As a BACP Accredited Psychotherapist with over 18 years of experience in mental health, I offer a steady, nurturing space for adults seeking greater self-understanding, emotional balance, and healing. My approach is integrative and relational, drawing on depth psychology, attachment theory, somatic awareness, and transpersonal perspectives. I also use Cognitive Behavioural Therapy where appropriate. Whether you’re in crisis, in transition, or simply longing for something more authentic, we can begin wherever you are.
People come to therapy for many reasons — uncertainty, anxiety, loss, trauma, relationship difficulties, or a sense of disconnection from life, from others, or from themselves. Sometimes, it’s less about resolving a problem and more about a desire to feel more alive, more present, or more whole.
Therapy offers the space to experience and express emotions, to explore patterns and beliefs (both conscious and unconscious), and to begin loosening what may be holding you back. For some, it’s about learning strategies for emotional regulation. For others, it’s a deeper journey inward — a return to the self.

The Power of Relationship

I believe that within each of us lies an innate wisdom and resilience. Sometimes, we just need the right conditions for it to emerge. The therapeutic relationship can be one of those conditions — a place to feel seen, heard, and met without judgment. As deeply relational beings, our wellbeing is shaped by our connections — both past and present.

Often, our early attachments lay down blueprints for how we relate to others, and to ourselves. There does not have to be significant trauma in relationships for there to be wounds. Sometimes just not being attuned to as babies can be enough, and let’s face it, in modern society it is impossible to be tuned to the needs of others all the time. If those attachments were inconsistent, neglectful, or overwhelming, we may carry significant imprints into adult relationships — with partners, colleagues, family, and friends. Therapy offers a chance to understand and revise these patterns. To step out of survival strategies that once protected us but may now limit us. There is not a human that does not have relational wounding somewhere in their story.

Reclaiming the Self

Much of the therapeutic journey involves reconnection:

– Reconnection with forgotten or repressed parts of ourselves — the creative, the playful, the joyful.
– Releasing internalised voices of shame or self-criticism, self-hatred.
– Softening the defences that once kept us safe but now keep us small and shielded from love.

Together, we can explore the roles you've had to play, the burdens you’ve carried, and the parts of yourself you may have silenced along the way. The goal is not perfection, but wholeness — integrating all that you are, and making space for what might still emerge.