work towards an authentic life. Many clients present with a sense of incongruence in their lives. Decisions are governed by unconscious processes and a sense of what they ‘should’ do which does not sit well with what they truly want to do. The work allows the client to become aware of the internal processes which stop them living authentically. Together we work through these incongruences so that the client is more able to live in freedom and fulfil their potentials.

As we grow through our childhood experiences, our authentic selves may be lost as we adapted to survive in the circumstances we found ourselves in.

When we come to therapy we are experiencing difficulties in our lives and looking for answers. In counselling we begin the journey to rediscover our authentic selves so we can approach our future with a secure, loving relationship with our SELF and live within our own integrity. I believe we have the answers within us and therefore the work done together – therapist and client, is one of exploration and collaboration.