What I bring to therapy
I’m a passionate advocate for mental health, inclusion and trauma informed practise. I bring a grounded, compassionate, and creative presence to therapy.
My work is shaped by a blend of professional training, lived experience, and many years supporting people through complex emotional, physical, and social challenges. This helps me meet my clients with sensitivity, flexibility, and a deep respect for the different ways people move through the world.
In our sessions, I offer a steady, relational space where you can explore your inner world at your own pace — through words, imagery, metaphor, movement, or creative expression. I hold an inclusive, trauma‑informed, neurodivergent‑affirming approach, and I’m committed to making therapy accessible for people who may have struggled to access support in the past.
My path into therapy has been shaped by a lifelong connection to creativity, care, and community.
I grew up around neurodivergence, disability, and chronic health conditions, which gave me an early understanding of difference, resilience, and the many ways people adapt to the world around them. These experiences taught me to listen deeply, to notice the quieter layers of someone’s story, and to value the parts of life that don’t always fit neatly into boxes.
Before becoming a therapist, I spent around a decade working in health and social care — supporting people with dementia, learning disabilities, and palliative needs, as well as working closely with family carers. This work grounded me in patience, dignity, and the importance of meeting people exactly where they are. My later clinical placement with a community mental health organisation strengthened my understanding of how complex and overwhelming support systems can feel, and how vital it is to have someone alongside you who understands that.
Creativity has always been central to my life. I trained in visual arts, performance, and physical theatre, and I now support inclusive arts and wellbeing practice in Wiltshire. I facilitate creative wellbeing courses with local arts and heritage partners and offer artist development around inclusive practice and working with psychological or autobiographical material. These experiences shape the expressive, embodied, and imaginative elements of my therapeutic approach.
I also understand what it’s like to hold multiple identities and roles at once — to be a carer, a parent, a partner, a working disabled person, a woman, and someone navigating both urban and rural worlds. Living with these intersections has given me a deep appreciation for the complexity of identity, belonging, and the quiet tensions that can arise when different parts of your life don’t always align. This helps me support clients who are navigating their own layers, whether around identity, relationships, sexuality, spirituality, health, or the expectations placed on them.
All of these threads — creative practice, lived experience, care work, identity, and community involvement — shape the way I show up as a therapist. They help me offer a space that is steady, inclusive, and attuned to the realities of being human, so you can explore your inner world with someone who understands that life is rarely simple or linear.