Hello,

I understand that seeking professional support for your life can feel daunting, even if you have had therapy before. When we experience anxiety, depression or other difficulties, the drive to protect ourselves is completely natural and each of us have our own individual ways of doing this. It can feel like wanting to stay hidden, perhaps at home, or by masking, or it might look like staying really busy and working super hard.

This can feel like it’s helping for a period of time, which is great, however, there can be detrimental consequences if we rely on these protective stances for too long. No matter which way you are managing your difficulties, I can be alongside you, offering a non-judgmental presence and good quality therapy to support you in the changes you want to make in your life.

If any of what I've spoken about here feels of interest to you, and you want further information, I would be happy to speak with you (for a free phone call) and to consider if we would be a good 'fit' to support you. No matter how hard life feels right now, the one thing we can be sure of is that change is a certainty of life. I welcome you to contact me to consider what that might look like for you.

I live and work in Derbyshire, just south of the Peak District, UK. I'm an approachable and experienced therapist (over twenty years) successfully helping people in their lives when, for example, anxiety, depression, trauma, or relationship problems emerge.

I'm interested in what you want from therapy and will support your personal process towards feeling whole, calm, and confident in the areas you want to focus on.

I am trained in a number of different therapies and approaches which helps me to support more people with a variety of issues. If sitting still in a room with a therapist feels too intense or uncomfortable, we can meet outdoors in a natural setting for nature-based therapy. People who feel supported by their engagement with nature often find this kind of therapy more helpful. I have found outdoor therapy is particularly facilitative for neuro-divergent people.

With this approach we walk and/or sit together in woodland or open meadows that I know well, and is large enough to offer privacy. We might work creatively using arts therapy, and at times I may invite exercises to support different perspectives to be engaged with. The focus is always on what matters most to you.

I also work online where you can access lifespan integration therapy no matter where you live. Lifespan Integration (or LI) is a trauma informed therapy that works to gently heal and clear trauma, supporting people to feel more coherent, present and grounded in themselves.

LI a body-mind therapy where the therapist repeats a written timeline – a list of short sentences that act as cues to your chosen memories - showing your body, brain and nervous system, that time has passed and your trauma is over. People gain new insights, feel differently about their lives in positive ways and develop greater awareness and understanding.

I am a registered arts therapist which means I offer creative, as well as verbal, ways for people to connect with their feelings and unconscious mind that inspires greater self-awareness, new perspectives and change. When we work creatively we use our senses and our intuition, we become more embodied and use more of the brain than when we simply talk. This is why working with the arts therapies, and therapies like LI and eco-therapy are more effective than sitting still on a chair solely talking about our problems.

It is urgently understood that our species’ separation from nature is having very serious consequences on many levels. Restoring our relational position within the living earth feels like an appropriate response to our world in these times, providing the opportunity to develop a healthier affiliation with the natural world, as well as our own being.