My approach

Understanding, without trying to fix you.

I believe every person deserves to be heard with curiosity, respect and without judgement.

How I work

No single way of counselling will suit everyone.

Your experience belongs to you. I may bring training, ideas and questions, but I will not arrive believing that I know you better than you know yourself.

I work in a humanistic and integrative way. In everyday language, that means the relationship between us matters, you remain at the centre of the work, and I can draw from different approaches rather than expecting you to fit one fixed method.

Sometimes you may want space to think aloud. At other times, you may want a direct question, some structure, information or a practical way to explore something. We can talk honestly about what helps, what does not and what you need from me.

Understanding may not change what happened or remove every difficult feeling. But it can sometimes help us relate differently to our experiences—and to ourselves.

What matters in the work

01

Dignity

You are more than a diagnosis, a behaviour or a difficult moment. Your experiences deserve to be taken seriously.

02

Curiosity

I would rather ask and understand than make assumptions about you.

03

Understanding

Your feelings and responses did not appear from nowhere. Understanding their context can help them make more sense.

04

Compassion

There can already be enough criticism and pressure in the way we speak to ourselves. Counselling can offer somewhere to meet your experience with a little more understanding.

05

Your choice

I will not tell you who to be or make your decisions for you. Your voice and your choices remain your own.

Neurodiversity

You should not have to perform counselling in the “right” way.

I am particularly interested in counselling that is responsive to neurodivergent ways of thinking, communicating and processing experience. Difference is not automatically deficit, and logical or factual language does not mean an absence of feeling.

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