I am an integrative counsellor and coach working with my clients lived experience and personalising my approach to best meet their needs. I offer an early intervention service and have extensive experience working alongside multi-agency teams to support my clients with more complex needs. I work in person in my private therapy room in Exmouth, Devon and online with clients across the country.

I have worked with young people for much of my career, starting as a secondary science teacher and pastoral support in schools in both the UK and abroad. My role as a residential support worker in a secure children’s unit enabled me to nurture and care for young people with significant and complex welfare needs. I set up my private practice, alongside working with university students, uniformed service leavers and neurodiverse clients, encompassing adults, young people and couples.

As a teenager, I experienced lots of change with my dad serving in the military and dying abroad when I was 15 years old. My mum then suicided when I was 19 and I became a legal guardian of my younger brother and sister. My interest in neurodiversity grew out of the late diagnosis of my son with AuADHD and a realisation of how misunderstood, marginalised and alone both the individual diagnosed and family system around the individual can feel.

My own counselling when I was a young adult enabled me to acknowledge my early experiences and understand my behaviours thereafter. Early intervention was crucial to be able to talk about and understand my losses, so they didn’t escalate into bigger challenges for me. As an adult, my counselling has helped me understand the ambiguous grief that I felt when my son was diagnosed and the impact that his diagnosis had on the family system. I believe it is these critical events and the subsequent support that enables me to connect positively with and advocate fiercely for the teenagers and adults that I now work with.

To get to my counselling room you pass these lovely ladies on the way.

My Experience

Volunteer at Balloons, Military Charities, Margaret Jackson Centre and TOR Support Services.

Youth Support Worker at the Atkinson Secure Childrens Unit.

CPD Leader and Workplace Coach in school.

Secondary Science Teacher.

Accredited Training

Advanced Level 4 Diploma in Integrative Counselling.

Wellbeing Coaching Certificate.

ILM Level 7 In Coaching and Mentoring.

MA in Advanced Educational Practice.

PGCE in Secondary Science Education.

BSC in Special Biology.