I qualified as a counsellor in 2012, and I've been in private practice for six years. But my understanding of what brings people to therapy goes back much further than that.

I spent 20 years working in the charity sector with people who'd been pushed to the edges. Homelessness, mental health crises, and young people in the care system. I saw how life throws us different challenges, how we don't all start from the same place or have the same opportunities. And I saw how the right support at the right time could help people overcome the barriers that felt impossible.

That's what drew me to this work, helping people find a way through.

I've held management roles, taught others, and somewhere along the line, I experienced the benefits of therapy myself. I live with a chronic health condition, so I know what it's like when your body doesn't cooperate with your plans. I know about adjusting, about grief for the life you thought you'd have, about finding meaning anyway.