About me and how I work


Since completing counselling qualifications in 2007 I have been working as a counsellor and psychotherapist in medical settings, including a GP practice and hospice. I have also managed therapeutic services, provided group and individual supervision and acted as safeguarding and child protection officer for several national charities. 

I provide training to other therapists and mental health professionals, on  counselling online, safeguarding, working with young people and other topics.

In addition to my private practice, I have managed counselling services at Centre 33 in Cambridge and work as a clinical supervisor, trainer and safeguarding consultant for services around the UK

I’m experienced in working with a wide range of issues, but have a particular interest and experience in working with:
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  • young people from 11 years old and upwards
  • issues of gender, sexuality and personal identity
  • loss and bereavement
  • anger management and self esteem
  • personal development and life changes
  • anxiety, phobias and obsessive behaviours
  • depression
  • depersonalisation and alienation
  • self harming
  • trauma and traumatic stress
  • clients with disabilities including mild to moderate learning difficulties
  • relationship and family issues 
  • supporting research scholars and entrepreneurs

As a therapist, I am always humbled by people’s capacity for renewal and recovery from deeply challenging and painful experiences. I see my role as offering the most respectful, empathic, informed and honest therapeutic relationship I can.

Our experiences aren't created in isolation and are always shaped by our context- our family, our home, the beliefs that surround us.

Since training, I have also completed an MSc in Psychiatric and Psychological Anthropology, giving me further skills to work with clients in examining all social and psychological factors which have shaped their experiences.  ​  

Wider work

As a commentator on young people’s mental health, depression and self harm, I have contributed to BBC and SKY news, Radio 1 Newsbeat, LBC, Capital and dozens of other news and current affairs programmes.

I have written on a variety of therapeutic topics including counselling children, safeguarding, domestic abuse and sexuality, amongst others. A recent example is in a text book for student therapists and statutory health workers, Working with Adults at Risk from Harm (Eds: Greenfields, M; Dalrymple, R; Fanning, A: published by OUP) 
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A forthcoming title: ‘Online supervision and managing risk in an international context’ in Online Supervision: A Handbook for Practitioners (ed. Anne Stokes, publication by Karnac due in 2018)