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About Me

I became a psychologist because the mind genuinely fascinates me and because I've never found anything more worthwhile than helping someone stop getting in their own way.
 

This work isn't abstract for me. I've done it myself. Years of retreats, sitting with discomfort, the slow and unglamorous work of actually changing.
That's not incidental to why I do this  - it's central to it.


After 15 years, thousands of sessions, and work across clinical, academic and private settings, what hasn't changed is the question I come back to every single time: what is standing between this person and the life they're capable of. 

Training & Background

I hold a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (DClinPsy) from the University of Oxford. Prior to my doctorate, I trained as a Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) therapist and worked in both outpatient and hospital settings with adults experiencing significant emotional difficulties.
 

I have research experience at the Department of Psychology at Harvard University. My clinical training includes Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), mindfulness-based approaches and solution-focused therapy.


I have worked with adults across the lifespan, individually and in groups, in clinical, academic and private settings across the UK, Europe and the Americas.
 

I am also the author of Bite Sized Peace and the creator of the Bite Sized Peace Method, a self-paced program on food, eating and body image.

 

How I work

My approach is direct, warm and grounded in clinical rigour. I don't do surface-level work and I don't believe in open-ended processes that go nowhere. I work in structured containers with a clear intention: to help people understand their patterns and actually shift them.

Alongside my clinical training, I have spent many years studying and practising within the Tibetan Buddhist contemplative tradition. I have completed extended solo silent retreats and dark room retreats and continue to practise. This informs my work, not as a spiritual overlay but as a genuine framework for understanding the mind that runs alongside and deepens the clinical one.

I also volunteer in end-of-life support, sitting with people through the dying process. It keeps me honest about what matters.

Areas of focus

My work spans emotional wellbeing consulting for adults navigating:

  • Life dissatisfaction and a sense of stuckness

  • Anxiety and overwhelm

  • Identity, self-worth and people-pleasing

  • Emotional reactivity, self-criticism and repeating patterns

  • Food, eating and body image concerns

  • Relationships and boundaries

  • Major life transitions

  • Grief, loss and end-of-life concerns

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