• ABOUT

“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts”

– Marcus Aurelius –

I am a mental health and wellbeing consultant with more than 20 years’ experience in helping people deal with life blocks and emotional problems, including anxiety disorders, work-related stress, anger-management, self-esteem and confidence issues, chronic pain conditions, coping with change, and more.

I provide therapy, coaching, counselling, and clinical hypnotherapy, as well as copy, content and strategic advice on many aspects of mental health and wellbeing.

I work in private practice, but have also worked in private healthcare (including the Priory Hospital and HCA Healthcare), the NHS (where I treated chronic and psychogenic pain conditions) and occupational health (where I helped people deal with their work-related stress and drug and alcohol problems).

I hold a BA (Hons) in journalism and sociology and an MSc in rational-emotive and cognitive behaviour therapy. I also hold diplomas in clinical hypnotherapy and cognitive behavioural hypnotherapy, as well as certificates in clinical hypnosis and positive psychology.

As well as providing one-to-one coaching and/or therapy, I also deliver webinars, workshops, live presentations and keynote speeches on a number of mental health and wellbeing topics to a variety of corporate sectors and attend wellbeing conferences as both guest and  panel moderator.

I am the author of How to Cope with Almost Anything with Hypnotherapy (Green Tea/Bloomsbury) and The Four Thoughts That F*ck You Up . . . and how to fix them (Vermillion/Penguin Random House). I also write copy for a variety of sources and provide wellbeing consultancy to the hospitality industry via New Dog PR. I also provide content and strategy to the mental health app, Mind Ease.

People often value the clear, concise, solution-focussed frameworks offered by both REBT and hypnotherapy, which is why they are excellent methods for both psychotherapy and coaching.

Having an experienced and well-trained professional offer you a safe and non-judgemental space in which to explore and manage your life issues can provide immense relief and is often instrumental in helping you to regain control.

I’ve helped hundreds of people either manage their lifestyle and work problems more effectively or to let go of them completely. I’d love to help you too.

TOP DOGS FOR YOUR MENTAL HEALTH

I consider dogs essential to my mental health and wellbeing and I can provide animal assisted therapy (AAT) alongside psychotherapy. My current dog, Nuala, is a Staffy/American Bully Cross rescue from Battersea Dogs & Cats home and she works with me in my private practice. I accidentally turned my previous dog, Lara, (also a rescue from Battersea Dogs & Cats Home) into a semi-famous therapy animal. A Staffordshire bull terrier, she appeared in several magazines and website features of her own and was registered with the animal charity Pets As Therapy. I’m hoping that Nuala will follow in Lara’s soft and gentle footsteps although, at the moment, she is a puppy-in-training.