I'm an advanced clinical trainee psychotherapist working with individuals and couples in Nantwich and online across the UK.

Before therapy, I had a different life. A law degree I was talked into. An MBA. Ten (+) years as a consultant and a brief detour training to teach English Literature. At university I was going to study psychology before someone persuaded me it wasn't a "safe bet." It turns out the safest bet is following what's been quietly pulling at you all along, which is why this work has felt like a homecoming.

What I bring to the room is that wider life: the corporate years, the stepping away from a path that wasn't mine, the experience of being a mum, and a long, close-up understanding of how mental illness moves through families. It's why I rate qualifications and lived experience equally, and why my clients tell me I feel both properly trained and very human.

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What I'm like in sessions

Warm. Down to earth. I'll offer you a brew. I'll move at your pace and I won't push you somewhere you're not ready to go. I'm gentle and curious, but I will challenge you when I think it's in your interest. I'm the kind of therapist who'll feel angry on your behalf when something's been unjust, share in the sadness of what you're carrying, and properly celebrate your wins rather than nodding politely past them. I notice the child you once were inside the adult sat across from me, and I'm curious about both.

How I work

My core training is in Integrative Transactional Analysis (TA), which looks at how patterns we developed early in life are still shaping our relationships, thoughts and feelings now. It's collaborative, practical, and warm, definitely not the silent-blank-screen version of therapy.

With couples, I work using Imago Relationship Therapy, which is specifically designed to interrupt the cycles of conflict that long-term relationships fall into and help partners properly hear each other again. It's powerful work, particularly for couples who've drifted, who keep having the same argument, or who are trying to find their way through after an affair.

Training and registrations

• Level 7 Postgraduate Diploma in Integrative Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy — Manchester Institute for Psychotherapy

• Specialist clinical training in Imago Relationship Therapy

• Certificate in Online and Telephone Counselling

• MBA (Business Master's) and Law degree

• Registered member of the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP)

• Member of the UK Association for Transactional Analysis (UKATA) and Imago UK

• Clinical placement at Mind, where I continue to volunteer

Outside the therapy room

I'm a mum to a young boy I adore, and there's a big cat who runs our house. I read whenever I can, whether it be literary fiction, domestic suspense, psychological thrillers or the weather — and my honest guilty pleasure is reality TV. I enjoy hiking in the Peak District, I try to run semi-regularly, and do Irish dancing.

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