About me

I am a fully qualified counsellor and psychotherapist and with additional specialist training in trauma, bereavement therapy and meditation. I am an Accredited member of BACP.  

I began my journey of becoming a volunteer counsellor with Cruse Bereavement Care, a UK bereavement charity.  That experience showed me how meaningful this work could be, but also made me realise that I wanted a deeper grounding in counselling theory.  Also, having been a therapy client myself for several years I knew how transformative therapy could be. 

I went on to train for four years at the Wealden Psychology Institute (now closed), where I received the thorough training I had been looking for.

Before beginning my counselling career, I worked for many years in healthcare in different countries, and I have travelled extensively. I have also provided counselling at an LGBT organisation. 

One of the most rewarding parts of this work is sitting with people who arrive feeling troubled and leaving less burdened and more able to face future difficulties. The issues people bring are very varied, so this does not apply in every case, but I sometimes think of the therapy I provide as helping people discover and become themselves - whatever that is. 

Having lived in different countries I understand the immigrant and expat experience.