Hello, and thank you for visiting my site.

I am an Educational and Child Psychologist with over 20 years’ experience as an educational professional. This includes a doctorate in Child, Community and Educational Psychology at Tavistock and Portman Foundation NHS Trust, and employment as an Educational Psychologist within the local authority and private sector spanning over 12 years. Prior to this, I spent a decade teaching in both primary and secondary schools.

I am a mother of two children myself and understand first hand the unique challenges that parents and schools are facing today.

I am passionate about the inclusion of young people with special educational needs and disabilities. I work closely with young people, schools, parents, and NHS services to enable positive and sustainable change. I have a particular interest and range of experience in mental health, autism and emotional-based school refusal. My doctoral thesis focused on ways of promoting self-efficacy beliefs in young people with dyslexia.

My work initially centres around providing safe, containing places where concerns can be voiced and those I work with feel truly heard. I draw upon my unique knowledge of child development, understanding of school systems, and psychological perspectives to co-produce the next steps in my involvement with clients; be that through consultation, training, assessment, or therapeutic approaches. My aim is to empower those I work with; to develop advocacy through understanding, compassion and bespoke support so that each individual can develop the skills they need to be successful in the life they choose.

Fundamental to my work is the belief that every one of us is doing the best we can with the resources we currently have, and that change is possible for all of us in the right environment with the right support.