I bring my experience of over twenty years as a therapist, to be alongside my clients to help explore the barriers that may be hindering them from moving forward in their lives. Together, we co-create a path towards healing and integration, inviting the cultivation of hope, self-compassion and awareness. Whatever your focus is for therapy, I will be interested in what you are wanting from the work, and will be led by this.

I work with adults from all backgrounds, including gender, cultural and spiritual identities, and racial heritage.

People seek therapy with me to...

• attend to their anxiety and/or depression to feel lighter and more empowered

• shift their difficulties relating to others to feel a greater solidity and openness

• integrate issues rooted in past trauma to feel safer, more confident and cohesive

• move from a sense of disconnection from the world, to feeling a sense of belonging and a part of the world

• develop an embodied ecological practice

I work outdoors in a natural environment in Derbyshire, UK, which includes an ancient woodland, meadow and open landscapes, providing privacy, options of long views, as well as sheltered spaces and the opportunity to engage with life in the natural world. I also provide online sessions for those who are further afield.

I’m interested in how when we move towards trusting in a compassionate and safe environment we can access fragmented parts of ourselves and invite cohesion and wholeness. I am an HCPC registered Arts therapist, trained in Lifespan Integration therapy and Nature-based therapy. I offer a safe, supportive and confidential a space, attuning to my client's processes and needs. I believe in therapy that offers people their own agency and being in partnership together with the therapist, navigating new ground that is unique for each individual.

I am trauma-informed and support a body-mind approach to therapy, especially when working with past trauma and PTSD. I facilitate opportunities for clients to gain more understanding of their attachment style (how we interact and behave in relationship with others), as well as move towards inhabiting more safety and security in their (body-mind) systems. This can have a healthy impact on developing a more secure attachment experience. The effects of traumatic experiences can leave a legacy that can develop over time into what we recognise as mental health problems. Difficulties such as depression, anxiety, sleep issues, addictions, relationship stress and many physical issues often find their roots in unattended traumatic events earlier in life. I deliver therapy that places the client’s needs in the centre of the work, building on the healing work at a pace that suits them, and doesn’t re-traumatise.

What to expect when you get in touch for therapy

To get in contact please see details at the bottom of this page. Normally, I invite a brief chat on the phone to arrange an initial consultation. This is a free half hour meeting online, offering you time to ask any questions you have about therapy and to get a sense of whether we would be a good ‘fit’. There is no obligation to enter into therapy at this stage. This meeting is not a therapy session and I don’t invite any depth of sharing at this point to ensure people aren’t activated into difficult, or unmanageable feelings that we can’t follow up on.

If, after this brief meeting, you want to attend a full consultation, this is where you tell me more about your current situation, your past and tell me about what you want from therapy. This 60 minute consultation is charged at my hourly rate. I hold everything you share with me, and your identity, in complete confidence, according to my professional code of ethics.

After the full consultation, we decide whether to work together. Throughout this process, from making contact to completing the full consultation, there is no obligation to enter into therapy with me, and you can take your time to consider this whether I might be the right therapist for you.

Sessions are booked on a weekly and, on occasion, fortnightly basis depending on need, and the focus for therapy is determined on a mutually agreed basis. I offer short-term focussed work, and medium to long term depth work. This will be considered at the start of therapy.