About me

I grew up in Somerset and have called Bristol home since moving here in 2002 to study Law at UWE. After deciding to stay in Bristol, I worked in a range of roles—mostly in marketing, engagement and communications—for community-focused organisations, and briefly within the NHS. While this work was meaningful, something always felt slightly out of place, as though I hadn’t quite found where I belonged.

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That changed in 2017, when I began volunteering as a listener on Bristol Mind’s MindLine. Sitting with people in moments of distress, offering presence rather than solutions, felt deeply grounding and unexpectedly right. It was there that I realised supporting people with their mental wellbeing wasn’t just an interest—it was something I genuinely cared about and wanted to commit to.

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I went on to complete my Counselling Certificate at UWE, before qualifying as a counsellor with an Advanced Diploma in Integrative Counselling from Iron Mill College in Exeter in 2023.

Alongside my training, I volunteered as a counsellor with The Swan Project in Bristol, where I developed specialist experience supporting clients affected by addiction. From 2022 to 2025, I also worked as a Recovery Practitioner at Hawkspring in South Bristol—a charity offering a whole-family approach to addiction recovery. In this role, I worked with individuals and families impacted by problematic substance use, both one-to-one and in group settings, and qualified as a SMART Recovery facilitator.

These experiences have shaped how I work today: with compassion, curiosity, and a strong belief in people’s capacity for change, even when things feel stuck or overwhelming.

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I now work full-time in private practice, offering a space where you don’t have to have everything figured out, and where we can explore what’s going on for you at a pace that feels right.