Further to this, I have trained with Grief Yoga expert Paul Denniston, and received certification as a Grief Movement Guide, and I am currently training with trauma specialist, Janina Fisher. Previous trauma training with British trauma therapist Carolyn Spring, certified me as a trauma informed therapist.

While training I worked at a local mental health charity in Somerset, where I completed over 150 hours working with clients from age 12 through to adults. I have now achieved over 700 client hours working with clients living with trauma as an effect of grief and loss, self -harm, OCD, intrusive thoughts, suicidal ideation, disordered eating, historic rape, and sexual assault, inter-generational trauma, anxiety, and depression, all of which resulted in issues with their mental health and well-being. My training saw me take a bigger interest in children and young people’s mental health, and a want to ‘prevent rather than cure’ mentality became even more evident within me, and I now work with children and young people from 9 years old, through to adults of all ages.

The foundation of my work is person-centred, with the integration of other modalities where appropriate. I integrate CBT into my sessions by way of socratic questioning and work sheets, including thought records, when working with irrational thinking patterns. I like gestalt theory, it believes a person is more than just their individual parts, a complete entity of body & mind, and focuses on the client’s present moment and environment. I also like to integrate creative therapies into sessions, such as feelings and mood cards, and games such as emotions Jenga. I have recently completed training for Sand tray therapy, of which I incorporate into my practice as and when requested, and Walk and Talk therapy. The use of timelines and safety or care plans where I deem appropriate are utilised for the individual client. I also like to use creative activities such as clay modelling and drawing as an aide to discover inner thoughts and feelings of the client.

I have experience professionally and personally of working with neurodivergent people. I welcome any enquiry to meet by offer of an initial 15 minute session prior to making a decision to work together, to allow the individual to assess their comfortability in my room and with myself.

I believe every client is the expert in their own life. and together, with me as a guide, I aim to help them in their journey to a better mental well-being state of mind.