I am an experienced mindfulness-based psychotherapist offering a safe, non-judgemental, and confidential therapeutic space where thoughts and feelings can be shared and explored. I provide both short-term and open-ended therapy and have experience working across a range of areas, including work-related stress, depression, anxiety, sexuality, relationship issues, major life transitions, neurodivergence, and low self-esteem.

Qualifications and accreditations

My professional qualification is an MA in Mindfulness-Based Psychotherapeutic Practice from the Karuna Institute and Middlesex University. I also hold a PhD in Counselling Studies from the University of Edinburgh and an MSc in Psychological Science (Conversion) from the University of Glasgow.

I also have undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in engineering from universities in South Africa. Prior to working as a therapist, I worked in environmental policy development, and before that undertook studies and research in chemical and civil engineering.

How I came to practise as a psychotherapist

My career has seen me gradually transition into the counselling and psychotherapy field.

I first became interested in meditation and mindfulness during my engineering studies in South Africa over twenty years ago. Shortly after completing these studies, I travelled to the UK. Early in my stay, I spent a number of weeks cooking, cleaning, and meditating with a small community of Buddhist monks in rural Northumberland.

It was during this time that I first learned about Core Process Psychotherapy (CPP). I have long been interested in understanding people, and there was something in CPP that really resonated with me, especially its integration of mindfulness with modern psychological approaches and theories.

I remained in the UK and spent the next decade working on environmental policy development in the Scottish public sector. During this period, I also undertook part-time psychotherapy studies and, in 2012, began seeing clients. In early 2016, I gained UKCP accreditation as a psychotherapist. From this point onwards, I became increasingly immersed in the counselling and psychotherapy field through my work with clients, alongside ongoing professional and academic study. I successfully re-accredited with the UKCP in 2019 and again in 2024.

In 2021, I relocated to London from Edinburgh and currently see clients in person in Central London, as well as online.