Services
Therapy and Counselling
My focus is to create a therapeutic and confidential, safe space where you can pause, feel heard and reconnect with yourself. Together, we can gently explore what may be holding you back, recognise the strengths you already have, and find new ways forward with greater clarity, confidence and hope.
Every person and every relationship is different, so the support is always shaped around you — whether you are seeking support as an individual, as a couple, or as a family.
Please ask any questions about how this can be organised for you. I'm happy to discuss.
Mentoring
I offer individual and small-group mentoring for counsellors and therapists, supporting clinicians at different stages of their professional journey.
Mentoring provides a space to reflect on clinical practice, explore challenges, develop confidence and skills, and consider professional growth. Sessions can be arranged once or twice a month, either one-to-one or in small groups, depending on your needs.
Support Groups, & Workshops
I'm here to support you throughout your journey, offering a warm and welcoming space to explore challenges, build on your strengths, and find ways to move forward with greater confidence.
Groups can be designed around your needs and can be open or closed, time-bound, and range from 2 people to larger development groups and they offer opportunities to build
self-esteem, motivation and personal skills, while also providing support through more difficult times, including grief and life transitions.
I currently facilitate carers support groups in the cancer field.
Specialist Support
Substance Misuse & Addiction, Trauma, Illness, Grief & Bereavement
Life can bring experiences that feel overwhelming, painful, or difficult to make sense of. Loss and bereavement, illness, trauma, abuse, or major life changes can affect us in many different ways, and there is no single way to grieve or cope. These experiences can be challenging not only for individuals, but for families and those who care about them too.
You may find yourself experiencing anxiety, fear, sadness, hopelessness, changes in sleep or eating, or feeling that you’ve lost your sense of direction. Sometimes, difficult health experiences can also affect how we cope, leading to patterns of substance use or other behaviours that may no longer feel helpful. Therapy begins with creating a sense of safety. Life can sometimes leave us feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, stuck or unsure of where to turn. Having someone alongside you who will listen without judgement, take time to understand your experience, and gently help you make sense of what is happening can be an important first step.
Counselling offers a safe, compassionate space to explore what you are going through, whether you are living with loss, navigating illness, processing trauma, or simply finding life difficult at the moment. Through therapy, coaching and supportive conversations, we can help you reconnect with your strengths, rebuild motivation and perspective, and gently find a sense of hope and joy again.
Support is available for individuals, couples, and loved ones, either one-to-one for individuals or within small groups. Theses groups vary and can be open or closed, depending on your needs, creating a supportive space where you don’t have to navigate difficult times alone.
...grow your courage, make change, live free...
Attachment & Self Esteem Issues, Relationship & Communication
Often our link to someone we love can present as difficult to understand or improve. Whether it be from our early years of our relationships growing up, our current partner self esteem is vital for empowerment and healthy relationships. Learn how to better our own understanding to help ourselves and others close to us.
Relationship exploration can be beneficial to people who are looking to strengthen their emotional connection, in all stages of their relationships. The key to good outcomes is effective communication; learn how with individualised techniques in bespoke 121's or small groups.
How: Walking/Talking Therapy or One-off Longer Sessions
On occasion, the format of therapy can change. Often longer in time (ie 2 hours or more) the walking & talking approach can be helpful. It's a known method of being able to concentrate on our surroundings in nature to help the unconscious, become conscious.
I offer bespoke sessions for couples or or small groups or 1-2-1 with walking. Bring water and comfortable shoes - we'll do the rest. This can also be closer to your home if you prefer.
Longer workshop style sessions with coaching and counselling can also be useful for some to delve at depth into a subject; often goal focused but not always with follow-up and/or homework if required.
Background
Additional Information
About Me
I’m a BACP Accredited Counsellor and Psychotherapist with over 25 years’ experience working alongside individuals, couples and families across mental health, addiction, health, and therapeutic services.
Over the years, my work has taken me into many different settings, including the Prison Service, RAPT, Addaction, Inclusion (NHS) and specialist family and substance misuse services. I have also managed a team of 15 counsellors and worked as the Family Lead for Cambridgeshire Substance Misuse Services.
My own therapeutic journey began with Gestalt Psychotherapy and has continued to grow through my work as a Systemic Family Therapist. Along the way, I have trained in and drawn from a number of therapeutic approaches, including Brief Solution-Focused Therapy, Transactional Analysis, CBT, Attachment Theory and others. Rather than following one fixed model, I bring these experiences together to create an approach that is thoughtful, flexible and shaped around the person sitting in front of me. I have personal experience of cancer related ill-health.
I have a particular interest in relationships, attachment and family dynamics, and in understanding what happens between people when relationships become difficult or painful. I believe that our experiences can shape the ways we connect with ourselves and others, but they don't have to define our future. With the right support, there can be opportunities to heal, reconnect and find new ways of relating and healing; I bring a breadth of experience and different perspectives, while keeping the same commitment to creating a safe, compassionate and respectful space for those I support.
Now based in France, I offer face-to-face and online therapy across France and the UK. I also provide therapeutic support through Cancer Support France, Languedoc, including one-to-one support and a fortnightly group for carers affected by cancer-related challenges.
Whether you are coming to therapy for the first time, finding your way through a difficult period, or simply feeling that something needs to change, you don't have to have all the answers before you begin.
We can start from where you are.
