How I Work

My Therapeutic Approach

I embrace a neurodivergent-affirming and person-centred approach. That means I don't believe you need to be "fixed" or taught how to fit in. I believe in creating a space that works for you, where we can explore your thoughts, feelings, and experiences on your terms. Therapy should feel accessible, respectful, and empowering — not another demand to manage.

I've had the privilege of working with people facing all kinds of challenges, including grief, burnout, trauma, identity exploration, and emotional as well as sensory overwhelm. Through working in suicide prevention and with Cruse Bereavement Support I have gained valuable skills and experience in working with anxiety, trauma, self-harm, suicidal ideation, grief and bereavement.

How I might help you

Many of my clients come to therapy after trying short-term solutions that never seemed to 'stick.'

What they often find helpful in my approach is that I:

• Help them understand themselves deeply — not just manage symptoms
• Guide to develop a grounded and structured perspective when things feel chaotic
• Genuinely support neurodivergence, without needing it explained or justified
• Support to find real insight and make meaningful changes

Your First Step on your Healing Journey

So many people come to therapy feeling "broken," "too much," or "not enough." But when we gently trace the why behind those feelings, what we usually find is something intelligent: an unmet need, a survival response, a story you didn't choose.

By reaching the root — not just the symptom — we can begin to:

• Build self-compassion instead of self-blame
• Recognise what used to help, but no longer serves you
• Reclaim your voice, your needs, your choices
• Make lasting change, because it's grounded in real understanding

You Deserve to Understand Yourself

If you've spent your life managing symptoms, pushing down feelings, or wondering what's wrong with me? — maybe the real question is what happened to me, and why did I need to survive that way?

My approach isn't about analysis for the sake of it. It's about gentle curiosity, guided by your pace and your needs, using thoughtful tools to uncover the truth beneath your struggles — and then helping you build something new from that place of insight.

If you're ready to explore what's underneath — with safety, clarity, and care — book a free introductory video call with me.

Let's find your why — and help you grow from it.

Why Autistic Clients Often Need Autistic Therapists

Let's talk about the double empathy problem. It's the idea (backed by research) that communication issues between autistic and non-autistic people aren't a one-way problem. It's not that autistic people struggle to relate — it's that neurodivergent and neurotypical people struggle to understand each other.

So, when an autistic client goes to a neurotypical therapist, they might feel:

• Misunderstood or pathologised
• Exhausted from masking just to feel "therapeutic"
• Like they're being encouraged to be "more normal" instead of more themself

But with an autistic therapist? There's an unspoken shorthand. You don't have to explain why you hate phone calls. Or why your "shutdown" isn't you being rude. Or why sudden change causes great anxiety. This shared understanding means we can skip the exhausting translation and start with the therapeutic work.