I offer a calm, attentive space where you can slow down, become more aware of yourself and explore what may be happening in your relationships.

I believe that therapy is not about being told what to do or being given the answers. It is about creating enough space to become curious about your own experience — what you feel, think, notice and do, and what happens between you and other people.

I tend to be calm and grounded. I pay attention to the things that can be easy to miss: a change in someone’s voice, a moment of hesitation, when someone becomes quieter, or a shift in what is happening between us.

I don’t always feel the need to fill a silence or immediately make sense of what is happening. Sometimes, slowing down and staying with an experience can allow something important to emerge in its own time.

How I came to therapy

Before becoming a therapist, I spent around 20 years working in financial services.

Although I valued many aspects of my career, over time I became increasingly interested in what makes us who we are, how we relate to one another and what allows people to change.

My own experience of therapy, mindfulness, yoga and meditation played an important part in this journey.

In 2019, during a deep meditation and yoga practice, I experienced a strong trauma response. It was an important moment for me. It showed me that our experiences are not held only in our thoughts and that sometimes the body can tell us something before we have words for it.

It also deepened my understanding of the importance of safety, gentleness and being able to work at a pace that feels manageable.

This experience contributed to my decision to train as a therapist.

How I work

My work is grounded in Gestalt therapy and informed by humanistic and relational approaches.

Gestalt therapy is particularly interested in what is happening in the present moment — what you notice in yourself, what happens when you are with another person, and how you respond to the world around you.

Rather than seeing you as a collection of problems to be fixed, I see you as a whole person with your own history, resources, needs and ways of making sense of the world.

Together, we might become curious about patterns that emerge in your relationships, moments when you feel connected or disconnected, or situations where you find yourself repeating something you would like to change.

You don’t have to arrive knowing exactly what is wrong or what you need.

We can discover that together.

Relationships and groups

I have a particular interest in the space between people — what happens when we meet one another, how we connect, how we protect ourselves, and what happens when we feel seen, misunderstood, accepted or challenged.

My own experience of being part of a therapeutic group had a profound impact on me. I experienced how being witnessed by others, and being able to witness others in return, can create a different kind of possibility for healing and change.

This experience has shaped my interest in group therapy and relational work.

In a group, we don’t simply talk about relationships. We have the opportunity to notice them as they happen.

How we speak and listen.
When we hold back.
When we move towards someone.
When we become quiet.
What happens when we feel included or left out.
What changes when we allow ourselves to be seen.

These moments can become valuable opportunities for awareness and choice.

A little more about me

Outside of my work as a therapist, I enjoy spending time in nature, swimming, creating art and climbing.

Climbing has taught me a lot about fear. Sometimes the challenge is not to get rid of fear, but to find a different way of being with it — to notice what happens, stay present and discover that there may be more possibilities than we initially imagined.

I also have a particular relationship with faces: I have difficulty recognising people by their faces. As a result, I have become very attuned to other ways of recognising and understanding people — through their voices, movement, body language and the subtle qualities of how they are present.

In some ways, this has become part of how I naturally pay attention to people.

My professional background

I trained as a therapist at Metanoia Institute and The Gestalt Centre in London and continue to develop my practice through ongoing training, supervision and personal development.

I am committed to working ethically, maintaining clear professional boundaries and creating a safe and respectful therapeutic relationship.

You don’t need to perform or present yourself in a particular way in therapy.

You can simply arrive as you are.

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