I am a highly specialised psychotherapist specialising in anxiety and mood disorders with over 20 years of clinical experience. A core principle of my work is that there are no limitations on the number of sessions a client has; duration and quantity of sessions are tailored to the individual needs of the client.

Another important principle is the integrative multi-modality framework used when working with clients. This means I use the most effective approaches with respect to current research into counselling and therapy. I draw from a range of evidence-based approaches, which have been tested through scientific research. Furthermore, the quality of the relationship between the practitioner and client occupies a central place.

The main approaches I draw from in the integrative framework include schema therapy, cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT), mindfulness-based approaches, acceptance- commitment- therapy, compassion focused therapy and person-centred and relationship- based approaches. In addition I am amongst a small number of therapists in the UK trained in Comprehensive Resource Model (CRM), which was designed to work with complex levels of trauma.

My entire work is built on a wide range of professional experiences. I was a senior member of the therapy team at a private mental health hospital. Prior to that, I worked for a range of other organisations, including the Medical Foundation, now called Freedom from Torture, which is a specialist service to support people who have survived torture. I have worked in residential addiction treatment, with survivors of childhood abuse and in other service settings.

In addition to my clinical work, I have held a number of teaching posts at several leading institutions, including Anglia Ruskin University, the Open University and the New School for Psychotherapy and Counselling (NSPC) which is the global leader for training in Existential Therapy. There I offer academic supervision to doctoral students.

I am actively involved in a number of government licensed ground breaking research studies looking into new ways of treating 'treatment' resistant depression (TRD) and major depressive disorder (MDD) using psychedelics.

Outside of my activities as a psychotherapist and counsellor, I spent six years working with wolves. This deeply moving work helped me to understand much better how questions of anxiety, survival, communication with others and resilience are interconnected. I continue to learn about the complex and sophisticated emotional processes that these animals posses.