About

Hi, welcome to my website. I’m guessing you’re reading this because you’re looking for a therapist for yourself, a loved one or perhaps a friend. Maybe you’re wondering if I can help – let me tell you a little about myself.

I started working in the learning disability field in the late 1970s. I then went on to qualify as both a registered mental health nurse (RMN) and as a general nurse (RGN). I have spent virtually all my working life in healthcare and I have many year’s experience of trauma and how it affects the mind and body. In my personal life I have navigated trauma. My experience will not be the same as yours yet I too, have the wounds and the scars.

I am a qualified counsellor, psychotherapist and EMDR, SE and IFS therapist with over 40 years’ experience of working in mental health with a wide range of issues. I worked for many years in the prison system and it is here that I began to work therapeutically with people who had experienced trauma many of whom have been told they have a personality disorder and many who were neurodivergent and had not been told. Over the years I have gained a lot of experience in working with people who are neurodivergent (mainly autism and ADHD), particularly at the interface of neurodivergence and trauma.

I developed a keen interest in trauma and traumatology and went on to undertake specialist training in this field. I have a Diploma in Trauma Therapy, and a Certificate in Somatic Trauma Therapy. Within EMDR I have taken further training in both the Flash and Advanced Flash Techniques. I am trained as an Internal Family Systems Therapist and as a Somatic Experiencing therapist. I am currently in training as a Hakomi practitioner. I now work in private practice as a trauma, EMDR, SE and IFS therapist.

I have a specific interest in working with: