Welcome!
I am a Clinical Psychologist, Somatic Therapist, Trainer and Mentor, with over 25 years of experience in working with adult clients in a wide range of settings and with a variety of issues. I am passionate about somatic work, which revitalised my own practice and has supported my clients (and myself!) in making deep, lasting changes and creating new, compassionate relationships with themselves and others.
My own training and experience is wide-ranging and includes Cognitive Analytic Therapy Practitioner and Supervisor training, EMDR Level 1 and 2, MindBody Therapy, iRest, Yoga teacher and Trauma Sensitive Yoga training as well as courses in ACT, Systemic Therapy and IFS. I draw on skills developed over 28 years, as well as my own personal healing experiences and professional practice to create these trainings and support other practitioners.
Courses and immersions offered are kept small for lots of opportunity for case discussions, practice and reflection for enhanced learning. Each course combines theoretical components, including an understanding of the scientific basis of somatic work and the impact of trauma, and a review of current somatic approaches as well as practical components where we develop our skills in applying of somatic approaches, for our client work (and with ourselves).
In trainings I share my client work experiences, examples of what works well, as well as what hasn’t (as reflection on examples of when things don’t go as intended can be a rich source of learning) and there will be space to discuss your client work too. I also share some of my own experience of somatic therapies, since receiving what we offer to clients is invaluable for professional, as well as personal, growth, and allows us to know this work from an embodied place.
In trainings and in supervision/ mentoring, I aim to de-shame our own experiences as therapists - first and foremost, we are humans too! Together we will co-create a safe, supportive space where making mistakes is welcomed and honest reflection on our human experience is supported and encouraged.