About Me

I have always wanted to hear other people’s stories. I was the person sitting next to you on the train listening to your life story until you reached your destination.

Mission

It took me until I was 50 to realise that this was what I wanted to do professionally, and I retrained as an integrative counsellor. Before that I studied physics, worked for a pharmaceutical company, brought up children (one of whom is neurodivergent) with my husband, and lived in France. These different experiences have all fed into my counselling, helping me to understand you and what you have been through.

I am an experienced integrative counsellor, qualifying with Life Force School of Counselling, gaining a BACP accredited Diploma in Integrative Counselling, meaning I studied and practiced a range of therapeutic approaches, for example Person-Centred Therapy, as well as Psychodynamic and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. This means that I can support you using a variety of theories and techniques to suit your needs. I have achieved well over 100 hours of supervised counselling sessions and work from a space at my home.

At the core of my support I will listen with empathy and acceptance, and without judgement, allowing time and space for you to be yourself. I aim to support you to come to your own solutions about a way forward in your life, working from a space at my home.

"The kind of caring that the client-centered therapist desires to achieve is a gullible caring, in which clients are accepted as they say they are, not with a lurking suspicion in the therapist’s mind that they may, in fact, be otherwise. This attitude is not stupidity on the therapist’s part; it is the kind of attitude that is most likely to lead to trust, to further self-exploration, and to the correction of false statements as trust deepens."

- Carl Rogers

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Let's Chat

Taking the first step towards counselling can feel daunting — and that’s completely okay. You don’t need to have the “right words” or even know exactly what you’re looking for. Sometimes, it simply starts with a conversation.

If you’re curious about how counselling might help, or you’d just like to ask a few questions, I’d love to hear from you. There’s no pressure, no obligation — just a safe, friendly space to talk things through.

Contact Me

and let’s see how I can support you