About Me

After growing up in rural Norfolk, I left home at 18 for university, where I studied Politics.  After graduating, I had a lot of fun being the singer in a 6-person university Indie Band.  I loved singing and performing but unfortunately commercial success proved elusive and after three years I moved to London in search of a career and some financial stability!

For the next 20 years, I built my career in the recruitment and talent management space, both in-house and agency side, in the UK and Internationally. I helped to build teams and plan the careers of mid, senior, and executive managers across a range of industries. I ran my own recruitment business for three years, which I brought to a close when my children came along. 

In 2016, following a change in family circumstances and my own life-changing experience with counselling, I decided to take my experiences and retrain as a counsellor myself.  I spent several years in a variety of helping roles including supporting survivors of domestic abuse in a refuge and working within a community service supporting individuals struggling with alcohol misuse. I also spent four years helping to manage a children’s mental health charity, working with young people and their families.  

After qualifying as a counsellor, I continued to work in the charity sector whilst simultaneously building my own private practice. Over the years I have undertaken further training and am now a qualified couples therapist and EMCC accredited coach.

Qualifications, Training and Memberships

• I have a BA (Hons) degree in Politics.  I have a level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling (awarded by CPCAB) from a BACP accredited training provider (three years’ training, with several supervised placements) and a Level 5 Certificate in Relational Counselling (18 months training, including supervised placement hours).  
• I am a registered member of the BACP (the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy), the main professional body for the counselling professions in the UK.  This means that I am trained to a high standard, adhere to their ethical framework and am accountable to their professional standards and expectations. 
• My training has been integrative, which means that I work with present-day problems (the ‘here and now’) while considering how the past shapes the present.   I can help people think about unconscious processes and the influence of early experiences on current difficulties. 
• I am required to undertake extensive CPD (Continuing Professional Development) each year.  Recent trainings have included Artful Coaching and Counselling (creative methods), Working with Relational Trauma, a Foundation Certificate in Positive Psychology Coaching, Traumatic Bonding and Attachment Disorders, Tools for Couples in Crisis, Working with Shame, Systemic Approaches when working with families and many more. 
• I have regular supervision for my work with a highly experienced senior therapist and supervisor.  I am DBS-cleared and fully insured.