In my counselling practice, I use Solution-Focused Therapy (SFT) to help clients identify their strengths and create positive change. Rather than focusing on past problems, I encourage clients to envision their preferred future and take practical steps to achieve it. This approach fosters empowerment, motivation, and self-efficacy, helping clients move forward when they feel stuck or overwhelmed. By emphasizing solutions rather than difficulties, I can support clients in making quicker, more sustainable progress, enhancing the overall effectiveness of our work together.

This is a structured program of counselling and psychotherapy with a strong educational component designed to provide skills for managing intense emotions, impulse control and negotiating social relationships. It is the treatment of choice for borderline personality disorder (BPD) Autism (ASD) Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder (EUPD).

The three-phased approach to trauma is a structured method that can be highly effective in treating complex PTSD, complex grief, and Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). In my counselling practice, this approach is used to ensure a safe and gradual healing process. The first phase focuses on stabilizing clients, building trust, and teaching essential coping skills for emotional regulation. The second phase involves processing traumatic memories and working through the emotions connected to these experiences, helping clients make sense of their trauma in a manageable way.

Finally, the third phase focuses on integration, allowing clients to rebuild a sense of identity, meaning, and future direction. My gentle and compassionate approach offers a phased, step-by-step path to healing for individuals who have experienced deep, long-term trauma, ensuring they are supported at every stage of their recovery.

I am also trained in The Rewind Technique (IARTT - International Association for Rewind Trauma Therapy) which can be helpful for one off, traumatic events.

Unfortunately I don’t work with war veterans or military personnel due to the specialisms this requires.

Inner child work and attachment therapy are therapeutic approaches that focus on healing past emotional wounds, often rooted in early childhood experiences. Inner child work helps clients reconnect with and nurture their younger selves, addressing unresolved pain, unmet needs, and negative beliefs formed in childhood. Attachment therapy focuses on exploring and reshaping attachment patterns developed in early relationships, particularly with caregivers, to promote healthier connections in adulthood.

Both counselling approaches help clients process trauma, build self-compassion, and develop secure relationships by addressing the emotional and relational patterns that influence their current well-being.

I completed my training in 2019 at Maple Leaf Counselling and training Centre, Solihull, West Midlands. As a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), I comply with their ethical framework and ensure that my qualifications, training and insurance documents are up to date. I went on to work in domestic abuse for West Mercia Police and continued training in Neurodivergence and developmental conditions.