About Me
You must learn one thing.
The world was made to be free in.
David Whyte
You must learn one thing.
The world was made to be free in.
David Whyte
I am a UK-trained psychotherapist working with individuals and couples.
My way of working has grown out of both professional training and lived experience. I understand how hard it can be to reach the point where you can no longer carry everything alone.
Over the years, both personally and professionally, I have come to believe that our capacity to truly sit with another person’s pain, vulnerability, and complexity is shaped by our willingness to encounter those places within ourselves.
My understanding of therapy has been shaped not only by professional training and clinical experience, but through my own experiences of life, relationship, loss, change, and periods of deep questioning. I know that there are times in life when we can lose connection with ourselves, with others, or with a sense of meaning and aliveness, and how important it can be to feel genuinely met and understood.
Change, as I have come to know it, does not happen through pressure or performance. It unfolds through presence, honesty, and connection that allows you to feel more fully yourself and less burdened by what you have been carrying.
My approach is not passive or distant. I am present, responsive, and actively involved in the therapeutic process. I guide where helpful, ask thoughtful and sometimes challenging questions, and offer reflection, psychoeducation, and clarity when it supports the therapy. This is a collaborative process, rooted in relationship and attunement.
Central to how I work is presence. I understand therapy as a space of meeting what is here, now, with attention and honesty. Change often unfolds not through effort or force, but through listening closely to what is already alive and asking to be met.
What draws me, and continues to draw me, to this work is what happens in the room.
With couples, there are moments when connection becomes palpable again, when something of who they are and who they are with one another is remembered. Being present to that, and holding space for it, feels deeply moving and meaningful.
Similarly, in individual work, there are moments when people reconnect with parts of themselves that have been lost, defended against, or forgotten. Something settles. Something comes back into view. There is often a sense of recognition or remembrance that takes place.
It is these moments of connection and remembering, held carefully within the therapeutic space, that give this work its meaning for me.
I am particularly interested in the subtle processes that unfold between people in relationship. I understand relationship as a living process, one that can become a crucible for growth, repair, and integration when it is met with honesty, care, and presence. In this work, what is unconscious, defended, or split off can be brought into awareness, held safely, and transformed.
Much of my attention is given not only to what is spoken, but to what is happening in the space between us. I listen for emotional truth, relational patterns, and the deeper movements beneath words. I attend to both psychological and emotional processes, while remaining grounded, ethical, and boundaried.
Alongside my clinical training, my approach is informed by a transpersonal understanding of human experience. This means I recognise that people are shaped not only by personal history and attachment, but also by meaning, values, and a deeper sense of self.
I am committed to ongoing personal and professional development and to practising with integrity, care, and responsibility.
I work within clear ethical frameworks and place great importance on creating a space that feels both safe and alive, where real contact and change can take place.
I am a UKCP registered psychotherapist and hold postgraduate qualifications in Humanistic, Integrative, and Transpersonal Psychotherapy.
My training involved extensive academic study, clinical practice, personal therapy, and supervised work over a number of years.
My qualifications and professional training include:
I engage in ongoing professional supervision and continuing professional development and I am committed to offering therapy that is thoughtful, ethical, and well grounded.
