Therapy with Me

I am a qualified Integrative Counsellor and a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP). This means I work in line with their values and code of ethics, something that’s very important to me in creating a safe and trustworthy space for the people I work with.

I hold a BA in Counselling and am currently completing an MA in Trauma-Informed Practices. Since 2016 I’ve been practising counselling, drawing on approaches such as Person-Centred Therapy, CBT, Motivational Interviewing, NLP, Solution-Focused Therapy, Brief Therapy with Children and Young People, and Trauma Studies. These give me a range of tools, but at the heart of it all is you, your story, your pace, and your way of making meaning.

My Specialism

I specialise in working with trauma and loss. Trauma can show up in many forms and no two experiences are the same. It may come from events such as abuse, neglect, or violence, but it can also arise from oppression, poverty, displacement, racism, cultural pressures, being silenced, or carrying the pain of others. Sometimes it is not a single event but a lifetime of experiences that overwhelm our capacity to cope.

When trauma happens, our bodies and minds find instinctive ways to protect us, fight, flight, or freeze. Sometimes these responses get stuck, and the nervous system stays on high alert long after the event has passed. This can leave us anxious, disconnected, or struggling with pain and illness. Therapy can help to calm, regulate and re-balance the nervous system, to process and integrate what has happened, and to find new ways of relating to yourself and to others.

For me, trauma therapy isn’t about asking “what’s wrong with you?” but “what happened to you, how did you survive, and how do you want to move forward?” Healing doesn’t always mean changing the outside world, sometimes it’s about finding freedom within, sometimes it’s about building safer connections, and sometimes it’s about reclaiming the parts of yourself that were hidden away.

My Journey

My interest in trauma began during my first year at university in 2015. What started as academic curiosity soon became a deeper calling, leading me to write my dissertation on trauma and healing. Since then, I’ve continued to follow that thread, through training, CPD courses, and my own ongoing research and reflection.

But my journey is more than what I’ve studied. As a woman of Indian and African heritage, I’ve felt firsthand how identity, both chosen and inherited, shapes how we move through the world, and how we are received. Early in my practice, I noticed how much of our pain is not only personal but also systemic, carried through families, communities, and cultures.

For me, working with trauma is not only about symptoms, but about honouring the stories and voices that have often been silenced. It’s about understanding the wider contexts we live in, and finding compassion and alignment within that. Healing, for me, is about opening the possibility of becoming who we wish to be, even if the world doesn’t always make that simple.

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My Approach

I aim to create a safe, warm, and non-judgemental space where you can be fully yourself. I don’t see myself as the expert on your life, you are. I believe you already carry within you the wisdom to heal and grow. My role is to walk alongside you, to support you as you make sense of your experiences, reconnect with yourself, and discover what feels right for you.

For me, therapy is less about becoming who you think you “should” be, and more about discovering who you truly are. That process of being witnessed, accepted, and related to as yourself, can be both freeing and deeply healing. I believe we all have a part of us that knows what we need and longs to be heard. In therapy, we can gently listen to that inner wisdom together, so it can guide you toward a way of being that feels more true to you, whether that means expressing it outwardly, or quietly holding it as a source of strength within.