About Me
Over 25 years experience of working therapeutically.
I initially trained as a Music Therapist (HCPC registered). My music therapy training was psychodynamic in its approach. For many years, I worked mainly in arts psychotherapy services within NHS settings. This included adult mental health and learning disability services, supporting those living with complex mental health needs. This involved providing individual music therapy, group music therapy and co-facilitating joint-modality (music with art or drama) therapy groups.
I am a qualified clinical supervisor in psychoanalytic/psychodynamic supervision. Alongside my music therapy practice, I have provided clinical supervision to Arts Therapists, trainee Arts Therapists and facilitated reflective practice and case discussion groups for staff teams.
In more recent years, having completed further psychotherapy training in group analysis, I have practiced as a Group Analyst/Psychotherapist (UKCP registered - Council for Psychoanalysis and Jungian Analysis College /CPJAC). My experience has encompassed individual and group psychotherapy for adults and older adults within NHS mental health settings, alongside facilitating reflective practice and case discussion groups for staff teams (e.g. psychologists and nursing).
I now work in private practice as a Psychotherapist/Group Analyst offering individual psychodynamic psychotherapy and group analytic psychotherapy.
I am interested in the relationship between the wider-social, the political and the personal, and the different ways these interconnect, and influence our sense of self, our values and beliefs. With a background in music therapy and musical improvisation, I am curious about the interplay between verbal and non-verbal communication (e.g. music improvisation, gestures) and how we find ways to put our experiences into words.
I have worked with all kinds of people, this includes those who are struggling with anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, low self-esteem, stress, work-burnout, bereavement and loss.
I am a full member of Group Analysis South West (GASW) in Bristol.
