Professional Background

I have worked in mental health services across NHS specialist services, military settings, and private practice. That breadth of experience is relevant to the work I do now.
Much of my clinical career has been in NHS settings, where I worked across a range of mental health services with individuals presenting with complex and enduring psychological difficulties. That has included trauma-focused therapy for PTSD and complex trauma, high-risk case management, and work in clinical supervision and training.
 

Before moving into NHS practice, I worked as a uniformed mental health clinician within the British Army. That experience was formative; it shaped my understanding of trauma, occupational stress, and the particular difficulties that arise when people are functioning under pressure in demanding roles, often with significant constraints on when and how they can seek help.

Alongside my clinical work, I am a doctoral researcher at the University of Central Lancashire, where my research focuses on veteran-sensitive mental health services. This reflects a long-standing professional interest in how services can be designed to better meet the needs of the people who use them — an interest that carries into how I try to run my own practice.

How I Work

My clinical approach is evidence-based and formulation-led. That means before any active treatment begins, we spend time developing a clear understanding of your specific situation: what has contributed to the difficulty, what is maintaining it now, and what matters to you that it is getting in the way of. That formulation shapes the direction and pace of everything that follows.

I draw on cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), EMDR, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), and compassion focused therapy (CFT) depending on what the formulation indicates is most useful. For couples, I work with evidence-based models specific to relationship therapy. I do not apply a single protocol to everyone; different presentations need different approaches, and the work is always tailored to the individual or couple in front of me.

I am accredited by the BABCP (British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies) and am a member of ACBS (the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science), and have postgraduate training in Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapies.

The Practice

I see clients in person at St John's Chambers, 11 St John's Road, Stourbridge, DY8 1EJ — a central location two minutes' walk from Stourbridge Town train station, with parking at the nearby Ryemarket. I also work with clients online across the UK via Zoom.

EMDR intensive formats are available for clients where this is clinically appropriate. Clinical supervision is available for qualified therapists working with complex or high-risk presentations.
 

Working Together

If you are considering therapy and wondering whether I might be the right person to work with, a free 15-minute call is the best starting point. It gives you the opportunity to ask questions, get a sense of how I work, and decide whether you would like to go ahead — without any pressure or obligation.

The people I work with are typically dealing with something that has not shifted despite their own efforts to manage it, and often despite previous attempts to get help. If that sounds familiar, I would be glad to hear from you.

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