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Specialisms

Anxiety and Depression

Anxiety and depression are common reasons people seek therapy. Using a relational and humanistic approach, we look together at these feelings and what lies beneath them. Therapy offers space to process emotions, find calm and reconnect with hope and balance.

Burnout

Burnout can leave you feeling overwhelmed and disconnected from yourself. We’ll make sense of what’s driving it — like perfectionism or blurred boundaries — and develop ways to restore energy, balance and self-care.

Grief and Loss

Grief can follow loss in many forms — a loved one, a relationship or a change in life. I offer a gentle, compassionate space to work with your experience and gradually reconnect with meaning and love.

Anger

Anger can feel intense or hard to express. Together, we unpack where it comes from and find healthier ways to work with it. Therapy provides a safe space to express anger and reconnect with your strength and boundaries.

Addiction

Addiction often begins as a way of coping with pain or unmet needs. In therapy, we bring awareness to what’s underneath and develop healthier ways to find relief and connection. Support can align with 12-Step and attachment-informed approaches.

Self-Esteem

Low self-esteem can feel like never being “enough”. Therapy offers a safe place to reflect on old messages, nurture self-compassion and reconnect with your natural confidence and strengths.

Relational Trauma

Relational trauma often stems from feeling hurt, unseen or abandoned. Together, we understand old patterns, begin to repair emotional wounds and build more trusting and connected relationships.

Narcissistic Abuse

Narcissistic abuse can deeply affect self-trust and confidence. Therapy provides a safe space to process what happened, rebuild boundaries and reconnect with your sense of self and inner strength.

About Me

I’m a Relational, Integrative therapist and my work is grounded in a Humanistic approach — the belief that each of us has an inner capacity for growth and healing when we’re met with empathy, understanding and genuine connection. I aim to offer a space where you can feel safe to explore what’s happening for you, without judgement or pressure.

 

I trained at the University of Chichester, where I gained a BA (Hons) in Humanistic Counselling, and I’m a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). My approach draws on Gestalt Therapy, Transactional Analysis, the Person-Centred Approach, Attachment Theory, and Trauma-Informed Relational models, all guided by Humanistic values of warmth, authenticity and respect for each person’s unique process.

 

Before becoming a therapist, I spent many years working in the creative industries — as a professional musician, producer and later in post-production sound for film and television. That experience gave me a deep appreciation for creativity, communication and the many ways people express and make sense of their inner world. It also helps me understand the pressures that can come with creative and performance-based work — the drive, the uncertainty and the impact of self-criticism or burnout.

 

In our sessions, I aim to be warm, empathic and real. I see therapy as a collaborative process — we’ll work together at your pace, exploring what feels important to you and finding ways forward that feel true to who you are. My hope is that therapy becomes a place where you can reconnect with yourself, develop compassion for your own story and begin to live more fully and freely.

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