About Me

(And, more importantly, how I can help you.)

If you’ve come to my About Me page to check out my qualifications, you’ll find them further down. Of course, knowing your therapist has the right training is important – it’s one part of choosing the right therapist.

But let’s be honest: the real question is, what is it about me that means I can help you? Let me tell you….

About You

For as long as you can remember, there’s been a voice in your head that knows exactly how to make you feel small. You set impossibly high standards for yourself, and sometimes you meet them – but when you don’t, the voice takes over, leaving you feeling hopeless, helpless, and like you’re never enough.

You try harder than anyone knows. You hold it together for everyone else. Alone, it’s a different story — louder, rawer, more exhausting than you’d ever let anyone see.

Maybe you’ve started wondering, “What’s the point in even trying anymore?”

Getting to this place doesn’t happen overnight. It often follows years of difficult relationships, low self-esteem, and self-criticism so relentless it feels like second nature.

I Get It

Not just professionally.

In my twenties I hit a point where I realised I’d spent years becoming someone I wasn’t in order to fit the life I’d built. I was good at it – I’d been good at it my whole life – and by the time I noticed, I barely recognised myself.

What followed was a committed process of figuring out who I actually was, what I actually wanted and what kind of life I wanted to be in. I was fortunate to experience exactly the kind of therapy I now offer – vulnerable, straight-talking and willing to go where the real stuff was. Some years later I realised I was neurodivergent, which helped me to reframe some lifelong struggles.

What I do now is help other people do that work too – figure out what’s theirs and what isn’t, find their way back to themselves, and stop living lives that require them to be someone they’re not.

Qualifications and Professional Membership