Who am I? :-)

Hello and thanks for looking at my page!

First and foremost I am a mother to three wonderful children who are all in very different stages in their lives. One has struggled with anxiety and another has a diagnosis of ADHD.
I've a been Registered Child a Mental Health Nurse for over 15 years and before then I was a Special Needs Teacher in a Secondary School for 7 years. Fair to say I kind of love working with children!

Second love is animals. They are my therapy!
I've recently started horse riding again, on a beautiful boy named Dennis!

I have worked in a variety of settings throughout my career;
Police custody and Courts, Youth Offending Teams, CAMHS specialist teams, Trauma Support Teams. Lately I also set the Under 18 Crisis Team at Frimley Park Hospital.
I have done additional training in CBT *and DBT* interventions and also Animal Assisted Therapy-AAT*.

My style is person centred and we will create a plan together in our first assessment session. I invite young people and families to my beautiful farm house in the country for their sessions and use nature walks as therapy when appropriate, with my dog Frankie obviously!

Let me support you!

*Cognitive Behavioural Therapy-(CBT)teaches you coping skills for dealing with different problems. It focuses on how your thoughts, beliefs and attitudes affect your feelings and actions. (Mind 2024)
*Dialectical Behaviour Therapy -Dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) is a type of talking therapy. It's based on cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). But it's specially adapted for people who feel emotions very intensely. The aim of DBT is to help you: Understand and accept your difficult feelings. (Mind 2024)
Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT)- Including animals can help clients open up and feel more at ease. It can also give therapists useful insights into their clients’ feelings and behaviour, seeing how they form relationships or respond to different situations. (BACP 2024)