When my sons grew up and left home, I found myself asking what I really wanted to do with this next chapter of my life. The answer, when it came, felt obvious in hindsight: I have always loved meeting people and hearing their stories, and I wanted to do that in a way that made a real difference.
I bring my own life experience into my work. I know what it is to grieve, and I know what it is to go through divorce. I am a mother and grandmother, and these roles have shaped how I understand relationships, loss, and the resilience people are capable of. I don't offer therapy from a distance — I offer it as someone who has walked through some of the same terrain that many of my clients are navigating, and who understands both the difficulty and the hope that can come with it.
About Me
My Story
I trained as a therapist in the UK after experiencing, firsthand, the transformative power of having someone to confide in and trust. That experience taught me how crucial it is to feel truly heard and understood, and showed me just how profound an impact therapy can have on a person's emotional wellbeing. I believe wholeheartedly that this process can be powerful and life-changing — I have seen it, and I have lived it.
Before training as a therapist, I spent years as a Cordon Bleu-trained cook. Later, as a divorced mother of two young boys, I built a career providing corporate entertaining for a major law firm, alongside running private functions and celebrations. It was demanding, creative work, and it taught me a great deal about people — how to read a room, put someone at ease, and create the conditions for genuine connection.
“Thank you in helping me to be able to continue in my job, and for me to see that through all the other hurdles I have had in my life that nothing is impossible and that ‘I can do it’."
My Experience
With many years of experience across a range of settings — including the NHS (the UK's National Health Service), drug and alcohol addiction centres, GamCare, schools, Cruse Bereavement, private practice, and specialist eating disorder clinics in South Africa — I have supported individuals and couples through a wide range of difficulties.
I am a UK trained Integrative Therapist and Couples Therapist, with a foundation in Transactional Analysis. As an integrative practitioner, I draw on a range of therapeutic models and tailor my approach to each person's individual needs.
As a relational practitioner, I work with clients in an empathetic and empowering way — meeting you where you are now, and supporting you in shaping how you want to feel, behave, and relate in the future.
Accredited Member of UKCP (UK Council for Psychotherapy) (2011184987)
I uphold the UKCP Ethical Frameworks for Counselling Professionals and always work to the highest professional standard. I hold Professional Indemnity Insurance, receive regular clinical supervision, and continue my professional development through ongoing CPD training and workshops.
Diploma in Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy, Academic Level 7 (UK)
Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling (Transactional Analysis speciality) (UK)
IAPT Couples Therapy with Tavistock Relationships
