I am passionate about the potential for personal growth, change and empowerment. I believe that through the therapeutic alliance you can experience nurture and challenge, healing and growth, and the realisation of your potential.
I love introducing the simplicity and inclusivity of Eric Berne’s model of psychotherapy to clients. I genuinely believe that therapy should be open, honest, and authentic and I like to use the therapeutic relationship as the vehicle for personal change. I provide warmth, nurture and empathy whilst also offering gentle and constructive challenge. I believe that it is only in challenge and discomfort with the right guidance and support that the shift will happen for you.
After leaving university I trained as an Advice and Guidance Counsellor and worked for 16 years as a Connexions Personal Adviser with young people aged 16- 19 helping them overcome personal barriers to attainment. I was a holistic practitioner providing advice, guidance, and support on a range of issues including housing and homelessness, alcohol and drug misuse, parenting, and teenage pregnancy, being in care and leaving care and youth offending. I undertook a Masters in the Psychology of Education to complement this work and to satisfy my curiosity in psychology. After a career break when I had my children I returned to work at a private care organisation providing supervision and support to the most amazing and caring staff.
I am a reflective practitioner committed to my own personal therapy and to clinical supervision – I do not advocate for something I have not personally experienced and believe in.
