I am a Psychotherapist who combines Somatic Experiencing (SE) and Comprehensive Resource Model (CRM) to suit the clients needs.

I have been seeing children, young people, adults and couples in Brighton, Hove & Lewes for the past 15 years. I am committed to providing counselling and psychotherapy in Hove & Brighton, in a safe, confidential and non-judgemental environment.

I provide a safe space to be able to talk and work through your thoughts and feelings in a safe and confidential setting. I provide face-to-face, individual counselling to anyone experiencing a range of emotional issues, with the aim of enabling you to gain self-awareness and to live more fully.

‘When I entered therapy my self esteem was shattered and I viewed life pessimistically.
Thanks for listening. I can now love myself. Your help is beyond measure and I am deeply grateful for it’

27 year old Male

‘ I cannot thank you enough for the genuine care and support you gave me. I am now well enough to begin feeling into what is.
Thanks for helping get me back on track.’

38 year old Male

Biographical Info:

I practised in the NHS for 30 years working with adults and leading the psychology services in Forth Valley Health Board. Now working privately and holding clinics in Stirling, central Scotland.

Specialties:

PTSD, Sex, Stress, Trauma

I work with adults and adolescents, and have a particular interest in trauma; PTSD and C-PTSD, addictive behaviours and coping mechanisms and their link to developmental/realtional/childhood trauma; ‘ACE’s’ (Adverse Childhood Experiences), and how these affect survivors as adults.

Trauma comes in many forms; obvious, overt ones such as physical or sexual abuse, car accidents, war, disasters etc, and also less obvious or covert forms like emotional abuse or neglect, bullying, or just ‘not getting what we need’ on an emotional level. If you have experienced trauma (defined here simply as anything that ‘overwhelms’ your nervous system’s ability to adapt healthily) then it’s likely that some emotions connected with the trauma are either unavailable to you or intermittently or relentlessly disturbing to you. I can help you with that.

I have completed the CRM basic training, and also Somatic Experiencing Beginning 1, Integral Somatic Psychology Level 1, and Internal Family Systems Level 1 trainings. I am in the submission stage of a Masters degree in Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapy and have been running a successful private practice for 6 years. I believe in ongoing updating and learning. I am a member of UKCP and BCPC and abide by their code of ethics. I am also a member of ISST-D (International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation); Trauma Research Foundation; European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies and ACE’s Connection.

During my training I completed a placement with Barnardo’s Sure-start programme providing therapy for young Mums, and a mental health placement with Avon and Wiltshire Assessment and Recovery team.

I am a volunteer psychotherapist with ‘Help! Counselling’, a charity supporting 9-25 year olds.

At the heart of my work is a belief in the deep value of simply being in a calm, confidential and safe space where you can explore what’s troubling you at your own pace. You may be looking for therapy because you know that you have experienced some form of trauma or you may simply be feeling a bit down and that things are ‘not quite right’, or something in-between. I will offer you good humoured warmth and acceptance, that will support you to express what is going on for you, and together we can try to make sense of things. Through being heard, allowing feeling and being genuinely ‘seen’, things get better…

I now live and practice in East London, UK, where I work with adults. My practice areas include:

• Couples Therapy
• Individual Therapy
• Depression and Anxiety Therapy
• Bereavement Counselling
• Abuse or trauma issues
• Parent-child conflict

My practice is informed by these techniques:

• CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy)
• DBT (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy)
• Imago Couples Therapist
• I am a certified EMDR (Eye-Motor Desensitization Reprocessing) trauma therapist
• CRM Comprehensive Resource Model