As a psychologist, I combine professional expertise and rigorous training with compassion and warmth, to support you with tailored, meaningful therapy.

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I am trained in multiple therapies to help with a wide range of difficulties. My specialism is trauma-informed therapy. Viewing people with a trauma-informed lens means instead of asking "what is wrong with you?" I ask "what has happened to you?"

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Many people struggle with the idea that they have even encountered any traumatic experiences in their lives - often clients come stating that they know "other people have it much worse," unintentionally minimising the difficulties they have been through. But trauma does not have to be limited to big, life-changing incidents only, or a diagnosis of PTSD or Complex-Trauma (although I have extensive experience of helping people with these diagnoses). Trauma can be small moments that have built and erode you over time. Trauma can be something you didn't realise was damaging at the time but impacts you now for some reason. This approach is also not limited to events you would necessarily consider 'traumatic' at all - but most difficulties have an origin, or multiple contributing moments in your life that have contributed to them. Exploring these moments, understanding them, being truly validated and heard (perhaps for the first time) about what these were like for you, and then sometimes processing or working directly on those experiences, can be the start of meaningful healing and change. 

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Common difficulties I can help with include low mood, anxiety, relationship difficulties, improving communication, low self-esteem, coping with chronic health conditions and physical pain, stress, burnout, PTSD and complex-trauma, and bereavement.

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However, first and foremost I do not see people as categories or labels; it is likely that you are looking into therapy because you have a mix of problems, or it may even be because you don't know exactly what the problem is. Whatever your needs, you're welcome to discuss them with me to see if I can help.

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Above all I believe that the therapeutic relationship between therapist and client is the most important and effective factor in successful therapy. Plenty of research also backs this up. I therefore pride myself on creating a safe, compassionate, collaborative, authentic and reliable space for you.

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When you decide to work with me, we will create a collaborative understanding of your difficulties, and a tailored plan of how we are going to work on them together, which can be in short, medium or longer-term therapy. 

My approach to psychological therapy is integrative, which means I am trained in and often blend a range of therapeutic approaches, so therapy is tailored to you. I decide which therapies to draw upon depending on the issues you bring to therapy, your preferences and personality, my own expertise, and the evidence-base. I only integrate and draw upon evidence-based therapies. The therapies and approaches I may integrate include:

• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

• Humanistic, Existential and Person-Centred Therapies  

• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

• Trauma-focused therapies, including Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT)

• DBT informed-therapy (I am DBT trained but cannot offer full DBT due to not working within a team at this time)

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I usually like to contract for between 16-30 sessions with clients, as I feel it is good for everyone to have a timeframe to work towards. If we both feel it's needed we can extend beyond this of course, but I find working to an approximate time frame helps both myself and the client to focus, and means you can budget for therapy more effectively.