About Me

I am a warm, empathic person who can provide a professional non-judgmental space for you to work through problems that are affecting you. I have a passion and commitment to support individuals with their emotional and psychological well-being, helping them overcome difficulties and encouraging positive change in their lives. We all go through struggles from time to time and sometimes facing these alone or with our loved ones can feel challenging. I regard it as a privilege to sit alongside someone offering kindness, compassion and emotional support to help navigate the storms and move towards a greater place of acceptance and healing. 

I have experience of working with a range of different issues, such as, but not limited to relationship difficulties, loss, abuse, trauma, bullying, self-harm, stress, domestic violence, anxiety, and depression.

I am integrative therapist, which means I can adopt different therapeutic approaches to suit your needs. My practice is rooted within a person-centred core, regarding you as the expert in your life and what you want to focus on in therapy. I believe there is potential for all of us to move towards change. A person-centred approach seeks to empower your awareness of this, progressing towards a more authentic self. My practice integrates psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioural and attachment-based frameworks. 

As a relational practitioner, I place great value on the therapeutic relationship and the importance of building trust.

I am experienced working with adults and adolescents. I work as a therapist in a secondary school, offering emotional and psychological support to children and young people aged 11-18 years.  Prior to my retraining as a therapist, I worked as a teacher in secondary school for 20 years and so have first-hand experience of what it is like both inside and outside of the classroom environment within a school and the challenges young people face today. I am also responsible for planning and implementing Mental health and well-being support groups for the young people in the school. This involves delivering psychoeducation on a range of topics such as body image, anxiety and bereavement. 

I work as part of the counselling team at Banners Gate counselling center, a counselling charity in Sutton Coldfield that offers low-cost, affordable counselling to adults with a range of issues. I have previously worked at Carrs Lane counselling center in Birmingham providing counselling support to adults. I engage in regular group supervision within these organizations and undertake ongoing CPD to deepen and develop my practice. 

I have experience of working with a range of different issues, such as, but not limited to relationship difficulties, loss, abuse, trauma, bullying, self-harm, stress, domestic violence, anxiety, and depression.