About Me....

I started my working life as a youth worker and that experience sparked my interest in people and in particular adolescents. I then decided to improve my knowledge base by gaining qualifications in Criminology, Social Policy and Social Sciences amongst other subjects. Constantly fascinated by people and the nature/nurture debate, I then studied Hypnotherapy, Counselling and Psychotherapy and Neuro-Linguistic Programming.

 I was offered a job within Social Services for the Children and Families team and swiftly moved into the Dorset Drug Team where I delivered counselling sessions to children of drug and alcohol mis-users. Fascinated by challenging behaviour in teenagers, I have worked at several residential schools attended by teenage boys who had emotional or behavioural problems.

 In 2007 in Dorset I decided to become self-employed as a hypnotherapist and counsellor and had a very successful practice and after a house move to Surrey, I have recently joined The Skin and Laser Clinic as the resident hypnotherapist, counsellor and psychotherapist.

 I use an integrative approach in my counselling and psychotherapy embracing psychodynamic, transactional analysis, cognitive behaviour therapy and person centred therapy. I specialise in self-esteem, anxiety and confidence issues in my counselling and psychotherapy sessions and the most popular demands for hypnotherapy are smoking cessation, weight control and phobias.

I believe that we all hold the key within us to solve any problems that we may have and sees myself as a tool that can be used to access that key.