I am a fully qualified psychotherapist and trauma therapist. I offer in-person sessions at my private practice in Orpington, Kent and in Belgravia, Central London (SW1), very close to Victoria Station. Additionally, I provide online therapy to clients across the United Kingdom. I specialise in the impacts of trauma, including childhood neglect, sexual abuse, narcissistic abuse, domestic violence, serious accidents, illness, workplace trauma, and financial stress. I also support clients with issues including depression, anxiety, stress, low self-esteem, relationship issues, life transitions, disordered eating, and body image concerns. Additionally, I have experience working with high-net-worth individuals and understand the unique challenges they may bring to therapy.

In therapy, I take a trauma-informed approach, asking, “What happened to you?” rather than, “What’s wrong with you?” I work holistically, integrating mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual elements to address the whole person. My aim is to help my clients process past experiences, build resilience, and make positive changes in behaviour, thought patterns, and relationships.

I provide a safe, supportive space for clients to understand and overcome their experiences, fostering empowerment so they can take control of their life. I guide clients in creating the life they want, helping them align their decisions with their values and goals.

I hold public liability and indemnity insurance, an Enhanced DBS certificate, and practice under the ethical framework of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).

About Therapy

The aim of therapy is not to have someone provide the solutions to your problems. Instead of someone else making decisions for you, you learn to become more empowered, take ownership of your life, gain clarity about what is best for you, and then begin to create positive change.

I will actively listen and offer you my time, skills, compassion and understanding to talk about your particular issues, with the aim of reducing negative feelings and confusion and increasing your ability to cope with challenges and make positive changes to your life. In the sessions you explore your own experiences, and so you need to be open to self-exploration and to identifying what factors in your personal history and current life are maintaining and/or are causing your current issues.

It is important that the therapeutic relationship is one of trust and respect. I will be impartial and non-judgemental, providing a safe and confidential environment for you to explore and make sense of who you are, your life and your experiences. My role is to support you to explore your thought and behaviour patterns, and this may involve me challenging your beliefs and thought processes in order to help you see things from different perspectives.

There are many ways of working, or 'modalities', in therapy. I work in an integrative way, which as the name suggests is a combined approach that brings together different elements of specific therapies. Integrative therapy takes the view that there is no single approach that can treat every client in all situations. Rather, each person deserves to be considered as an individual with a unique set of problems, and therapy techniques need to be tailored to your personal needs and circumstances. I work in a trauma-informed way with clients who have experienced trauma in their lives.

​The different therapy styles I incorporate are:

Trauma Informed - An approach that recognises the presence of trauma symptoms and acknowledges the role trauma may play in your life. It focuses on creating a safe space, building trust, and empowering you to heal and regain control over your life.

​Person Centred - An approach that aims to understand your experience from your unique perspective, focusing on developing a sense of personal power, identifying how you want to live your life and working towards achieving your goals.

​Psychodynamic - An approach that helps to unravel and understand your deep-rooted feelings in order to resolve them by looking at past experiences and relationships and how they influence you in the present. 

​Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) - An approach that looks at your thought, feeling and behaviour patterns, working together in sessions to change some of these to manage your problems. 

Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) - An approach that helps with shame and self-criticism, which can often be behind issues like anxiety and depression. CFT helps cultivate self-compassion and compassion for others, to help regulate mood and foster self-acceptance.