My approach is curious, collaborative and compassionate. I try to understand the whole picture, including a person’s strengths, relationships, experiences, environment and neurodevelopmental profile, rather than focusing on symptoms in isolation.

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Diagnosis can be an important and meaningful part of that understanding. For many people, having a clear explanation for their experiences can bring relief, validation and a stronger sense of self-understanding. It can also help identify the right support and make sense of difficulties that may have felt confusing for a long time.

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At the same time, I do not see a diagnosis as the whole story. I am interested in how a person’s experiences, strengths, relationships and wider context fit together, so that any assessment or therapy feels genuinely individual.

For me, good psychological work should help things make more sense. Whether I am carrying out an assessment or offering therapy, my aim is for people to come away with a clearer understanding of themselves, alongside practical and meaningful ways forward.

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My work is trauma-informed and neuroaffirming, and I place particular importance on creating a space where people feel respected, understood and taken seriously.

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Assessment

I have extensive experience in assessing neurodevelopmental differences, cognitive and learning profiles, and emotional and mental health difficulties.

A thoughtful assessment can be valuable in many ways. It may provide a diagnosis, offer an explanation for longstanding experiences, identify strengths and areas of need, and help guide the support that may be most useful.

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For some people, receiving a diagnosis can be validating and therapeutic in itself. It can bring a new way of understanding past experiences, reduce self-blame and help someone make sense of why certain situations may have felt more difficult.

I offer specialist autism assessments for children and adults, alongside cognitive assessments for children and young people. I am particularly interested in helping people understand the way their brain processes information, learns and experiences the world.

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Where appropriate, assessment may involve gathering information from parents, schools or other professionals so that we can build as complete and useful a picture as possible.

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Therapy

My therapeutic approach is integrative, which means I do not try to fit everybody into one particular therapy model.

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Instead, I draw on different evidence-based psychological approaches depending on the person, their goals and what makes sense for them.

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My training and practice draw on approaches including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Compassion Focused Therapy and Internal Family Systems, alongside broader psychological formulation and trauma-informed practice.

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Therapy is always tailored to the individual. For some people this may involve developing practical strategies to manage anxiety, OCD or overwhelming emotions. For others, it may involve understanding longstanding patterns, relationships, identity, neurodivergence, shame or difficult life experiences.

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Whatever the focus, I aim to create a space where people can explore what is happening with curiosity, honesty and compassion.

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Areas I Particularly Enjoy Working With

I work with a broad range of emotional, behavioural and developmental difficulties, with particular interest and experience in:

• Autism and neurodiversity

• Anxiety and worry

• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, or OCD

• Trauma and difficult life experiences

• Shame and self-criticism

• Self-esteem and identity

• Emotional regulation

• Teenagers and young adults navigating change or transition

• Neurodivergent adults

• Complex or overlapping difficulties where it has been hard to understand what is going on

• I particularly value working with people whose difficulties are complex or overlapping, where a more detailed understanding may help bring clarity and guide the right support.

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Qualifications and Professional Registration

I am a qualified and regulated Clinical Psychologist with extensive experience across NHS and independent services.

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• Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, DClinPsy at the University of Exeter

• BSc (Hons) Psychology

• HCPC Registered Clinical Psychologist

• Chartered Psychologist with the British Psychological Society

• Over 10 years of experience across NHS and independent services

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What You Can Expect From Me

Psychological work can sometimes involve talking about things that feel difficult, confusing or deeply personal. I aim to bring warmth, curiosity and, where appropriate, a little humour alongside the clinical knowledge and experience needed to do the work well.

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You can expect me to be thoughtful, straightforward and genuinely interested in understanding what life is like from your perspective.

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I do not believe that therapy or assessment should feel like something that is being done to you. I see it as a collaborative process, where your experience, knowledge and preferences are an important part of the work.

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My aim is for you to feel that you are in safe, skilled and caring hands.