About me
I am a qualified chartered counselling psychologist, registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), the body that regulates psychology in the UK, and chartered by the British Psychological Society (BPS). I work within the codes of ethics and standards set by both organisations.
I believe that medical diagnoses and medication are not the only answers to psychological distress. Your environment, your history and your unique way of thinking profoundly shape your world. My aim is to truly understand your lived experience, and to help you build self-awareness, resilience and genuine growth.
My fascination with individual behaviour began in childhood, driven by a natural curiosity about why people think and act the way they do. Over time, this evolved into a lifelong commitment to psychological practice.
That early interest led me to study Psychology at A Level in 2001 and to begin my Psychology degree in 2002. During my undergraduate studies I supported children struggling with underachievement because of difficulties in their personal lives, and provided online counselling for university students.
Following my degree, I worked within a secure personality disorder unit for adults who had committed violent and dangerous crimes. That frontline experience gave me a profound, firsthand understanding of how early childhood experiences can shape adult lives in deeply painful and self-destructive ways.
In 2009 I undertook my Professional Doctorate in Counselling Psychology, culminating in a published thesis titled "When Personal and Professional Worlds Collide: An exploration of trainee counselling psychologists' experience of having a relative with mental health problems." Alongside my doctoral research I worked with children in primary education using a Play Therapy approach, and spent time in an NHS primary care psychological health centre supporting people with anxiety, depression, bereavement, OCD and abuse.
In secondary school settings I delivered one-to-one short and long-term therapy for teenagers navigating panic disorder, OCD, social anxiety, phobias, low self-esteem, body dysmorphic disorder and the profound impact of bullying and cyberbullying.
Within NHS adult services I provided one-to-one psychological therapy for a wide range of difficulties, including relationship issues, depression, anxiety, phobias, postnatal depression, bereavement, domestic abuse and unresolved childhood experiences resurfacing in later life.
A counselling psychologist works collaboratively with you to navigate a wide range of life difficulties. By looking at your past, present and imagined future, we make sense of how internal and external experiences connect over time, exploring both conscious and unconscious patterns to build a deeper understanding of yourself.
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