I started my professional life as an actor on TV & stage. I could perform with confidence in front of large audiences, but offstage I was struggling to function.

Not because I didn’t care enough - quite the opposite! I simply hadn’t learnt the emotional resources or practical strategies to keep functioning sustainably through challenges like rejection or circumstances outside of my control.

So I trained.

(BORING BIT: I studied psychodynamic psychotherapy at Oxford and integrative psychotherapy at Regents University, later completing postgraduate psychology training at the University of Glasgow. Alongside this I trained across approaches including ACT, NLP, Hypnotherapy, Coaching, group work, body-brain models, and worked within NHS inpatient mental health services and Occupational Therapy leadership roles in training and development.)

Over time I realised that ‘smart but stuck’ people need something practical they can rely on when life gets messy, which it always will from time to time!

That became the focus of my work.

Together we identify where things break down in real life and build practical approaches you can return to reliably. Sometimes we look at the past, but only when it helps the present move forward. The aim is not endless exploration, nor quick fixes, but steady change you can maintain outside the session and progress you can see building week on week.

I’ve worked with people across very different circumstances, from high-performing professionals to those rebuilding after hugely tough times. Whilst I specialise in neurodiversity, what my clients share is not a diagnosis or background, but a sense that they should be able to manage life and yet things keep slipping.

My role is to help make that stability possible and help you expand your tolerance for the really tricky stuff.

If you recognise yourself in this, you’re very welcome to reach out and we can talk through whether this approach feels like a good fit.