I have over 25 years experience in teaching, lecturing, mentoring and counselling. I deeply value and respect the diversity and ways of being that make us human. I work with both young people and adults and have a particular interest in issues around identity and sense of self. I have significant experience in working with grief, loss and illness and worked for many years at a local hospice. This is an area of counselling greatly close to my heart and I believe developing self-compassion and making meaning from loss can significantly help the grieving process. I have also spent many years working with those who identify as autistic, neurodivergent or multiple and within the LGBTQIA+ community. I am trained at postgraduate level 7 as a person-centred therapist and I have also trained in solution focused brief therapy and person-centred expressive arts therapy (level one). I am a fully registered member with the BACP. I also offer clinical supervision to individuals and groups.