Opening up about your personal struggles can feel incredibly daunting. Exploring the heavier, more difficult areas of life takes immense courage, and you do not have to carry that weight alone.
I am dedicated to helping individuals understand how their unique difficulties impact their life. My role is to sit with you in those dark spaces, offer a non-judgemental perspective, explore new coping strategies, and empower you to build a healthier future.
How I Can Help You
My extensive background across physical healthcare and mental health services allows me to support you through a wide range of needs.
Weight Management & Body Image: Navigating bariatric surgery support, healthy use of weight-loss medications, healing your relationship with food, and building self-esteem.
Mental Health Conditions: Finding relief and balance from depression, daily anxiety, and low self-worth.
Physical Health Challenges: Learning to adapt, cope, and navigate treatment options while living with long-term chronic conditions.
My Approach: Tailored to You
We are all unique, which means a “one-size-fits-all” approach to therapy rarely works. While I hold strong foundations in traditional Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), I also draw from advanced therapeutic approaches like:
Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT)
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Solution-Focused Therapy (SFT)
Together, we will work as a collaborative team to design a flexible path that suits your specific lifestyle. We will check in regularly to review your progress, ensuring our sessions continue to feel accessible, meaningful, and genuinely helpful to you.
Clinical Expertise & Credentials
Behind my compassionate approach is over a decade of rigorous training and senior clinical leadership within the NHS and private healthcare sectors.
Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (DClinPsych): University of Oxford (2010).
NHS Leadership: Spent over twenty years working in the NHS, including ten years serving as the Lead Psychologist for a Specialist Weight Management Service.
Current Consultant Roles: Balance my private practice with a Consultant Clinical Psychologist role for the Verve Health Group, alongside providing clinical supervision to NHS and private practitioners.