I meet with people both in person and online via zoom. I can be contacted by email or phone to make appointments which are either in the afternoon or the evening.

I offer Systemic psychotherapy to individuals or families and see children/young people under eighteen in the context of their families. I am also a couples counsellor.

My approach uses all the many experiences of self and other to co-create understanding and meaning. I focus on how we can bring about change, for ourselves and others, through communication. Individuals exist in relationship with others and our different experiences create multiple connections and meanings and often it can be difficult to make sense of our lives. We may not see the choices we have made or could have. Talking can help bring an element of change or difference to a problem situation, so that new ways of interacting with others may be explored. Sometimes our family stories can be seen as difficult but they can also be a source of inspiration to find a way forward in our lives. Talking with someone else can enable new reflections and conversations about how we manage our relationships.

I use narrative, discursive and solution focussed approaches. I have therapeutic experience over many years and have had my own private practice in Portishead for nearly ten years. I am completing an extensive training in supervision with the Association of Family Therapy and the Centre for Systemic Supervision in Wales.

I can help with:

• relationships
• family problems
• bullying
• bereavement
• abuse
• gender issues
• work-related problems
• anxiety
• depression
• whole life-cycle