Heal Deeply, Live Fully
No longer a ghost in your own life®️
Trauma Therapist
ICF Certified Coach
Brainspotting Practitioner
BACP Accredited Counsellor
Narcissistic Abuse Specialist ™️
Can you afford to stay where you are?
Healing is about releasing, not remembering
Healing is about releasing, not remembering
"Trauma is not what happens to you; it is what happens inside you as a result of what happened to you..."
~ Gabor Maté
With over 18 years experience as a qualified therapist, I am passionate about helping heart-led individuals find clarity in their current situation, release painful experiences, and find their way back to themselves.
Trauma can, and does, touch anyone's life, and can silently keep us feeling stuck after deeply impacting experiences. Our deep healing begins when we have the courage to meet ourselves exactly where we are, with honesty and self-compassion.
You are not defined by what has happened to you, and you deserve a life filled with peace, joy, and the freedom to truly thrive.
Healing is about releasing, not remembering
Healing is about releasing, not remembering
Healing is about releasing, not remembering
Whether as a result of a single event, or the slow unravelling of trust in a relationship or friendship, trauma can feel like a weight we carry everywhere, holding us back in life, both personally and professionally.
We may feel stuck in a relentless cycle of procrastination or perfectionism, burdened by the need to please others, or paralysed by self-doubt and imposter syndrome, feeling as if we are failing somehow.
Perhaps you’ve experienced betrayal, gaslighting or other manipulation that shattered your sense of trust and safety, a crushing experience of neglect, abuse or devaluation that left you feeling invisible, or a loss so profound it changed how you see yourself and the world.
These wounds don’t just live in our minds—they settle deep within, shaping how we connect with others and ourselves.
There is no one-size-fits-all therapy, but I believe that alongside the quality of the therapeutic relationship with your therapist, healing from trauma must include our bodies, not just our minds — if we don't release stored stress, it will eventually find a way to stop us, manifesting as chronic pain, illness, or emotional overwhelm.
Together, through body-mind focused sessions, we can gently process and release the pain of these experiences, bringing you home to yourself.
Does your smile reach your eyes?
A lifetime ago—or so it feels—a friend looked at me and said something that changed everything: “It’s so lovely to see your eyes smile.”
In that moment, I felt a sense of shock, a bittersweet wave of validation and clarity as their words hit me. I finally felt seen, but it also felt as if they'd held up a mirror to me, one that reflected back the truth I’d been unconsciously avoiding for years.
I saw a person who was just a shadow of the vibrant, joyful person I once was. I wasn’t living; I was existing, faded to a ghost in my own life.
Back then, I didn’t understand the true nature of trauma, and what was happening inside me. I didn’t realise that my body was desperately trying to help me to see where I was. I was unaware that my nervous system was locked in survival mode, stuck in a heightened state of chronic stress that time alone wouldn’t be able to heal.
I had no idea that my body would continue to hold onto these experiences for a long time after they had happened, silently shaping my everyday life.
Back to myself...
Through body-mind focused therapy, I experienced a profound transformation, reconnecting me to who I truly am, bringing me back to life... and my life today is totally unrecognisable compared to what it once was, both inside and out!
Now, as an Accredited Therapist and Somatic Trauma-Informed Coach, I work with clients who have experienced all different kinds of trauma and deeply impacting life experiences. I am honoured to help others walk their deep healing path, supporting them in releasing shame, chronic stress, self-limiting beliefs, self-sabotaging behaviours, and stepping back into the fullness of life, with an increased capacity for joy.
Back to yourself
If you no longer recognise yourself — feel anxious, overwhelmed, weighed down by sadness and fear, or exhausted before the day even begins—please know this: it’s not who you are, it’s simply where you are right now, and you do not have to stay there.
If you are looking to deepen and accelerate your healing, or you are seeking something more than just traditional talking therapy, then you are in the right place.
Online body-mind sessions
Healing begins with a safe space where your story is honoured and your feelings are understood and met with compassion. You can talk as much or as little as you need to as we work together.
Underpinned by my specialist trainings, my body-mind sessions go beyond traditional talk therapy with the addition of mindful somatic focus, offering you the opportunity to understand and improve your relationship with the different parts of yourself, and start living your life on your terms.
Depending upon your needs, sessions can include focus as follows:
talk therapy
Talk therapy offers you a safe and supportive space to feel seen and heard, and explore your thoughts, feelings and experiences. It can help you gently uncover patterns, better understand challenges, and discover new ways to navigate life's inevitable difficulties. Whether you're facing stress, navigating relationships, or seeking healing, talk therapy offers you a path towards greater emotional wellbeing.
