I studied psychotherapy and counselling at the Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy Education (CCPE) and completed my training in 2003. I practiced at the centre and as a member of staff I facilitated and supervised students on the diploma course until 2017, and as a clinical assessor until 2020. The training at the C.C.P.E.is integrative and transpersonal, where creative healing approaches are included alongside traditional talking therapy and clinical practice. I am forever grateful to the centre for the training they provide, which has enabled me to integrate various healing approaches into my practice.
Before training as a psychotherapist, I trained as an actor. Although I loved drama and the process of acting, I chose not to pursue it professionally. After drama school, I travelled in the United States and, while living in San Francisco, enrolled on a course called Myths and Legends of the Goddess at UC Berkeley. The course introduced me to feminine mythology and deepened my interest in psychological archetypes, which I first encountered through astrology in my teens. I read books on astrology and was fascinated by the planets and how their qualities are reflected in the personality. Through the work of Liz Greene, the astrologer and Jungian analyst, I discovered psychological astrology and the work of Carl Jung, whose later work encompassed astrology.
Returning to London I worked in the fashion and music industries as an agent and stylist, and taught drama and movement with Anja Medina, who had studied with Sandy Meisner in New York and taught the Meisner technique in her London class. Drama can be transformative and has in some ways shaped my therapeutic approach, which is relational, intuitive, attentive to the impact of ‘nature and nurture’ as well as the potential in each of us.
As my interest in psychology and wellbeing grew, I trained as a massage therapist and worked in both corporate and private practice. I experienced how holistic massage helped to balance and connect the body and the mind and ‘body awareness’ became an important focus for me as I began the psychotherapy training at the CC.P.E.. I was fortunate that as an integrative/ transpersonal training, working with the body and breath is part of the curriculum.
While working at CCPE, I met Mary Smail, a Sesame drama therapist and psychotherapist. The Sesame approach integrates drama, myth enactment, Jungian psychology and movement and touch. At the time Mary was a principal teacher on the Sesame MA at the Central School of Speech and Drama. I joined her training, Psyche and Soma, a course for therapists and carers that engages the body, imagination, and soul as agents in the healing process. I returned to drama through its therapeutic qualities, engaging the unconscious through creativity and play when ‘words are not enough’.
“Transformation is what we are here to do: taking our experiences and finding a new perspective, so we can hold them differently and authentically create a new way forward.”
After living in London for most of my life, I relocated to Hastings. I work both online and in person at the Wellington Centre for Health & Wellbeing in Hastings. I am a member of Contemplative Outreach, a non-denominational network of groups and individuals who practise Centering Prayer.
Qualifications & Professional Training
I am trained as an integrative transpersonal psychotherapist, with additional specialisation in embodied/creative and psychodynamic approaches.
- Foundation in Counselling & Psychotherapy – Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy Education (1999)
- Diploma in Counselling & Psychotherapy – CCPE (2000–2003)
- Advanced Diploma in Psychotherapy – CCPE (2007–2008)
- Psyche & Soma (Sesame Approach) – The Sesame Institute (2008–2010)
- Certificate in Group Supervision – Institute of Group Analysis (2015)
- Ongoing CPD including Internal Family Systems (IFS) and trauma‑informed training.
Additional Studies
- Faculty of Astrological Studies (2019-ongoing)
- Foundations of Woman-Centred Coaching (2024)
UKCP registered.
Registered mental health provider with BUPA and AXA.