Because the foundations of security begin in relationship and specifically, the first relationship we experience with our primary caregivers. I believe in the importance of relationship within the therapeutic setting.  Transactional Analysis is a collaborative treatment for individuals who wish to explore new possibilities and challenge core beliefs in service of growth and change.  Within the working relationship, you will have the opportunity to examine how you relate to yourself internally and with others interpersonally. We will look at present-day relationships as well as childhood influences, and how these impact on the formation of self.  Safety, care and compassion are my guiding principals when working therapeutically. 

Within my practice I use an Integrative approach to Transactional Analysis, incorporating Mindfulness and bodywork techniques. I have a Level 7 Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy which I obtained from the Manchester Institute for Psychotherapy. I am registered with the UKCP and support my work through regular supervision.

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.

Psychotherapy came along at just the right time in my life and has had a significant impact; helping me address some unhelpful patterns from the past and improve my relationships greatly. Prior to becoming a therapist, I worked in the private sector, managing people and projects across the fields of publishing and digital media; but a seed of an idea planted 20 years ago to pursue a career as a therapist kept calling back to me. I now believe this is where I was always meant to be.  

For me, the most important thing in therapy is the relationship between client and therapist; to find a therapist who you feel comfortable enough with to open up and be vulnerable with. When that relationship works in a co-creative way, we can transform something that we perceived as ‘broken’ into something more beautiful and stronger than ever before. It is a great privilege to do this work, and as a result I aim to offer a safe space which honours the uniqueness of each client, tailoring the work to their individual needs. I passionately believe that therapy ultimately offers us the opportunity to find our way home to our truest selves and reach our highest human potential. 

I have found Transactional Analysis therapy has given me the tools with which to decide what I want out of life and has facilitated me changing my life in order to address my own goals.

If you are struggling in your relationships or career or feeling stressed or depressed, I will listen non-judgementally while we build our therapeutic relationship and will support you in finding solutions to your problems. I have enjoyed getting to know clients from diverse backgrounds and have found all my clients’ progress personally rewarding.

Having worked as a teacher of English and Performing Arts I enjoy creativity and forming productive working relationships with others. I believe that we together create the therapy and the more of ourselves we bring to it the more effective it will be.

I know how difficult it can be to reach out for help and how hard it can be to break established patterns of behaviour, but we are all capable of change and moving closer towards happiness and realizing our own unique human potential.