Somatic focusing
Somatic focusing in therapy helps you to connect with your body, to better understand and process emotions and experiences. By tuning into physical sensations and bodily awareness, this approach allows you to access deeper insights and release stored tension in your body. Somatic focusing can be particularly beneficial for addressing trauma, stress and anxiety as it integrates our body and mind.
Brainspotting
Brainspotting is a gentle yet powerful way to move beyond what’s been holding you back, helping you find a renewed sense of balance, clarity, and well-being. It is a focused therapeutic approach designed to help you process emotional pain and trauma in a natural and supportive way. Unlike traditional talk therapy, which relies heavily on conversation and conscious thought, Brainspotting works with the deeper parts of your brain where unresolved emotions are stored. Process and release chronic stress ~ stuck trauma ~ grief ~ anger ~ pain ~ anxiety ~ depression ~ low self-worth ~ improve confidence ~ improve performance...and more!
Rewind therapy
Rewind Therapy - (often only 3 sessions required) is an imaginal therapy, helping you to process high levels of anxiety and symptoms of PTSD after being exposed to a single traumatic event, such as: a burglary ~ medical emergency ~ sudden bereavement ~ medical procedure ~ birth trauma ~ miscarriage ~ sexual or physical assault ~ animal attack ~ bullying ~ natural disaster (ie flooding) ~ recurring intrusive images ~ road traffic accident ~ combat...and more!
Narcissistic abuse recovery
Narcissistic Abuse Recovery - Through a gentle, non-judgemental and compassionate combination of psychoeducation, talk therapy, somatic focus and Brainspotting, you can break trauma bonds and process your experiences of narcissistic abuse and symptoms of Complex PTSD (Narcissistic abuse can be experienced within intimate partner relationships, parental or other family members, friends or working relationships)
Midlife reset and reinvention
Midlife - Midlife is often a time when unresolved pain can resurface. It is not unusual to find that we still need to process the shock and fear of sudden bereavement or serious health diagnosis, ease the heavy weight of chronic illness, or find relief from the painful, invisible wounds of divorce, betrayal or abuse that we may still be still carrying.
Somatic trauma-informed therapist and coach
Bridge the gap to a more meaningful life
As a Registered and Accredited BACP Therapeutic Counsellor and an ICF Certified Somatic Trauma Informed Coach, my powerfully blended approach as a Therapeutic Coach bridges the gap between trauma recovery and living a more joyful, meaningful life.
Professionally qualified
My therapeutic career has been extensive and varied over the last 18+ years, including:
- Coaching and mentoring - Helping individuals break through personal blocks to pursue career and business dreams
- Counselling for Domestic Abuse trauma in Women's Refuge
- Facilitating Pattern Changing personal development programmes for women recovering from Domestic Abuse
- Counselling in Further and Higher Education
- 10 years as a High Intensity Senior Counsellor and Clinical Supervisor in the NHS - Specialising as a Counselling for Depression Practitioner and Supervisor (PCE-CfD)
- Now I'm exclusively in full time Private Practice (est. 2007) specialising in helping heart-led people heal from deeply impacting life experiences, including narcissistic abuse, betrayal and relational trauma
You can learn more about my qualifications & specialist trainings here
We will ALL experience trauma
We will ALL experience trauma in our lives, and our unseen wounds can manifest as:
- Chronic stress
- Perfectionism
- Self-doubt
- Decision-making difficulties
- Procrastination
- Stifled creativity
- Over-working
- People-pleasing
- Difficulty setting boundaries
- Eventual burnout
Despite outward appearances of confidence and success, we can be overly self-critical and silently suffering inside. We may be pushing ourselves to meet our own unrelenting standards, suppressing our emotional needs and consequently feeling that we don't matter, or are not good enough.
Fear is our biggest emotional block to living the life we hope for.
1:1 sessions are limited in my practice, so do contact me today it it feels like the right time for you. You will also receive the chance to book a complimentary follow up sessions after our work together has ended (T&C's apply).
What's really holding you back?
Your story matters, and talking can often be an important part of our healing process, but on its own, traditional talking therapy is less effective and it can often take a very long time for significant progress to be made.
" Traumatic events are almost impossible to put into words"
~ Dr. Bessel Van Der Kolk
To support your deeper, nervous system focused healing, I integrate effective, science backed modalities, including Polyvagal Theory, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Brainspotting, Focusing, Neuroscience and Mindfulness principles.
