About Me

I have been working in the area of mental health, supporting people in variety of settings for over 20 years.  From 2005 I worked as an Occupational therapist in a mental health hospital and day therapy centre.  Here I supported people with acute, severe and enduring mental health problems.   I started to take an interest in psychotherapy and CBT in particular as I saw the difference it made to the people that accessed it.  Qualifying in cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) with a post graduate diploma in 2009, I became fully accredited with the British association of Cognitive and Behavioural Psychotherapists (BABCP).  I have since worked as a psychotherapist in the NHS for 10 years and afterwards in private sector organizations. 

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I now focus solely on my own private practice and have specialised in therapy for anxiety disorders.

Practicing as a private therapist enables me to put the clients needs central to the therapy, more than I found possible working for an organisation.  Choosing to specialise in anxiety was motivated by my own interest and understanding personally what it is like to be effected by anxiety and low self esteem.

Anxiety disorders I can support you with include persistent and uncontrollable worry, OCD, health anxiety, social anxiety, phobia (including emetophobia)  and panic. Alongside CBT I have an interest and experience in complimentary approaches, in particular ACT (Acceptance and commitment therapy).   I continue to update my knowledge and skills and attend monthly supervision to ensure I can develop and be as effective as possible when supporting you. 

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