About Me.

I believe in walking alongside you, facilitating a place for you to explore your own journey, not rewriting it for you. As someone with lived experience, I practice the way that I would want a counsellor to be. At heart I believe that everyone is trying to do what's right for them, but sometimes need support to figure out what that is, that's why I work with you to understand your world from your experience.

As with a lot of people, my story started on the opposite side of the helping relationship. I struggled with my Mental health for a long time, 
and after trying a wide range of different careers, and feeling quite lost, I enrolled on an introduction to counselling course and It changed my life!
I felt a passion that I hadn't for a long time, so I quit my job and retrained to degree level.
Ever since then, I have been working towards setting up an accessible private practice. And after a three-year degree in Counselling & Mental Health, countless hours of CPD, as well as working and volunteering in helping roles, here I am.

I have worked with:
Workshop and session host with Leeds LGBT+ community minds, Doncaster Samaritans, and Trans Leeds.

I have worked with:
Leeds LGBT+ community minds, Doncaster Mind, Trans Leeds, the UK Polyamory Association, RISE adaptations, Autism & Disability advocates, Samaritans, 7-cups, Voluntary Action Doncaster.

I founded and ran EMPOWER, and organisation delivering resilience resources to further education institutes.
I was a founding member of the Doncaster based local support group - Armthorpe LGBTQIA+ and a co-developer of another Doncaster based support group - SH*T SHARE.
 

I am a Mental health first aider and a qualified coach. Additionally I have published  work related to mental health. In addition to this, I am passionate about keeping up to date with the latest trends and research. A full list of additional CPD training I have undertaken can be found below:

The Neuroscience of laughter 
Green & Blue Social Prescribing 
Counselling Adolescents: Using the Person-Centered Approach 
Level Two Certificate in The Theraputic Use of Person Centered Creative Arts
Mental Health First Aid Training 
Level Five Certificate in Coaching & Mentoring 
Level Two Certificate in Understanding Autism 
Certificate in Resilience
7-cups Internship Programme