My interest in psychology was shaped by both professional and personal experience. Living with autism, I have always been curious about human behaviour, relationships, and the different ways people experience the world. This curiosity eventually led me to complete an MSc in Forensic and Clinical Psychology at King’s College London before beginning my career in forensic mental health services, and later becoming a qualified and accredited CBT therapist in the clinical setting. 

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Over the years, I have worked across a range of mental health settings, both secure and community-based, supporting individuals experiencing psychosis, depression, trauma, acquired brain injury, anxiety disorders, eating disorders, body image difficulties, and Body Dysmorphic Disorder. This included a role as Service Director for an eating disorder charity. I later specialised in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), progressing into senior clinical leadership positions as Clinical Lead and Service Director.

 

While I value the knowledge and experience gained throughout my career, I believe effective therapy is about more than qualifications alone. At its heart, therapy is a collaborative process built on trust, understanding, and a shared commitment to change.

 

My approach combines evidence-based psychological therapies with a genuine interest in understanding each person’s unique experiences, values, and goals. Rather than focusing solely on a diagnosis, I aim to help people understand the patterns that maintain their difficulties and develop practical, meaningful strategies for lasting change.

 

A particular area of interest for me is the relationship between mental health, physical health, and performance. Throughout my work, I repeatedly observed how psychological wellbeing can influence our relationship with exercise, body image, achievement, confidence, and self-worth. These observations eventually led to the development of Psymbiosis, a framework designed to help people create a healthier and more sustainable relationship between mind, body, and performance. I also noticed something more specific working with eating disorders and body dysmorphia: for many clients, the gym itself had become a trigger for these thinking patterns, when it hadn’t been the original driver of them at all. I recognised the same pattern in my own experience. That observation shaped much of the thinking behind Psymbiosis, wanting the gym to become a genuinely enjoyable and positive place, rather than another source of distress

 

Whether you are seeking support for a specific mental health difficulty, looking to improve your relationship with yourself, or working towards personal goals that have felt difficult to sustain, my aim is to provide a supportive, collaborative, and evidence-based space in which meaningful change can occur.