What Working With Me Is Like

Therapy with me is collaborative and shaped around you. My approach is grounded in Narrative Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Person-Centred counselling. I aim to create a warm, accepting relationship where you can explore your experiences without judgement and at a pace that feels manageable.

Narrative Therapy can help us look at the stories you have come to believe about yourself and consider which still fit and which may no longer be helpful. ACT can help you make space for difficult thoughts and feelings while reconnecting with what matters to you. At other times, you may simply need somewhere to reflect, or practical strategies that make everyday life feel a little easier.

I work with people living many different stories, with particular experience supporting educators experiencing stress or burnout, parents adjusting to parenthood or facing postnatal challenges, children and young people dealing with anxiety, confidence, identity or school pressures, and students carrying the weight of academic expectations. Whatever brings you to counselling, my aim is to meet you with empathy, curiosity and understanding.

Membership

Professional membership provides an important additional layer of reassurance by connecting therapeutic work to recognised ethical and professional standards.

I am an Accredited Registrant of the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society (NCPS) and work within its ethical and professional framework, with your wellbeing, trust and safety at the centre of our work together.

Qualifications and Experience

Alongside my counselling work, I am a Lecturer in Education at Bangor University, where I teach in Childhood and Youth Studies and Counselling Children and Young People. I also teach on the MSc in Counselling at Bangor University, bringing my experience of counselling, childhood, development and wellbeing into postgraduate counsellor education. You can click here to find out more about the MSc in Counselling programme.

I have more than ten years of experience supporting educators and students, and my wider academic work has focused strongly on children and young people. My research includes children's self-esteem, minority language use, childhood and youth, and children’s rights. I have also been involved in initiatives that promote youth voice and participation, including Bangor University’s Youth Summits.

I am a published researcher with peer-reviewed work in education, childhood and bilingual development. This academic background complements my therapeutic work by keeping me closely connected to research, development and the wider contexts that shape the lives of children, young people, families and educators.

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