An integrative practice grounded in evidence-based frameworks — tailored to each client rather than applied as a formula.
I am a Chartered Counselling Psychologist, which means I am trained to assess, formulate and treat a wide range of psychological difficulties. I am registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) — the statutory regulator for psychologists in the UK — and hold chartered status (CPsychol) with the British Psychological Society.
I work integratively. I don't work from a single model: most people's difficulties are more complex than any one framework can account for, and effective therapy usually requires drawing on several. Below are the approaches I am trained in and use most frequently.
CBT works by identifying the connections between thoughts, feelings and behaviour. Sessions are structured and active — we will look at what is maintaining a problem, and work on practical strategies to shift it. This often involves work between sessions: recording thoughts, testing assumptions, or trying different responses to see what changes.
This approach takes early relationships and history seriously. It is particularly useful when patterns keep repeating — in relationships, at work, or in how you relate to yourself — and when the reasons aren't obvious. We work at a deeper level, exploring what's unconscious or unspoken as well as what's on the surface.
The quality of the therapeutic relationship matters in all the work I do. Person-centred therapy places that relationship at the centre, working from a foundation of empathy, genuine engagement, and respect for your capacity to find your own direction. I bring this attitude to every piece of work I undertake.
MBCT combines cognitive therapy with mindfulness practice. Rather than fighting unwanted thoughts or feelings, it develops the capacity to notice them without being controlled by them. It has a strong evidence base, particularly for preventing relapse in recurrent depression.
Existential therapy takes seriously the questions that sit beneath many presenting difficulties — questions about meaning, identity, freedom, responsibility, and mortality. Some difficulties aren't symptoms to be removed; they're questions to be explored. It's not about finding reassuring answers but about developing a clearer, more honest relationship with the condition of being human.
It's particularly useful when someone is navigating a major life transition, a loss of purpose, or a sense that their life no longer fits them. It can also run alongside other approaches, providing a philosophical grounding for work that might otherwise stay at the level of symptoms.
This approach starts from what's working rather than what isn't. It identifies strengths and existing resources, and uses these to build towards a specific change. It can be effective in fewer sessions and works well alongside longer-term approaches.
In practice, the majority of my work is integrative. I don't apply a single model — I draw on whichever frameworks best fit the person in front of me and the difficulties they are bringing. A thorough assessment and formulation at the start of our work together guides which approaches are most likely to help and why.
This is not eclecticism for its own sake; it is a considered, evidence-informed response to the fact that most people's difficulties don't map neatly onto a single therapeutic tradition.
Mindfulness is not a standalone therapy but a set of skills that strengthen most therapeutic work. It involves learning to observe thoughts, feelings and physical sensations without immediately reacting to them — developing a different relationship with internal experience rather than trying to suppress or escape it.
The formal framework I use is Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), which integrates mindfulness practice with cognitive therapy techniques. It has strong evidence behind it, particularly for preventing relapse in recurrent depression and for managing chronic anxiety. Clients who engage with it seriously typically find it changes the texture of their daily experience as well as reducing specific symptoms.
Mindfulness practices can also be woven into other approaches — like CBT, psychodynamic work, schema therapy — rather than used as a separate intervention. Where it is clinically relevant, I'll draw on it within the broader therapeutic frame rather than treating it as a module.
I offer individual and executive coaching for professionals and leaders who want to develop their effectiveness — whether that means navigating a career transition, improving how they manage others, or addressing patterns that have started to get in the way.
What distinguishes psychologist-led coaching from generic coaching is the depth of understanding brought to the work. My doctoral training in Organisational Psychology means I understand how individuals function within professional systems — how organisational dynamics, role pressures and workplace relationships shape behaviour, often in ways that go unexamined.
Effectiveness at work is rarely just about skills or strategy. It is shaped by how someone responds under pressure, how they relate to authority, how they manage conflict, and what drives them at a level that goes beyond the professional role. My training allows me to work at this level without tipping into therapy — keeping the focus on professional functioning while engaging with what actually determines it.
Coaching is typically shorter-term than therapy and more explicitly goal-oriented. Sessions are 60–90 minutes.
Coaching is appropriate for people who are functioning well but want to perform better, lead more clearly, or navigate a specific challenge. If what emerges in coaching is more clinical in nature, I'll name that and we can discuss whether a different kind of support would be more useful.
The first conversation is the most important one. We'll talk about what's brought you here, and decide together whether and how to proceed.
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