When you choose to work with me, you will experience me as an invested and dedicated psychotherapist who is committed to supporting you. 

There is no "one size fits all" approach when you work with me. I see you for the unique individual that you are and carefully tailor my approach to fit uniquely with your needs. 

Although I work with a very wide range of therapeutic issues, I have 2 main areas of special interest:

1. Neurodivergence

As neurodivergent individuals, we are constantly navigating a world where all the rules and structures have been established by neurotypicals. This can make everyday life exhausting.

My role is to help you walk through this world using a mix of coaching and counselling skills; uncovering which elements of your neurodivergence are dominating your life and then help you find strategies to support you. 

We will also explore other areas of your life which might affect your neurodivergent traits. For example, what triggers your rejection sensitivity? What heightens your emotional dysregulation? 

Whatever your experience with neurodivergence, your experience will be unique and I will take the time to help you uncover, not only the challenges you face, but the strengths your ND traits can offer you too.

Applying a neurodiversity affirmative approach to the pluralistic framework - Danielle Mills

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/capr.12637

*** My Story: When my child was diagnosed with ADHD in 2020 I took a course with CAMHS for parents with children with ADHD and, following on from that, I then read more, engaged in online forums, did further training, and undertook my own research which helped me understand how to compassionately and empathically support my child with the challenges they faced. Somewhere along this journey I began to realise that I too had experienced much of what I was learning about. I eventually received my own NHS diagnosis of "ADHD with Autistic Traits" in August 2023. ***  

2. Vegan Trauma

There are unique traumas that arise from being vegan. These might be a sense of being detached from a world that not only tolerates but normalises cruelty to animals, having to navigate relationships with people who can't understand our compassion for animals, and also to be continually exposed to the vicarious trauma of animal suffering in food, clothing  and product choices of everyone we surround ourselves with. This trauma can be both chronic and complex. I can work with you to build resilience and to direct your energy in ways that are therapeutically helpful to you.

Vystopia - Clare Mann

https://vystopia.com/

The Vegan's Trauma - Shiri Raz PhD

https://www.all-creatures.org/articles2/act-vegans-trauma.html