Hello, and welcome to my website where you can find information about my work.

I live and work in Derbyshire, just south of the Peak District with my family and elderly lurcher dog. I am an established senior therapist and clinical supervisor working outdoors and online.

I offer arts therapy, nature-based psychotherapy, and lifespan integration for adults. Much of my work involves supervising other clinical (and non clinical) practitioners and I deliver outdoor nature-based workshops for therapists, counsellors and other helping professionals. I also have a part-time art practice which you can find out more about within the pages of this website.

My outdoor practice location

About me

My work is underpinned by ecological, systemic, developmental, and neuro-psychological approaches, seeking to cultivate relational health and integration.

Throughout my adult life I have worked with people supporting health and well-being, often using creativity, often outdoors. Prior to qualifying as a therapist, I was a youth worker in the public sector and an outdoor instructor/development trainer with a UK charity delivering residential wilderness courses for ‘at risk’ young people from inner cities. Post qualifying, I held two positions in a CAMHS team before moving into private practice.

I am registered with HCPC, following their code of conduct, and I offer professional, ethical, confidential, and impartial therapy, supervision and cpd workshops. People often report that they experience me as warm, accessible and non-judgemental, and that I’m able to articulate their difficulties and challenges in a non-shaming and compassionate way.

It’s important for me to engage in my own nature-relatedness practice, to gain a reflective space where I re-source. I take myself out to the woods, hills and fields in my local land to slow down my pace and be amongst the creatures we share this place with. My art is born out of this relationship that I tend to and maintain.