If you're experiencing work-related anxiety, stress or burnout, navigating the emotional weight of a high-pressure role, or struggling within a toxic work environment, firstly, you are not alone.

The pressures and experiences we have within our work and our working environments can deeply affect our mental health, confidence, and self-esteem no matter the role you do, level you have reached or industry you work in.

For too long work-related mental and emotional health support has been surface level and symptom focused.

It has stayed away from naming the anxiety, bullying and burnout that impacts our identity, and shapes our interactions with friends, family, colleagues and partners.

Who I work with

I work with individuals at all stages of their working lives, no matter the role they are in, level they have reached or industry they work within, that are experiencing:

• Anxiety and emotional overwhelm throughout and beyond disciplinaries, redundancy consultations and settlement discussions
• Anxiety ahead of and during performance reviews and 1-2-1’s
• Burnout, stress and emotional overwhelm
• Grief, loss, shame and anger
• Moving forward from workplace bullying, abuse or sexual harassment
• Exploring the impact on your relationships outside of work
• Rediscovering your self-worth, confidence and sense of identity
• Establishing healthy boundaries and relationships at work and in life

I have experience supporting those in NHS and front-line roles whose work has the added complexity of decision fatigue, high pressure functioning and traumatic events and experiences over a sustained period of time.

If you're not sure where to start, we can have a free 20 minute chat first. No pressure, just a chance for us to meet, and you to get a sense of how therapy with me may feel.

HR & People People

I understand the emotional weight carried quietly and often unrecognised in the workplace, from the conversations you were never trained to carry. Whether you are seeking counselling or regular HR supervision, I offer both for individuals in these roles.

How therapy can help

Life doesn’t split neatly into the personal and professional, our experiences blend and can impact not only how we feel about ourselves, but how that shows up in all of our relationships - the platonic, familial, working and romantic.

You might be searching things like ‘how can I recover from a toxic workplace’ or ‘what are the signs of burnout’ as if you are a work problem to be solved.

This isn’t career advice, time management or better communication. Therapy offers a space to acknowledge the unspoken and to help you make meaningful change in a way that feels sustainable and supportive, not performative.

How I work

I offer a deeply relational and human way of working. I describe myself as an active therapist, I will name what I notice but also hold it with compassion. We may work with the impact of your past experiences on your current thoughts, feelings and behaviours or we may be grounded in the present, exploring what’s keeping you stuck, in order to help you move forwards. I hold a firm belief that you are the expert in your own life and you will always be the guide of where our work goes.

About me

As a young adult I had generalised anxiety disorder and it shaped my early working life, relationships and career. Over time my career looked like the ultimate measure of success but underneath it felt very different, and I stopped recognising the version of myself I performed on a daily basis to fit in.

After a 29 year career, the final decade of which was spent as a Head of People, I developed a deep appreciation for the impact our work can have on our mental and emotional health. It led me to retrained as a Counsellor and Psychotherapist, and then as a coach, and did so because I had the benefit of that support myself.

Whilst I support individuals experiencing a range of life’s challenges including anxiety, OCD, relationship issues and those impact by crime, I hold a special interest in supporting those whose work or working environment is shaping their view of themselves and their worth in the world.

Young People & Young Adults

Alongside private practice I work for a charity called SAFE Support that works with young victims of crime including domestic and sexual abuse, relational trauma and bullying and who presentations may include emotionally based school avoidance, anxiety, OCD, panic and phobias. I bring this work into my private practice and work with young people aged 12+.

Next Steps

I understand the process of finding a therapist can be overwhelming in itself and you are therefore welcome to meet me in person, over video or on the phone, for a free, no obligation, 20 minute introductory chat in which you can ask any questions you may have about therapy or how I work.

You are welcome to email or text me.  If you phone, please do leave a voicemail as I am not always able to answer immediately but I will always call back if a voicemail is left. 

I look forward to meeting you.