What

My main training organisation was Spectrum Therapy, one of the longest-established centres for Humanistic Psychology practice and training in the UK. My training was experiential, with great emphasis on personal development and practical skills. This means that I bring to my work a really solid skills base along with a profound personal understanding of what it is to work with difficult feelings, behaviours and emotions. My qualifications and experience includes:-

Internal Family Systems Level 1 and Level 2 training (IFS Institute)
PBSP therapist – 3 years of training with Pesso Boyden Training UK
EMDR Europe Accredited Practitioner
EMDR training parts 1, 2 and 3 (approved by EMDR-Europe Association and EMDR International Association)
Relational Supervision – UKCP approved training in supervising other counsellors and psychotherapists
Somatic Trauma Therapy – 12 day training with Babette Rothschild
Working with Couples – 10 day training with Juliet Grayson, author of Landscapes of the Heart
Spectrum Certificate in Counselling and Psychotherapy (5 year training at postgraduate level)
Transforming Relationships – Formative/Somatic Training at Spectrum
Gestalt Series – 9 day Spectrum course

I am committed to continuing my personal and professional development with ongoing training courses, workshops and extensive reading. In particular, I am deepening my understanding and proficiency in EMDR, PBSP and IFS, all of which have so much to offer in terms of healing trauma to make way for greater connectedness, satisfaction, pleasure and meaning.

From March 2017 to December 2022 I worked for Petals Charity (www.petalscharity.org), offering counselling to parents who had suffered trauma and loss in childbirth.

I have a degree (MA) in Modern and Medieval Languages (French and Italian) from the University of Cambridge and I have studied art in both Italy and the UK.

Early in my working life I was the production manager in a small, prestigious shoe design business, and then I worked for several years as a photographer.
I was involved with the Terrence Higgins Trust for four years as a buddy to a person living with AIDS.
I am a Trustee of The Dominic Barker Trust, a charity supporting research into dysfluency or stammering.

Last but not least, I am a daughter, a parent, a partner and a feeling, thinking, breathing, moving, imperfect human being with plenty of life experience to bring to my work!