About

Background and experience

My clinical experience includes working with a range of difficulties, including anxiety, depression, stress, burnout, bereavement, trauma, relationship difficulties and life transitions.

I am particularly interested in how our early experiences, family relationships, culture and sense of identity can shape the way we understand ourselves, relate to others and experience life. I am also interested in the ways difficult experiences can sometimes be carried across generations, and how experiences within education can continue to affect us later in life.

Psychotherapy training

My initial clinical training was in Person-Centred counselling, where I completed a Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling. I have since been awarded the Advanced Diploma in Transactional Analysis Practice, Theory and Clinical Application (Level 7) at the TA Training Organisation in Leeds, a UKATA Registered Training Establishment.

I have also successfully completed the written and oral examinations required for UKCP registration through UKATA and am currently completing the additional clinical hours required for registration.

Psychotherapy training involves extensive clinical practice, supervision, personal therapy and ongoing reflective work over several years. My practice continues to be shaped through clinical training, supervision and personal therapeutic experience.

Professional memberships

I am a registered member of BACP and a trainee member of UKCP.

Academic Background and Research

Before training in counselling and psychotherapy, I completed a BSc in Psychology (1st Class Honours), an MSc in Addictive Behaviours (Merit) and a PhD in Psychology at the University of Liverpool. I was awarded the Wandesczka Helena Dubicki Prize by the Department of Psychology at the University of Liverpool for my final undergraduate research project on planned behaviour, impulsivity and procrastination. My MSc research examined the impact of thought suppression on alcohol use, while my doctoral research focused on motivation and emotion regulation.

I worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate and Research Assistant on clinical and neuroscientific research connected with the NHS and the World Health Organisation. I also taught Applied Psychology at postgraduate level and delivered workshops on attachment, shame and emotion regulation.