About Me & My Approach

How We Work Together

I'm a fully qualified Human Givens therapist. It's a talking therapy, but a focused one: alongside the conversation, I use practical tools drawn from a framework of the emotional and physical needs we all share.

We'll look at what needs are going unmet in your life, and at what's preventing you from meeting them. Your past may well be part of that picture, and if it is, we'll go there, but we won't dig through it for its own sake. I work with trauma, anxiety, anger, phobias and addiction, and I'll go at a pace that feels safe to you. No heavy clinical jargon, just straightforward, genuine conversation.

My Background

I didn't start my career in a therapy room. Before retraining, I spent decades in the tech industry as a software engineer and architect, contracting across a wide variety of organisations. That gave me a clear-eyed view of high-pressure working life, though my practice today is for everyone: university students and creatives, tradespeople and executives. I know how hard it is to keep performing while quietly struggling behind the scenes.

My experience goes beyond work. I've lived a broad and at times adventurous life. I understand the complexities of raising a family, and I'm in long-term recovery from addiction myself, so I have some sense of what that road asks of you. I've travelled widely and spent many years among open-minded, diverse communities.

Whatever you bring to the room, my promise is simple. I might not understand everything perfectly at first, but I'll always listen, try, and work it out with you. 

Relationships & Identity

Alongside general counselling, I offer an affirmative space for LGBTQ+ and ethically non-monogamous clients. Gender, sexual and relationship diversity is familiar ground for me, personally as well as professionally.

Whether you're navigating traditional family life, marriage, or long-term ethical non-monogamy and polyamory, you won't spend sessions explaining terminology or justifying how you live. We can just focus on you.