I am a BACP registered therapist offering short and long-term therapy online and in person, based in Manchester. My practice is neurodiverse friendly & affirming of LGBTQIA+ identities, non-monogamy and kink.

I have previous experience working in university and community settings and I currently work as a sessional therapist at Rainbow Mind in Salford.

My training involved a BSc Counselling degree, PG Certificate in Psychodynamic Counselling and an MSc in Psychology.

My Approach

My approach is relational and integrative, I primarily draw from person-centred and psychodynamic modalities. I see the therapeutic relationship between us as important and I hope to offer you a connection where you feel safe, seen and supported.

In sessions, nothing is off-limits to discuss. You may like to talk about your moods, dreams, memories, desires, relationships, uncomfortable feelings or long-standing coping strategies. Therapy can offer space to digest heavier feelings that you may struggle to carry alone. I welcome complexity, messiness, contradiction and stuff that is hard to articulate or feels 'wrong' to say.

Throughout our work, I will likely enquire about your past experiences and formative relationships, to understand more about who you are, helping us draw connections between your past and present. We may reflect on the here-and-now between us, thinking about how this relates to your relationships outside the therapy room or widen the lens to think about collective issues or systemic oppression, noticing how they impact you or others in your life.

Our work can also bring hopeful and creative thinking, together we may recognise expectations, norms or scripts that may be limiting you, opening up space to think in new and expansive ways. We may engage in a process of (re)thinking, feeling & imagining together.

I have listed some challenges I have experience working with below, however the list is non-exhaustive. Please get in touch and I can share whether I have experience in the area you might be seeking help with, or offer a referral if I know of someone.

Challenges

  • Internalised shame or low self-esteem: thinking part of your identity is ‘wrong’, criticising yourself or wondering if you’re just a bad person

  • Anxiety or panic: persistent tension, tight breathing, stress, cyclical and looping thought patterns, obsessions

  • Relationship difficulties: breakups, betrayals, boredom, starting new relationships, feelings of isolation or loneliness

  • Managing Transitions: moving countries, changing jobs, becoming unemployed, moving back home or staying with chosen family

  • Trauma or abuse: experiences of control, coercion, violence, bullying, unreasonable roles/responsibilities as a child, abandonment, isolation, intergenerational trauma or that which may feel shattering or undigestible

  • Prejudice or discrimination: experiences of discrimination at work, interpersonally

  • Difficulties with attachment, trust and intimacy: feeling unsure of yourself and/or others, avoiding connections or feeling unable to be alone or away from others

  • Gender identity or trans experience: wanting to make sense of feelings around your gender, needing support to talk through social/physical aspects of transition, navigating other’s reactions or the wider world as a trans person, wanting a safe space where you know your identity is respected and not overly focused on

  • Sexuality: help with affirming your sexuality, externalising judgements, feelings or expectations around sex, navigating shifts in libido, desires (kink) or a change in relationship orientation (opening/closing a relationship, thinking about or navigating non-monogamy)

  • Eco-anxiety & collective trauma: feelings of sadness, low mood and rage at unjust social systems, fears for the planet, grief for relatives, friends, communities impacted by colonialism, war, genocide, climate change

  • Meltdowns or shutdowns: this could be related to neurodivergence, moments where you feel too overwhelmed to function or overcome by tears, shouting and bursts of anger

  • Grief and bereavement: feeling unsure of how to manage grief, struggling with unpredictable feelings, not knowing how to continue living without someone