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Please get in touch to discuss my current availability for psychotherapy.

I am a psychotherapist with a specialism in working with trauma, this includes post-traumatic stress, complex trauma, and trauma as a consequence of sexual assault. I work with a range of other needs, including anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, OCD, and Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD). I also work with neurodivergent people as they navigate a world often not designed for their needs. A central part of my work is supporting people as they navigate opposing truths, as both therapy and life can involve balancing hope and despair, comfort and challenge, safety and risk, fragility and strength, holding on and letting go.

I am registered member of the Íø±¬ÃÅ, have two master's degrees in psychology and am currently conducting clinical doctoral research focused on clinical understandings of psychological trauma. In addition to my private work, I have worked clinically in a variety of settings, including a specialist NHS service supporting people who have experienced rape and sexual assault as well as third-sector addiction services.

I am a lived-experience practitioner, which means I have my own experience of long term therapy and its potential to bring meaningful change. This also means I understand how hard it can be to let go of ways of being that once kept us safe. I know that it is a privilege to support people in moments of vulnerability and this perspective informs my clinical work and motivates me to provide consistent and effective care to everyone that I work with.  

I provide weekly psychotherapy online or in-person central London, once or twice weekly. I often work with people who are feeling anxious, depressed, stuck, or overwhelmed. Many have developed creative ways of coping that once kept them safe, but now feel painful or limiting. For some, this can involve pushing feelings aside, holding parts of themselves back, staying busy or avoiding looking too closely at what feels uncomfortable, leaving them feeling disconnected from themselves or others.

Therapy can be a space to gently explore patterns, to understand them not as failings, but as protective ways of surviving in the world. Safe, yet challenging enough to face what frightens us, making room for parts of ourselves we might find hard to love, and sometimes, to imagine new ways of being.

I specialise in trauma; both trauma relating to single overwhelming events and experiences of complex trauma that can strain our relationships with ourselves and others. I also have extensive experience supporting people with anxiety, exploring how safety-seeking behaviours that may temporarily soothe can also maintain anxiety and keep fears alive.

I am an integrative psychotherapist, which means I work in a variety of ways tailored to the person I am working with. I primarily work relationally & psychodynamically, but integrating a variety of other evidenced based approaches like CBT when appropriate. My practice is queer/neurodiversity-affirming & adopts a HAES (Health at Every Size)-aligned approach.

I aim to create a space that feels secure, warm and collaborative, yet enables the courage to gently face what feels frightening, what may have been avoided or the parts of yourself that may once have felt too hard to meet.

Our first few sessions will be an opportunity to explore your needs and for me to ask some questions that help me better understand your history and current concerns. These early meetings also allow us both to assess whether I’m the right fit to support you, and to determine if ongoing weekly therapy with me would be beneficial.