I am a highly specialised psychotherapist with over 25 years’ experience helping people navigate a wide range of emotional and mental health challenges, including anxiety and mood disorders, trauma, bipolar disorder, addiction, burnout, relationship difficulties, deep existential concerns, and difficulties following psychedelic experiences.

My practice is grounded in extensive professional experience: from a senior role in private mental health hospitals, to working with survivors of torture at Freedom from Torture, to supporting people in residential addiction treatment and survivors of childhood abuse.

Every therapy session is tailored to the individual — shaped by the client’s unique situation, the nature of their struggles, and their personal needs. This is supported by a finely attuned, integrative, multi-modality framework that draws on the most effective and research-based approaches available today.

At the heart of my work is an exploration of a client’s inner narrative: the thinking behind the thinking. Too often, this internal dialogue carries hurtful self-criticism or limiting beliefs that restrict growth. By carefully deconstructing these patterns, space opens for new possibilities and more self-understanding.

To support this process, I integrate schema therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), mindfulness-based approaches, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), compassion-focused therapy, internal family systems (IFS), person-centred and body-based methods. I am also among a small number of UK therapists trained in the Comprehensive Resource Model (CRM), a highly specialised approach for complex trauma. Underpinning all of this is the therapeutic relationship itself — consistently shown by research to be a vital factor in lasting change.

Flexibility is central to my work: there are no fixed limits on the number of sessions. Therapy unfolds according to each client’s journey and what they truly need.

Beyond my clinical practice, I have held teaching posts at Anglia Ruskin University, the Open University, and the New School for Psychotherapy and Counselling (NSPC), where I also supervise doctoral students. In addition, I am a lead therapist on several government-licensed research studies investigating innovative psychedelic treatments for treatment-resistant depression and major depressive disorder.

Outside of psychotherapy, I spent six years working with wolves — an experience that profoundly shaped my understanding of anxiety, survival, communication, and resilience. The lessons learned from these extraordinary animals continue to inform and enrich my therapeutic work today.