After completing an MA in English Literature, I worked as a volunteer for various charities before going on to complete Social Work qualification, MA and PhD in Applied Social Science. I worked in palliative care as a specialist social worker and in a community setting working with HIV+ clients when a diagnosis of HIV came with a life expectancy of two years or less. I then trained as an integrative psychotherapist and have worked in educational settings, a charity working with refugees, asylum seekers and survivors of adverse childhood experience and in sexual health with young people, especially those presenting with suicide risk and self harm. For five years I worked at a charity for male and nonbinary survivors of sexual violence. There I was a therapist, supervisor, groupwork co-ordinator and services manager. On moving to the South West I worked as part of the Wellbeing Team at a University. Now I am Clinical Director for a small charity, providing therapy to refugees and asylum seekers and supervision and training to those working in this sector.

I have worked in private practice as therapist since 2006 and as a qualified supervisor since 2009. I have supervised therapists and workers in a number of different organisations. I alsoI provide supervision for those working in the refugee and asylum seeker sector within the NHS, LA provision and in third sector organisations.

I facilitate training both as an employee and as a freelance worker.

I am accredited with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and adhere to their ethical framework. 

If you have any further queries about my qualifications or experience, I am happy to discuss them with you.