About Me

I am a BACP registered CBT therapist, trauma informed recovery coach and registered mental health nurse with over 20 years experience of working in mental health in NHS clinical, practice improvement, leadership and education roles.

I am trained in the evidence based therapies of CBT, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Mindfulness Based CBT, Compassion Focused CBT, and Trauma Focused Therapies. I also incorporate elements of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy to support emotional regulation. 

I also provide mental health education and training.

My qualifications include:

• BSc Mental Health Nursing
• MSc Mental Health Advanced Practice and Leadership
• PgDiploma (MSc Level 11) Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
• PgCert CBT for Psychosis
• Certificate Post Traumatic Growth Coaching (ICF Accredited)
• Certificate in Human Relations and Counselling (Psychodynamic focus).
• Pg Cert Teaching in Higher Education

I have lengthy CPD activity and memberships and am also a volunteer therapist for an organisation in England which provides therapy for people who have experienced childhood trauma and for non offending partners of abuse perpetrators..

I support people not just to develop coping strategies but also to get to the root of their difficulties and understand themselves better in order to move forward with a more balanced and positive sense of self, purpose and personal boundaries. 

A holistic approach

Mental health is just as important as our physical health, and in fact both are interlinked and influence each other.

When we are depressed, hypervigilant, have obsessions and compulsions or experience psychosis, anxiety, or trauma and PTSD we often develop physical symptoms, which in turn further affect our psychological wellbeing. I use a holistic apprioach in my practice to address these physical symptoms and create a sense of ease, comfort and balance within the body. Indeed when we can be at peace with our body, this can lead to improvement in our emotional and mental health.

Reconnecting with your life and future

Often when difficult experiences affect our health and wellbeing we can lose our sense of agency, identity, self-worth, strengths, boundaries and purpose - therapy can help foster reconnection with these parts of self.