I’m an MBACP Accredited integrative counsellor, psychotherapist, hypnotherapist, NLP practitioner, group facilitator, and clinical supervisor with more than 24 years’ experience.
I also have over 20 years’ experience providing clinical supervision across private practice, education, charities, and specialist services.
Face to face sessions take place in my calm, dedicated therapy room in Leigh, designed to feel safe, private, and welcoming.
Accessibility: My therapy room is located on the first floor and is accessed by one flight of 14 steps. If this presents any difficulty, I’m very happy to offer online or telephone sessions instead, so you can still access support in a way that feels comfortable and manageable.
Confidentiality: Confidentiality and emotional safety are central to my work. I hold all client and supervisee information with great care and in line with the BACP Ethical Framework.
Optional, symbolic or intuitive exploration — only if the client wishes.
Alongside my professional training, my own life experiences have shaped the way I work. I’ve navigated relationship changes, including divorce and remarriage, and I’m now happily settled in Leigh with my husband and our small dog, who brings a sense of steadiness and simple joy to daily life. I have no children, having had a hysterectomy in my thirties due to ill health, and I’ve also been a step‑mum — experiences that have deepened my understanding of family dynamics, identity, loss, and the many forms that relationships can take.
Earlier in life I attended boarding school, which was a difficult and formative experience. Bullying, homesickness, and the emotional challenges of that environment affected my mental health and made it hard to thrive academically. Those early experiences have given me a deep, compassionate understanding of what it means to feel overwhelmed, unseen, or out of place — and of the resilience people draw on to get through painful times.
Before becoming a therapist, I worked as an admin manager and later managed a counselling service, giving me a grounded understanding of the pressures people carry in work and everyday life. Like many people, I’ve experienced periods of anxiety and low mood, and these moments have strengthened my empathy and my belief in the possibility of change. All of these experiences help me meet clients with warmth, realism, and a genuine appreciation for the many ways people adapt, grow, and make meaning through their lives.
Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays
10am–4:30pm (last appointment begins no later than 3:30pm)
I work in accordance with the BACP Ethical Framework.
Face to face
Online
Telephone
Couples therapy: face to face only
Yes — I am MBACP Accredited.
Yes — ages 14+.
My early training in reflexology and body massage taught me the importance of working with the whole person — body, mind, and spirit.
