Why I do this work.

My story

I came to therapy as a client before I came to it as a practitioner. I’d read the books — I had a shelf full of them — and I understood, intellectually, a great deal about myself. But understanding something and being able to shift it turned out to be two very different things. It was therapy that finally moved something.

That experience sits at the heart of how I work. Most of the people I see already have a lot of insight. What they’re looking for is the thing that actually creates change, not just understanding. I find that endlessly interesting to work with.

I trained as an integrative psychotherapist, which means I draw on a range of approaches rather than working from a single model. Over the years I’ve added specialist training in trauma, in working with the body and nervous system, and in disordered eating. My practice is grounded in psychodynamic thinking — a curiosity about patterns, history, and the often-unconscious ways we organise our experience.

I’m also a qualified coach, and I bring that forward-focused dimension to the work where it’s useful.