My Background

Having graduated in psychology, I worked in Higher Education for over a decade, where I started to find myself naturally drawn towards a role which involved providing emotional support and helping others to work through their difficulties, so that they could start to feel happier in themselves.

I started working as a helpline volunteer for the Samaritans and later went on to gain a diploma in Therapeutic Counselling, which involved work experience with Unmasked, a local mental health charity. This was an enriching experience, from both a personal and professional perspective. It allowed me to work with a varied caseload of clients, who had experienced a wide range of issues including anxiety, depression and anger, many of them rooted in trauma. Recognising that trauma was something we were frequently sitting with in the room, I then undertook further CPD training to enable me to become a trauma informed practitioner.

Having personally experienced birth trauma, bereavement and many other difficult life changing experiences and having worked through these over many years, I am well aware of the myriad of ways that life events can impact our everyday behaviours and relationships. I have also experienced the transformative effect therapy can have and feel passionately that all individuals are capable of change and growth, if they are able to experience acceptance and support in a safe environment.