What I help with, and how I work

• Anxiety and OCD – worry, panic, intrusive thoughts and compulsions, including specific fears such as emetophobia. Where it helps, I use exposure-based approaches alongside talking.
• People pleasing and low self-worth – when your sense of worth depends on how others respond to you. Together we build your self-awareness and help you get to know yourself better: what you feel, what you need, what matters to you. Over time you learn to listen to your own inner voice and to value it, so confidence and boundaries can grow from the inside.
• Faith shifts and deconstruction – we untangle what you were taught from what you actually believe, and work gently with the guilt, fear or grief that can come with it. You find your own values and decide, at your own pace, how you want to relate to family and community. More on the Faith shifts page.
• Stress and burnout – including the particular pressures on teachers, carers and parents. We look at what’s draining you and the patterns that keep you going past empty, notice your body’s early warning signs, and find limits and rest that fit your real life.
• Low mood and depression – a steady, unhurried space to put words to what feels heavy. We notice the patterns in your thinking and your days, and find small, manageable steps back towards what matters to you.
• Life transitions – changes in work, relationships, family or identity. We make sense of what’s ending, give room to what you’ve lost, and get clearer about what you want next. This can include pregnancy and becoming a parent, or the grief of miscarriage and baby loss.

Neurodivergent adults, including those with ADHD and autism, are very welcome. I adapt how we work to suit you. We can go at your pace, keep things clear and direct, and build in structure if that helps, or leave more room to wander if that suits you better. You’re welcome to take breaks, fidget, doodle or move about during sessions. Together we can make sense of how your mind works, without trying to change who you are.

If something here sounds familiar, you’re welcome to book a free 20-minute call and talk it through.

I’m person-centred at heart. That means you set the pace and the direction, and I listen closely to how things are for you. I won’t tell you what to do or who to be.

I also draw on other approaches when they help:

• Parts work – getting to know the different parts of you that pull in different directions
• Body awareness – noticing what your body is telling you
• Mindfulness – finding steadiness in the present moment
• CBT and exposure work – practical tools for anxiety and OCD

My practice is trauma-informed. I often work with images and metaphor, and I’m good at noticing patterns.

We start with a free 20-minute call. If we decide to work together, sessions are 50 minutes and cost £65. They take place during the day by secure video, usually weekly, though fortnightly sessions are possible if you’d prefer. Some people come for a few months; others for longer. We’ll review how things are going together.

There’s more about fees, cancelling and how online sessions work on Sessions and fees.

Everything you share is confidential, within the limits I’ll explain at the start. I work to the BACP Ethical Framework and have regular clinical supervision.