I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.

C.G. Jung

The Formal Stuff..

I hold a BA (Hons) degree in Person-Centred Counselling and the Psychotherapeutic Relationship from the University of Warwick. I am an accredited registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). I am fully insured and committed to ongoing professional development across psychotherapy, neuroscience, trauma, nutrition, and nervous system health.

I have a deeply curious, monotropic mind and a genuine passion for continual learning. My additional training and areas of study include Somatic Trauma Therapy, Neurodivergent Trauma, Neuroplasticity and Trauma, Polyvagal through the Polyvagal Institute, understanding and impacts on the Neurodivergent Physical Systems - nervous, circulatory, hormonal, immune, and nutrition and gut health.

I describe myself as a holistic relational therapist because I do not see the mind and body as separate, nor do I believe our wellbeing can be understood in isolation from the relationships, systems, environments, and wider social contexts we exist within. Everything is interconnected. As such, my work considers the whole person — including emotional, relational, sensory, physical, social, and systemic experiences, rather than viewing distress through a purely individual or medicalised lens.

My practice has spanned both private and public sectors, supporting people across a wide range of neurotypes, identities, intersectional experiences, and complex trauma presentations. Alongside private practice, I also created and head up the counselling service at Autistic Parents UK, where I support neurodivergent parents, carers, and families navigating the complexities of parenting often within inaccessible systems.

I have a particular interest in supporting neurodivergent parents whose children have experienced school-based trauma, burnout, and systemic harm, alongside the wider relational and nervous system impacts this can have on families as a whole.

Alongside therapeutic work, I have developed and delivered lectures, webinars, training, and written material for trainee therapists, wellbeing practitioners, charities, universities, and mental health professionals, with a focus on neuroaffirming practice, trauma, nervous system understanding, and holistic approaches to wellbeing.

A Divergent Approach

I am multiply neurodivergent — Autistic, ADHD, Synaesthetic, and Hyperphantasic — and a parent to two wonderous neurodivergent children whom I now home educate after our own harmful experiences within the education system. Living as a neurodivergent person within a neuronormative society brings both richness and challenge, and my own lived experiences deeply shape the way I work as a therapist, psychoeducator and trainer.

I do not assume there is one “correct” way to think, communicate, behave, process, relate, or exist in the world. Nor do I believe there is a single version of healing, success, or happiness that people should be striving towards. Instead, I aim to continually evolve my practice through ongoing learning, reflection, and engagement with the authentic lived experiences of a wide range of neurotypes and identities.

I believe our differences are inherently valuable. The suffering so many neurodivergent people experience often comes not from difference itself, but from the stigma, invalidation, exclusion, and chronic pressure to suppress or hide who we are, in order to feel accepted or safe. Over time, many of us internalise shame, disconnect from ourselves, and develop ways of surviving that can leave us exhausted, overwhelmed, or uncertain of who we truly are beneath the masking.

Part of my role within the therapeutic relationship is to create a validating and enabling space where people can begin to gently unpack those layers of what I often refer to as “shame dust” — the messages, expectations, and experiences we have absorbed from living in systems that have not always made room for us.

Therapeutic work can look different for different people. It may involve understanding your unique nervous system and sensory experiences; recognising what overwhelms, drains, or nourishes you; exploring trauma, shame, identity, relationships, or burnout; identifying long-held patterns; or reconnecting with parts of yourself that have been hidden for survival. Sometimes, it may simply be having a space where you can speak freely, unmask, offload, or feel understood by someone who genuinely gets it.

I do not work in a rigid or traditional therapeutic style, and I may not resemble people’s expectations of what a therapist “should” be. There is no blank-faced neutrality, no forcing of goals or homework, and no expectation that every experience must immediately be analysed or linked back to childhood. I am human, relational, honest, and engaged. I care deeply about authenticity within the therapeutic relationship and about creating spaces where people feel able to show up as themselves without fear of judgement or performance.

I encourage clients to move, stim, regulate, pause, create, type, share music, use imagery, embrace the ‘weird’! For me, client and therapeutic safety is paramount and it is essential that we look at what that affirming space is going to look like, as it is different for everyone.

The informal stuff..

I’m a late-discovered neurodivergent cis woman, and it’s taken time, curiosity, research, and some really validating therapeutic experiences to start peeling back the layers and get closer to the real me. Awareness is one thing, but actually accepting yourself, really digging into that internalised ableism without constantly trying to shape-shift or justify who you are, is something else entirely.

A lot of my grounding has come from finding the autistic and wider neurodivergent community, my work with Autistic Parents UK, and from reading, listening to, and learning from neurodivergent-led voices, writers, researchers, bloggers, and speakers who are sharing their authentic lived perspectives.

Outside of work, I home-educate my two children, which has been its own process of unlearning “normal” and further carving the way into a divergent pathway for us. Nature is a big regulator for me, especially woodlands or being near the sea. Music is another constant thread in my life; I listen, play, and can get completely absorbed in it. It’s been a way of regulating, processing, and feeling connected. I’m always open to clients sharing music in sessions too — it often says things words can’t always reach.

I also want to be really transparent that I don’t see myself as a finished product, and I wouldn’t call myself an “expert” in the fixed, closed-off sense of the word. That kind of framing doesn’t sit well with me, it feels like it leaves less room for curiosity, humility, and ongoing learning.

My monotropic mind means I’m constantly curious and often deeply immersed in understanding things in detail, so learning is ongoing and never really stops. My hope in any therapeutic space is that we can meet each other as we are — with honesty, openness, genuine empathy, and a shared appreciation for different ways of being in the world.

Picture of me, a white female with brown and grey strands hair, with a long fringe. l am wearing my yellow raincoat. In the background it is a typical grey cloudy day with a collection of brown and black cows from a nearby farm. Being outdoors and walking is often a daily need of mine. I enjoy looking for funghi, trees, plants as well as bird spotting and listening. A nature geek and proud!

“Neurodiversity is about all of us — neurotypical and neurodivergent. Neuromajority and neurominority. Those who experience the world in ways that are more similar to those around them, and those who have less similar experiences. And just like with biodiversity signalling rich healthy environments, different ways of being enrich us all, gives us access to different ways of understanding the world and ourselves”

(Sonny Hallett).