My approach
Before training as a therapist, I worked in corporate and organisational settings for more than ten years. That experience continues to shape how I understand burnout, chronic stress, and the quieter pressures that build up in work and everyday life.
My approach is integrative, which simply means I draw from a range of therapeutic ideas rather than following one fixed method. This allows me to tailor sessions to suit your needs. What remains consistent is the quality of the relationship between us: honest, collaborative and shaped around you.
I’m particularly interested in how experiences live not just in our thoughts, but in our bodies - the tension, the numbness, the breath that shortens before we’ve even registered what we’re feeling. Drawing on my background in therapeutic yoga and polyvagal theory, I can bring the body into our work where it feels helpful and manageable.
I work at your pace. Some sessions feel reflective and open, others are more focused and active. I’m not here to interpret or push you towards a particular answer, I’m here to be alongside you.
If you’d like to understand a little more about the ideas that shape my work, they are listed below:
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The relationship between us isn’t just a backdrop to the work, it is part of the work. I believe real change happens through connection, not just insight. Our sessions are collaborative: I bring warmth, honesty, and attention; you bring whatever you’re carrying.
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IFS understands the mind as made up of different ‘parts’. Inner voices or patterns that developed for good reasons but can sometimes get in the way. Rather than fighting these parts, we get curious about them. This is particularly useful for people who feel conflicted, self-critical, or pulled in different directions.
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Gestalt therapy pays attention to what’s happening right now - in your body, in the moment, in how you’re relating. It’s less about analysing the past and more about noticing what’s present. This can be especially useful when things feel stuck or hard to put into words.
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Many of the patterns people bring to therapy, including those that feel confusing or out of proportion, make complete sense in the context of earlier difficult or overwhelming experiences. Everything moves at your pace. Safety comes first.
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I pay attention to what’s happening in the body, not just in thoughts and words. Drawing on my training in Applied Polyvagal Theory and therapeutic yoga, I can bring the body into our work where it feels helpful and manageable as another way of understanding what you might be carrying.
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I draw from all of the above and tailor sessions depending on what’s most helpful for you, rather than following one fixed method. This means the work can be shaped around you, not the other way around.
Experience & training
I have experience working therapeutically with adults online and in person across a range of counselling settings in private, public and charity sectors. I also currently work with Spectra CIC, a sexual health and wellbeing charity.
Alongside my psychotherapy training, I hold qualifications in Applied Polyvagal Theory in Therapeutic Yoga for Trauma Recovery (Levels 1–3), and a postgraduate degree in Gender, Media and Culture from Goldsmiths, University of London. These inform both the clinical and cultural dimensions of my work.
I’m completing an MSc in Integrative Psychotherapy at Metanoia Institute and hold student membership of the UKCP, working within its ethical framework. I work under regular clinical supervision.