Welcome,

I am passionate about ensuring therapy is accessible, flexible and tailored to each persons individual needs. I have a love of culture and languages having been raised cross culturally in England and Portugal and my interest in psychology started when I was a translator for Street Projects based in Brazil. 

I completed my professional training in Integrative Psychotherapy in 2008 and chose this form of therapy as it adopts the view that as human beings we are naturally geared towards self-regulation (balance/wholeness) when the right conditions are in place.  

I have predominately worked in the NHS, Well-being services and higher education supporting people who have experienced low mood, depression, worry, anxiety, panic as well as supporting people through relationship challenges such as domestic violence, affairs or divorce. Similarly, I work with grief, work-related difficulties, life transitions such as pregnancy, childbirth and other life changing events.  I continue to be in awe of the amazing resilience people connect to at such times.  Clients tell me I am compassionate, honest, culturally sensitive and down-to-earth in my approach

Through my career, I have managed therapeutic teams and services supporting trainee counsellors and therapists working towards accreditation.  I am a clinical supervisor for individuals and groups and also have trained in online therapy and therapy using the arts (writing, image-making, sandtray).  

Areas I have experience and interest in are: 

- emotional and psychological well-being 

- personal development 

- sadness, sense of feeling stuck, lack of motivation and drive to include clinical depression 

- physical health, isolation and anxiety  

I understand the importance of connection in therapy so do message me to arrange a brief chat.   

My physical private practice is based in Peacehaven and Lewes.   

I have a face-to-face Thursday morning clinic in Lewes and offer walk-and-talk therapy session on Tuesday  mornings in Peacehaven.  

My own personal therapy journey has taught me how important it is to get the right fit with a therapist.   I offer 25 minute introductory sessions on Tuesday/Thursday afternoons.   These are offered via telephone or webcam. 

'Apt words have power to swage the tumours of a troubled mind and are a balm to festered wounds'

John Milton

Writing is a tried and tested form of communication.  It can take the shape of a letter, an email or a post. Storytelling is as old as culture.   Our internal stories/narratives are important . Therapy using writing  can externalise our challenges and facilitate dialogue (narrative therapy).   Writing in therapy can contain and process intense emotions.   It can enable us to re-story - deconstruct/ reconstruct new meaning and rehearse the possible often enabling us to pause and reflect on what is important.  It can highlight the cul de sacs of life - our habits or fixed mindsets which can limit our full potential. 

Writing in  therapy in an approach which will often focus on  our use of metaphors which act as  containers to intense experiences.  Importantly they also indicate possible solutions.   I invite exchanges through email (akin to letter writing) or instant message (chat in real time)  through an encrypted and confidential platform. 

Therapy via telephone offers a space of quiet reflection and natural pauses.  I recommend that you secure privacy for sessions.  Webcam provide visual cues and more of a physical connection. I have offered both types of sessions since 2016.