Background

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Before training as a therapist, I worked for many years as an editor in publishing after graduating with a degree in English Literature. That experience continues to shape how I listen – particularly to what feels unfinished, ambiguous, or resistant to neat formulation. I am very interested in exploring creativity as a way of deepening the work we do together.​

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Alongside my general work with adults, I have experience working with women reflecting on different stages of life, and with people who identify as neurodivergent, including ADHD or autism. I don’t see these as labels to impose, but as aspects of experience that may become important when they feel relevant to the person.​

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I continue to develop my practice through regular supervision and ongoing professional learning. My current areas of research lie in the possibility of self-understanding through creative work, found for example in the work of Marion Milner; the psychological and physical challenges of moving through the perimenopause; developing a deeper understanding of neurodivergence.

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I sit on the Ethics Committee for Wessex Counselling and Psychotherapy and am a member of the Oxford Psychotherapy Society. I am a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and a registrant of the British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC). Both these bodies uphold the strictest ethical standards among their membership in order to ensure the safety and wellbeing of the public.

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Qualifications:

Postgraduate Diploma in Working with Children and Young People, Wessex Counselling and Psychotherapy

Diploma in Psychodynamic Counselling, Wessex Counselling and Psychotherapy

Degree in English Literature, MA Hons (Cantab)

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