Experience

For many years I have helped people who have suffered the distresses of emotional and physical neglect or harm in childhood. This may be of a sexual, physical or spiritual nature, or all of these mixed together, and may have occurred in the close or wider family, or at school or boarding school, or even in religious settings.

Sometimes the 'emotional scar tissue' from early traumas only surface in adulthood when crisis occur, and quite frequently around middle age when life changes take place. The good news is that with patient and careful therapy, substantial healing and recovery can take place. Sometimes this may take several months of regular sessions. The brain is amazingly creative and regenerative, and when the conditions are right, is able to repair itself and to grow new nerve networks where damage and delay occurred because of a distressing childhood. In fact the brain goes on repairing itself right into very old age!

Our emotional life is intricately woven into our physical and nervous systems, and so when one part begins to mend, the other parts do as well, leading to greater emotional health and stability, and often a growth in physical health too. It is worth remembering that where damage has been caused in unsafe relationships, healing can be found in trustworthy relationships, and this is the kind of supporting environment I aim to offer in this practice.

Registered Senior Practitioner and Supervisor - British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)

United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) Registered Psychotherapist

SRN  - State Registered Nurse
SCM - State Certified Midwife

Dip. Gestalt Psychotherapy (GPTI)

Cert. Psychodynamic Supervision
(University of Leicester)

Sensorimotor Training for the
Treatment of Trauma

Sensorimotor Training for treatment of Attachment and Developmental Trauma
(Sensorimotor Psychotherapy
Training Institute, UK)

Integrative Psychotherapy training in London and Nottingham

Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Advanced Training for Complex Trauma and Dissociative Disorders