About me

I am a UKCP registered psychotherapist and have a Masters Degree in Transpersonal Counselling and Psychotherapy, an Advanced Diploma in Practitioner Skills in Eating Disorders and Obesity and a Post Graduate Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy.  I studied CBT with the Oxford Cognitive Therapy Centre.

I began working with clients in 1999 and established my private practice in 2001. I have worked with the NHS Eating Disorders Service and am a Network Practitioner for the National Centre for Eating Disorders. I work with the Bridge Pastoral Foundation on their 4 year Advanced Diploma in Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy. 

In 2010 I became the Chair of Reading Therapies Group—a network of counsellors and psychotherapists in the Reading and Berkshire area. The committee actively promote the furtherance of good psychotherapeutic practice and arrange a programme of lectures and workshops to augment the professional development of its members and visitors. For all enquiries regarding the programme and joining membership please visit: www.readingtherapiesgroup.bacp.co.uk

I abide by the UKCP (CCPE) Codes of Ethics and Practice and those of the BACP. All of which are available to view on their websites.

What is Transpersonal Psychotherapy?

The Transpersonal perspective embraces the concepts of a central core within each individual that is essentially “spiritual” in nature and that this nature seeks its most complete expression during each lifetime. This central core is the “Self” and the life journey represents “the individuation process”. The task of the Transpersonal Psychotherapist is to witness and evoke the energy of the self and its underlying ground, to firstly become fully human and also, where possible, to glimpse the transpersonal ground beneath our personal natures. It is a fundamental belief that it is in this experience that profound healing and inspiration is found. The therapy seeks to encourage an active and questioning enquiry into areas such as the unknown side of our minds, the psychology of relationships, the patterns of individuation and how to be mindfully present with thoughts, feelings and emotions.