The name True Voice Counselling grew from my doctoral research into voice as a tool for healing, explored through creative and vocal practices. Over time, I came to understand voice less as a technique and more as a way of listening — to what is embodied, authentic, and alive within us.

For me, finding your true voice is not about confidence or saying the right things. It is about learning to stay with yourself, to notice what you feel, and to trust what comes from that place.

Voice therapist and writer Paul Newham describes this beautifully:

“A large part of who we become emerges from the stories told to us. When we discover these stories to be fiction, we must find a whole new voice — not a voice that acts out the lines written by others, but a voice that speaks for the Self we know ourselves to be.”

This understanding sits at the heart of my work. I approach therapy as a space to get to know your story and the narratives you have been shaped by, and to meet yourself with care — so you can begin relating to your experience in ways that feel more honest, grounded, and your own.

• Certificate in Introduction to Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT) — Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, 2022

• Certificate in Transactional Analysis 101 — Physis Scotland, 2021

• Certificate in Couples Counselling — Relationship Scotland, 2020

• Professional Doctorate in Counselling and Psychotherapy — University of Edinburgh, 2019 (Merit)

• Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy — University of Edinburgh, 2016

• Counselling for Children and Young People (Introductory) — University of Edinburgh, 2015

• BA in Liberal Studies (Education pathway) — San Jose State University, 2014 (Cum Laude / 2:1 equivalent)

• Associate Degree (Social Sciences emphasis) — San Jose City College, 2011 (Honours)

Over recent years, I have continued my professional development through training in somatic therapy, neurodivergence, cultural competence, and shame. More recently, my learning has focused on the transition into parenthood and its impact on identity, relationships, and wellbeing.

I hold my work as both a vocation and a responsibility, and I remain committed to ongoing reflection, professional development, and ethical practice.

I have worked as a counsellor and psychotherapist for over a decade.

In my early career, I worked across community programmes, charities, recovery services, and educational settings, supporting adults, couples, young people, and children. For the past six years, I have worked exclusively in private practice, maintaining a full and diverse caseload.

The people I have worked with come from many different countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Spain, Norway, Ireland, India, Poland, Italy, Latvia, and South Africa. They present with a wide range of concerns, including cross-cultural adjustment, grief and loss, relationship transitions, identity and belonging, parenting and family dynamics, addiction, anxiety, burnout, trauma, neurodivergence, LGBTQIA+ experiences, chronic illness, and relationship difficulties such as communication, intimacy, and infidelity. I also support clients who are leaving or recovering from abusive or emotionally manipulative relationships. (A fuller list of themes I work with can be found in the dropdown menu.)

I have experience working with a wide range of issues which I have listed here.

My approach to therapy is pluralistic and relational. I draw from a range of therapeutic traditions, including person-centred, experiential, psychodynamic, systemic, Cognitive Analytic Therapy, Transactional Analysis, Internal Family Systems, and Emotion-Focused Therapy. Rather than applying a fixed method, I shape the work around who you are, what you bring, and what feels most helpful to you.

While I value theory and training, I place the therapeutic relationship at the centre of the work. Therapy is not something I do to you, but something we enter into together. Attunement, responsiveness, and genuine contact matter more to me than technique alone.

I approach each person as shaped by layered histories, identities, and ways of adapting. I do not rush toward simple explanations or labels. Complexity is something I welcome and work with carefully.

My stance is collaborative and non-hierarchical. I do not position myself as the expert with all the answers, but as a thoughtful guide alongside you. Meaning, insight, and direction are shaped together.

I value depth over speed. I do not offer quick fixes, but support change that unfolds at a human pace — grounded, integrated, and lasting.

I work with care for identity and difference, including culture, race, neurodivergence, queerness, migration, and lived experience. Difference is not something to work around, but something to work with and learn from.

I aim to offer safety without passivity — steadiness and care, alongside trust in your capacity for insight, responsibility, and growth.

I also value embodiment and emotional truth. What is felt in the body and nervous system is as important as what is thought or spoken. These ways of knowing often carry the deepest meaning.

You can read more on my approach here.

I am registered with The British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP 377377), meaning that I have been approved for gaining appropriate training and experience. My work is deeply grounded in the ethics of care, respect, safety, and confidentiality, which is embedded within the code of ethics and conduct of the BACP. My practice is also insured and regularly supervised per the BACP requirements, so you can be confident about the help I provide.