I provide counselling and psychotherapy in Chorlton, South Manchester, and online (throughout the UK).
 

It's likely you've already been trying really hard to figure things out on your own, or with support from friends or family.

 

A warm and compassionate therapeutic relationship with someone who's trained can help you find new ways of getting to know yourself, understand what's going on for you, and help you find ways to move forward and experience lasting change.

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There are many reasons why you might be seeking therapy, here's just a small sample. You may be:

 

• feeling suck, or overwhelmed by your thoughts, feelings and life experiences 

• wanting to experience a deeper sense of self-acceptance, or to become more of the person you'd like to be

• finding relationships with the people in your life tricky, unsatisfying or painful

• desiring a greater sense of freedom, contentment, or connection with yourself and others

• finding yourself in familiar situations time and again and you'd like things to be different, but you're not quite sure how to make it happen. 

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Whatever your unique reasons are for coming to therapy, I'll listen with empathy, a curious open mind, and without judgement. Together, we can gently explore your inner world, your experiences of relating to others, and the things you might not have had the freedom or courage to share before.

 

As your unique story and experiences unfold, new ways of thinking, feeling and being in the world will emerge that will enable you to live your life with greater freedom and ease.

  

I use transactional analysis (TA) as my main way of working. I really like the way TA uses simple language to explain its ideas and concepts. TA provides theories and methods that can enable us to be curious if (outside your awareness) your earlier experiences may, at times, be influencing what's going on for you now. For example:

 

• how you make sense of yourself and others

• how you relate to and connect with the people in your life.

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I also take a trauma-informed approach to therapy, using polyvagal theory. This can help you understand your nervous system: how your nervous system may be influenced by your story and history, and how this may affect your feelings, thoughts, bodily sensations, and behaviour in the here and now.

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I embrace and support diversity. This includes providing a gender, sexuality, and relationship diversity affirming therapy space. I hold a firm belief that all genders, sexualities, and relationship types and structures are equal in value.

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It's important to find a therapist you feel comfortable with; the relationship you have with your therapist is key to getting the most out of therapy. To help you get a sense of whether we could be a good fit, I offer a free 30 minute consultation, so we can find out a little more about each other.

 

Areas of work

 

​I support people experiencing challenges such as:

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• anxiety

• stress

• low mood / depression

• loneliness or a lack of belonging

• relationship and attachment difficulties

• family difficulties

• recovery from trauma

• processing childhood experiences

• feeling stuck in unhelpful patterns of thoughts or behaviour

• 'people pleasing' - struggling to figure out and prioritise your needs and wants 

• striving for 'perfection' is getting in the way of you living your life with freedom and flexibility

• low confidence / self-esteem

• shame-based difficulties

• gender, sexuality, and relationship diversity issues

• career and work issues.