About Me

I started my training as a Person-Centred counsellor over twenty years ago and specialised in working with clients in addictions recovery and then with survivors of childhood sexual abuse. However, I used these work experiences to get a job in the NHS as a Mental Health Researcher, specialising in working with the same client groups. In 2020 I returned to the counselling field and trained as a Gestalt counsellor, currently in clinical practice at Mind.  

I trained as a Life Coach to bring my Homeobotanical Therapy and Counselling practices together. Life Coaching is the ideal way to integrate these therapies. I am interested in supporting clients who are seeking change. You may want to start or complete a project, find a new career, new relationship or new direction in your personal or work life. With the help of a Life Coach you will receive practical tools to understand yourself better and make changes.

Before training as a Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) teacher, I practiced meditation since 1999 and participated regularly in long silent retreats every year. I completed my mindfulness teacher training at Sussex Mindfulness Centre, part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. In 2023 I started teaching mindfulness based stress reduction to professionals within the NHS. 

As a mindfulness coach I support you to become more aware of your automatic thoughts and emotions, your in-vironment and way of being in the world. You already possess the inner resources to live a fulfilling life. By restoring your connection with your inner life, you can better manage your thoughts and emotions and achieve a sense of presence, ease, stability and peace in the present moment. Whether you're seeking support to start, develop, consolidate or deepen your mindfulness practice, I am here to support and guide you.

In 2024 I began a monthly Podcast called the Nature of Meditation as an aid to my mindfulness teaching and coaching practice. The podcast is also preparation for a PhD Meditation that I will be starting in 2025. You can listen to the Nature of Meditation podcast on various social media platforms including Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud,  Spotify, YouTube,.