I researched trauma for fifteen years as an academic, and I now run a busy private practice working with adults who have unresolved relational trauma from childhood. My entire approach, and everything I do, is designed to empower clients to create meaningful, sustainable change internally and externally (because the change is the healing).

I’m a coaching psychologist, not a clinical psychologist, and this is not accidental. Coaching psychologists use psychological concepts, approaches and theories to empower clients to build their own capacity to heal. Because, yes, to heal trauma, we need to release and process our pain, but we also need to build resources and resilience. 

We need more of what has been missing – resilience, flexibility, safety, connection, adult perspective, regulation, confidence, compassion, self-efficacy (that is, self-belief) and agency. Building and integrating what is limited or missing to create change and healing is the foundation of my approach.

I’ve also trained in Internal Family Systems (IFS), a leading therapy designed to heal childhood trauma. I chose this modality because not only does it help release and process the pain of childhood trauma, but it’s also inherently empowering. Woven into the foundation of an IFS approach is the central message of my approach: that we each have the power to self-heal and as we unlock this power we create a whole new way of being and relating. 

My practice has taught me that this approach – which is all about empowerment, agency and self-connection – leads to life-changing results for adults with unresolved childhood trauma.

My academic research was funded by the UK’s Medical Research Council (MRC) and explored how different way of thinking, feeling and being can affect trauma symptoms.  I still research trauma today, but now my research helps me develop cutting-edge trauma healing techniques.

My new book, The Power of Self-Healing, is now available for order. My first book, You’re Not Broken, is also available to buy via the link below…