About me;

I am a registered psychotherapist and ICF-accredited transformative coach. My approach is integrative, drawing on psychotherapy, coaching and nervous system regulation to help people better understand themselves and create meaningful change.

I hold an MSc in Business Psychology and trained as a psychotherapist with the Human Givens Institute. I am also a trained ADHD clinical services provider and assessor, and have completed further training in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and CBT for Insomnia. I volunteer with Macmillan Cancer Support and works with the charity PTSD Resolution.

I first began training as a psychotherapist in 2002, before having children. I went on to build a varied career across business, education and the arts, founding an online fashion business and running a contemporary art gallery, while my interest in how people think, feel and change remained a constant thread. This eventually brought me back to psychotherapy and the work that I do today.

How I work:

I am a therapist who helps people make sense of themselves.

One of my particular strengths is taking something that feels tangled, shameful or overwhelming and making it understandable. I listen for the pattern beneath the presenting problem: the frightened nervous system beneath avoidance, the longing beneath anger, the fear of failure beneath overworking, or the unmet need beneath a relationship struggle. Once someone can see what is happening without judging themselves, I help them find a more compassionate and workable response.

I am integrative rather than wedded to one model. I draw on Human Givens psychotherapy, transformational coaching, CBT-I, ACT, IFS-informed thinking, trauma work, ADHD knowledge and business psychology, but translate these ideas into ordinary human language. My approach is psychologically informed without needing to feel overly clinical.

I work particularly well with people who are intelligent, capable and outwardly functioning but privately struggling. They may be living with burnout, anxiety, insomnia, trauma, ADHD or other suspected neurodivergence, perfectionism, low self-worth or a loss of confidence. I understand how easily competence can conceal distress.

My style is warm, direct and active. I do not simply sit back and reflect indefinitely. I explain, reframe, draw things out, offer practical tools and sometimes challenge people when they are abandoning themselves or remaining trapped in an unhelpful story. That challenge comes from compassion rather than judgment.

My varied life before and alongside clinical practice also matters. My experience of business, art, education, parenthood and financial responsibility has given me a grounded understanding of real life. I know that emotional wellbeing has to coexist with work, relationships, money, children, responsibility and imperfect circumstances.

Qualifications & Training:

Core Training

Registered Psychotherapist (HG.Dip.P, MHGI)
ICF-accredited Transformational Life Coach

ADHD & Assessment

Specialist ADHD Assessor (UKAAN, NICE-aligned)
ADHD Clinical Services Provider (ADHD-CCSP)

Sleep & Nervous System

CBT-I Sleep Specialist (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia)
SSP Safe and Sound Protocol (nervous system regulation)

Additional Approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (C-ACT)
Internal Family Systems (IFS Circles)

Academic & Professional Background

MSc Business Psychology
PGCE / Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)
Behavioural Health Coach for Adolescents and Young Adults (Enhanced DBS)

Memberships:

Member of the Human Givens Institute (HGI)
Member of the International Coaching Federation (ICF)
Member of the Association of Business Psychologists