I have had a passion for the therapy space since I was a teenager.  My dad died in a car accident when I was 10 years old.  Loss and grief became a very familiar environment growing up and I would seek to understand what might mend broken hearts.  I trained as a teacher and whilst teaching developed a specific interest in pastoral issues and the impact of life’s events on childhood and into adulthood.  This led to me undertaking counselling training which I began at Middlesex University in 1996 where I studied the Person Centred Approach and then in 2009 I further trained in the Psychodynamic Approach which is now my preferred way of working.  I qualified as a supervisor in 2014 and thoroughly enjoy the supportive, collaborative and educative nature of this work.

I have a special interest in trauma and have developed and led an excellent team of therapists for a charity in Sheffield working with women with serious life issues as well as survivors of modern day slavery.

Nothing gives me a greater buzz in my work than seeing lives changed through the hope that can come out of the therapeutic space; it is precious and completely unique.  There is no other space like it.

I also love my work with couples and feel privileged to watch relationships change, evolve and grow from the counselling space.

I am thrilled to be founding Invicta Therapy with my friend Bel.  It has been a passion for a long time to make the therapeutic space more accessible to more people and we both hold strong beliefs on the deep connection of mind, body and soul.

We all have a need for meaning and purpose in life.

I believe that being authentic is key to leading a meaningful, purposeful and fulfilling life.  We can lose our authenticity at times through the expectations and demands of others.  Therapy helps to access our authentic self and empower that authenticity which can then be extremely liberating.  As a therapist I do not have all the answers but I have the ability, skills and desire to help clients find their own answers.  I see myself as an ‘emotional detective’ looking for clues to help find some answers.  Therapy can be a bit like figuring out the instruction manual to how the individual works – each of us works differently and it’s invaluable to discover how to work/operate our very selves!