You can release yourself from feeling:
- Overwhelmed and stressed
- Stuck in unhealthy relationship patterns
- Trapped by self-limiting beliefs
- Held back by self-sabotaging behaviours
- Stifled and burning-out professionally
- Imprisoned by expectations
Unlock your healing
If it's time to stop living a groundhog day, dimming your light for others, playing it small, or staying stuck at a crossroads, feeling overwhelmed or anxious, my powerful body-mind sessions really could be liberating for you.
Unlock your true purpose
There are defining moments in life that feel like a crossroads, an opportunity to take action and make a change.
- What is it that you would like to be different in your life in 12 months time?
- Now imagine that you have created that future. Each day of your life is precious.
- Take a moment to imagine what it is like now that you are living in your own story, not someone else's.
- Your days reflect who you really are and what truly lights you up.
- You feel comfortable in your own skin.
- You feel more energised and engaged in your purposeful work, passionate about making a positive difference to those around you.
- You feel more calm and have what you need to navigate life's inevitable bumpy roads and choppy waters.
No life is perfect, but when we process our unresolved experiences at a nervous system level, we really can live our best life.
What will it cost you to stay where you are?
Reduce your stress levels
When we experience long-term stress, high levels of cortisol in our bodies leads to inflammation, and we can become susceptible to a whole range of problems, including:
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Digestive issues
- Autoimmune conditions
- Heart disease
- Sleep problems
- Fatigue
- Weight gain... and more
My body-mind sessions can help you with finding better nervous system regulation, helping to reduce cortisol levels and ultimately releasing you from a place of inner-conflict.
Can you afford not to?
Resolve inner conflict
Improve your relationship with yourself.
Do you wish there were parts of yourself that you just didn't have?
- The worrier
- The inner critic
- The people-pleaser
- The perfectionist
- The emotional eater
- The procrastinator... and more
There really is a way to find relief from these constant inner conflicts and live with more inner peace and calm.
- Make space to reignite your dreams, you are worthy of a wonderful things!
Sessions
My sessions are for you if...
✅ You’ve spent years putting others first, leaving your own needs on the backburner.
✅ You struggle with inner conflicts, or self-limiting beliefs, about self-worth, confidence, money, success etc.
✅ You’re ready to heal the pain of unresolved trauma and grief, and release inner emotional blocks to help you rediscover your purpose, reignite your passions, and live with more confidence and peace.
✅ You crave more clarity, peace, joy, meaning, and fulfilment in your daily life.
✅ You are ready to step into a fuller life, but you feel stuck, trapped, unsure how to break through the inner barriers keeping you from living more fully.
My sessions are NOT for you if:
❌ You are not open to exploring personal growth and change
❌ You are seeking a quick fix or superficial changes
❌ You do not want to explore your body-mind connection
❌ You are currently experiencing acute trauma or emotional crisis
❌ You are experiencing severe mental health issues or you have a diagnosis of a severe and enduring mental health condition (eg psychosis, severe depression, schizophrenia, personality disorders and severe mood disorders, eating disorders)
❌ You have had previous negative experiences to bodywork or somatic practices .
What you'll experience
✅ Through a combination of talking, somatic focused healing and trauma-informed practice, you can accelerate your healing process by going beyond traditional talk therapy approaches that are more cognitively focused...we cannot think ourselves out of stress and trauma.
✅ Sessions are designed to support your healing at a deep, subconscious level, reconnecting you with your body’s wisdom, releasing stuck trauma and empowering you to live a life that feels more aligned with who you truly are.
fees
Therapy isn’t just about the sessions—it’s about helping you build the confidence and tools to navigate life long after. Even when our sessions end, I’m still here to help.
I offer a complimentary follow-up session within 3 months of ending our work together (T&C's apply)
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Process and release - learn more...
Brainspotting
Narcissistic Abuse Recovery
Rewind Therapy
I am a trained Brainspotting Practitioner ~ to Phase 4
Brainspotting is a deep healing, somatic therapy, supported by scientific evidence.
It's deep, mindful processing releases stress and trauma, without having to relive painful experiences, helping us to find expansion in our lives, personally and professionally.
Rewind Therapy
Narcissistic Abuse Recovery
Rewind Therapy
I am a certified Rewind Therapy Practitioner
Rewind Therapy is an imaginal, highly effective trauma therapy for symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress.
Traumatic events can be processed without having to disclose details.
Approved by the British Psychological Society (BPS)
Narcissistic Abuse Recovery
Narcissistic Abuse Recovery
Narcissistic Abuse Recovery
I am an ICF Certified Narcissistic Trauma Informed Coach and a Narcissistic Abuse Specialist ™
We need more than talking and time to heal from trauma, it is vital that we also connect to our bodies.
You have the right to heal, to reconnect to who you truly are and become unapologetically you.
Professionally Qualified
