BIO

Personal Profile

Current Skill Set and Profile

I am a Mental Health and Wellbeing Consultant, Clinical Nurse Specialist, and EMDR Therapist with over 18 years’ experience working across complex mental health systems.

My career has centred on supporting individuals experiencing psychosis and enduring psychological distress. Through this work, I have developed an integrative understanding of mental health—drawing from psychological, biomedical, and neuroscientific frameworks, alongside a specialist interest in the trauma-informed and transpersonal dimensions of human experience. This allows me to hold both the clinical complexity and transformative potential within distress.

Assessment

I bring extensive experience in both specialist and comprehensive mental health assessments, enabling nuanced understanding, accurate formulation, and tailored intervention planning.

Clinical Supervision

For over 13 years, I have provided clinical supervision to practitioners and students. My approach integrates reflective, educational, and coaching models to deepen clinical thinking, strengthen practitioner confidence, and support professional development. I have also designed and delivered training programmes focused on the value of supervision and practitioner growth.

EMDR Therapy

I offer EMDR as a core, evidence-based approach for processing trauma, anxiety, and deeply held patterns. My work supports the reprocessing of unresolved experiences, facilitating emotional integration, resilience, and lasting psychological change.

Coaching and Mentoring

As a certified HeartMath practitioner, I use biofeedback and heart-focused techniques to support nervous system regulation. This empowers individuals to cultivate internal stability, resilience, and optimal functioning.

Breathing Therapy

Trained in the Buteyko Clinical Method, I specialise in functional breathing retraining. This work supports improved sleep, reduced anxiety, and enhanced physiological regulation in response to modern stress patterns.

Coaching

As an experienced coach, I offer a bespoke, integrative approach—drawing from multiple coaching models to support individuals in achieving meaningful, sustainable change aligned with their personal and professional goals.

Trauma-Informed Care

I have extensive experience supporting individuals with complex trauma. My work is grounded in:

Compassion Focused approaches
Advanced formulation and care planning
Strong therapeutic alliance and relational depth
Normalisation and integration of unusual sensory experiences

I specialise in helping individuals understand their experiences in ways that foster growth, meaning, and transformation.

Psychological Interventions and Stabilisation

I have over 15 years’ experience delivering psychological interventions, including:

Cognitive Behavioural approaches
Voice hearing work
Suicide and risk management
Anxiety and graded exposure
Depression and emotional regulation
Personality adaptations
Relationship dynamics
Work with young people (14–17) and carers

I contributed to the development of structured wellbeing interventions within clinical services, enhancing both quality and sustainability of care.

Family Work and Systemic Practice

I am a trained Behavioural Family Therapy practitioner (Meriden Model), with extensive experience supporting families affected by psychosis and complex mental health difficulties. My work is informed by systemic thinking across clinical and supervisory contexts.

Education and Training

I am deeply committed to education and knowledge-sharing. My experience includes:

Delivering mental health workshops in schools
Lecturing at university level
Integrating somatic, polyvagal, and transpersonal psychology into teaching

Meditation and Mindfulness

I am an accredited meditation teacher with over a decade of personal practice. I support individuals and groups in developing presence, awareness, and inner stability through mindfulness.

Mindfulness in Schools

I am trained with the Mindfulness in Schools Project and passionate about supporting young people to develop self-awareness, emotional regulation, and resilience—helping them connect with their authentic sense of self.