I am a Manchester based Senior Accredited Psychotherapist (BACP).
I specialise in mental health including trauma, addiction and relationship difficulties.
I work with clients over Zoom, throughout the UK and beyond.
How I Work
I am fully trained in four psychotherapeutic approaches, and tailor treatment to each client’s needs and goals.
- Person‑centred therapy: I create a warm, respectful, non‑judgemental space where empathy and authenticity help you feel understood and able to explore change.
- Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy (CBT): I use evidence‑based techniques to help you identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours.
- Creative Hypnotherapy: I work with your imagination and focused relaxation to support new ways of thinking and feeling.
- EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing): I offer a structured, trauma‑focused method to help process distressing memories and reduce their emotional impact.
I work with people experiencing depression, anxiety, trauma, including complex trauma and addictions.
Some of my clients come to me unsure where to start. That is understandable. I bring clinical experience and steadiness to help you make sense of what’s going on at a pace that feels right for you.
Relationship counselling: In addition to working with individuals I also work with couples, families and groups to resolve relationship issues.
Addiction and recovery: my understanding is informed by long‑term participation in 12‑Step and Buddhist Recovery groups, which I integrate respectfully, if helpful.
Neuroscience‑informed option: I partner with Flow Neuroscience to offer clinician‑led tDCS (gentle transcranial electrical stimulation) as an adjunct for some clients with Major Depressive Disorder.
Clinician‑led treatment includes an equipment discount, remote monitoring, and an enhanced stimulation protocol. As with all interventions, I will discuss suitability, evidence, and alternatives before any treatment.
Additional training: I have training and/or experience in Schema Therapy, Gestalt Psychotherapy, NLP coaching, treatment resistant depression and mindfulness and meditation (I have also authored a short book on meditation and mental health).
Business coaching: When clients wish to explore work, business or systemic issues I draw upon my undergraduate studies in Business and Finance, postgraduate studies in both occupational psychology and organisational research and my work history in both private and public sectors. I combine psychological, sociological and organisational perspectives to understand and resolve difficulties in context.
In addition to being a Senior Accredited Psychotherapist I am also a Chartered Psychologist and a sociologist.
In my work with clients, I often notice how our increasingly digital, fast-changing world affects our sense of meaning and social connection, especially for young people. Alongside individual therapy, I’m interested in practical ways people, families and communities can build real resilience in uncertain times.
Career Highlights
I have worked across sectors — as a trainee insurance underwriter; counselling and interpersonal communication skills trainer; psychology lecturer; sociologist at a Silicon Valley systems research laboratory; BA Health Studies course leader; trainee therapist in an NHS psychiatric day unit; massage and sports-injury therapist; CEO of an HIV charity; clinical supervisor; regional radio contributor; writer; and even had a go at stand‑up comedy!
I did not always enjoy or excel in every role, but each experience deepened my commitment to helping people. Since 1995 I have worked as a psychotherapist and business coach in private practice.
Protecting Your Confidentiality Online
To keep you safe, I hold meetings over an End-to-End encrypted Zoom call. This means that our conversations are not decrypted on Zoom servers, AI services are automatically suspended, and our conversations cannot be used for AI ‘training data’.
To protect you in the event of a data breach, my client notes are password protected, stored on an encrypted server, and do not contain any information that might identify you. Personal information, like your name or address, are stored on paper, not on your digital notes.
Therapeutic Style
As I draw from a wide range of training and experience, I tailor my approach to the needs of each individual client. This doesn’t make me perfect, or infallible, but it does mean I have the flexibility to work across different presenting issues with a range of techniques or approaches. This is ideal for clients with complex needs working over longer time frames.
I undertake to work in a trauma informed way with every client. As my career has progressed, it has become obvious from the research, that trauma lay at the root of much of the suffering and addictions clients experience. EMDR has established itself as a useful treatment for some people, and this, in conjunction with other trauma informed practices, means that we now have more effective options to help clients with trauma than we did at the start of my career.
I believe psychotherapists should continually work on themselves. In addition to mandatory clinical supervision and professional development, I also attend personal therapy.
Whatever you feel you need, and even if you don’t know what ‘help’ might look like right now, I’m happy to meet for a free initial consultation to discuss your options.
