I am passionate about helping people improve their mental health, especially those struggling with the impact of trauma. I have spent many years training in and practising the most effective forms of psychotherapy, as well as soaking up as much knowledge as I can about the latest research and developments in psychology and related subjects such as mindfulness, self-compassion and neurobiology. I find these subjects fascinating – and also want to share my passion about the human mind, brain and body with as many people as possible.
I am an Advanced Accredited Schema Therapist, Trainer & Supervisor and an Internal Family Systems Therapist. I also draw from a wide range of highly effective models in my work with clients, including cognitive behaviour therapy, trauma-informed stabilisation treatment, compassion-focused therapy and mindfulness-based self-compassion – I integrate these models into a unified treatment approach called Integrative Trauma Therapy. I work with people around the world, via Zoom, specialising in treating trauma but helping clients with all kinds of psychological problems, from relatively easy-to-treat difficulties such as anxiety disorders and depression, right up to highly complex, hard-to-treat problems such as complex trauma and dissociative disorders.
But as a former health journalist, my other great passion is writing – and this allows me to reach and hopefully help a much wider audience. I both write my own blog posts, articles and books and provide expert opinion to journalists working in print and broadcast media.
I am especially keen to promote a greater understanding of trauma, which is reaching epidemic proportions across the globe and is at the root of most psychological disorders and human suffering. That is why I founded my Heal Your Trauma project, which ran from 2021-23, helping people struggling with the impact of trauma. The project involved guided meditations, webinars and workshops, as well as my blog, which you can read on this site – sign up using the form below to get my latest posts delivered straight to your inbox. It provides a huge amount of free information about all aspects of psychology, psychotherapy, mental health and wellbeing.
If you would like to read more of my work, here is a selection of my writing. I hope you enjoy it.
FOR EVERYONE
My blog offers a huge amount of free information about all aspects of mental health, as well as powerful schema therapy techniques and guidance to help you improve your mental and physical health – sign up using the form below to get my latest blog posts, hot off the press. I have also written a number of blog posts for the Huffington Post about a wide range of mental-health issues.
FOR MENTAL-HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
I am a contributor to Creative Methods in Schema Therapy: Advances and Innovation in Clinical Practice, edited by Dr Gillian Heath and Dr Helen Startup. I co-authored the chapter, Endings and the Therapy Relationship, with Dr Tünde Vanko. This book presents the cutting-edge of theory and practice in schema therapy, with contributions from leading experts from our global community – I strongly recommend it whether you are new to ST or a seasoned practitioner. Order your copy here.
I was pleased to write an article about schema therapy for Therapy Today, flagship magazine of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). And I was invited to write a series of five posts, published from December 2019 to January 2020, for the PESI Blog about the schema therapy model for treating complex trauma.