Meet Our Team
We are a growing team of skilled and experienced clinicians, with a passion for helping people heal and recover.

I am a Systemic Psychotherapist and EMDR Therapist, with over 20 years of experience working with trauma and distress.  I am registered with UKCP and a member of the EMDR Association and Association of Family Therapy. I hold a Masters degree in Systemic Psychotherapy from the University of Leeds. I am also a qualified Probation Officer. In addition to my training, having a broad range of experience with both adults and young people in a variety of settings has helped me to develop skills and knowledge in the following areas:

- attachment and developmental trauma

-adoption and fostering

-anxiety and depression

-self-harm/suicide

-relationship difficulties

-substance misuse/addictions

-offending behaviour

-domestic violence (working with perpetrators and survivors)

-sexually harmful behaviour

 

As an EMDR therapist, I work with individuals who present with a variety of difficulties, to help resolve the distress associated with traumatic memories. By processing these memories, the natural healing processes can be activated, and clients are able to experience relief from unwanted psychological symptoms such as low mood or anxiety.

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As a systemic psychotherapist, I have a relational philosophy. This is that psychological difficulties can be located within the broader system of relationships or family context. I enjoy working with families, couples and individuals with a focus on relationships. Within systemic therapy, it is possible to identify unhelpful patterns of relating and coping and together find the resources in the individuals and in the couple/family to change them into preferred ways of being and relating. This can be achieved by exploring and understanding how inter/generational family roles, rules and ways of communicating can impact on current beliefs and behaviours.

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I believe that every person deserves to live a life that they value and find fulfilling, and I am committed to supporting individuals and families to develop the resources to achieve this. I am compassionate and empathic, with a strengths-based approach.

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I am based in Leeds and can offer online or in-person EMDR therapy on Wednesdays between 4-5pm, 6-7pm and Thursdays between 9-10:30am.

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I am a registered Mental Health Nurse with over 20 years of clinical experience within NHS in a wide range of mental health difficulties and settings. I am an accredited Cognitive Behavioural Therapist with the BABCP and an accredited EMDR Consultant. Using evidence based psychological therapies such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing Therapy, Mindfulness Based CBT, I work with people in understanding the pattern and experience of difficulties and developing their chosen goals. Entering therapy can be difficult and stressful so I focus on helping people feel comfortable with a flexible approach in order to reduce these worries. Over the years I have continued with updating my professional education and training to best assist clients with their mental health needs. I provide online sessions for individual therapy with adults and supervision for professional colleagues. This work is varied and covers a wide range of topics such as trauma, grief, anxiety, work stress as some examples as well as many others. Working with EMDR for example can assist clients to address the source of their distress and ease both the mental and physiological distress associated with negative life events. My preferred approach is relaxed, whilst trying to keep everything simple as sometimes problems and life can be complicated. Outside of my clinical work I am most likely to be found in the garden.

 

I am offering online therapy on week nights. If weekends is your only suitable time I can discuss this option also.