My experience enables me to offer effective individualized support. I work with a range of mental health issues, from mild to severe, and am able to provide support for individuals, families, and couples. My focus is to help individuals heal and become aware of their inner strengths. This is achieved by listening to your concerns, and working through them with you. I will be there for you every step of your journey. My goal is to help you grow from your struggles, heal from your pain, and move forward to where you want to be in your life.

My areas of interest

Teenagers (anxiety, self-harming, depression, issues around sexuality, homesickness, general teen development)

Third Culture Kids

Transition to and from country – culture shock

Bereavement

Non-working spouse – issues around identity, purpose and fulfillment

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

School counsellors’ wellbeing

What I am:

A professional, trained psychologist and counsellor. A fully qualified Cognitive Behavioural Therapist.

I have worked as a School Counsellor for over ten years with teenagers, their parents, schoolteachers and the wider community in Thailand, China, Switzerland and Angola.

My Qualifications:

M.Sc. Psychology – University of Derby, UK

M.A. Philosophy – University of Wales, UK

I have specific counselling qualifications from The Counselling Institute in Scotland: 

Post-Graduate Diploma of Counselling (Dip.Coun.) includes focussed work on Marriage Guidance, Bereavement, Addiction and Self-Harm.

Post-Graduate Diploma of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (Dip.CBT)

I am committed to continuing professional development relevant to the field of counselling and have attended numerous workshops and professional development events in areas such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy and Mindfulness Fundamentals. See my CPD (Continuing Professional Development) here.

Visit the ExpatCounsellingNow Facebook Page here.

Memberships/Professional Associations

Member of FIGT, an international organisation supporting and researching families in transition.

An organisation supporting the work of school counsellors in international schools.

Member of BPS

Professional Member of the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science

What I am not:

A US licensed psychologist or psychiatrist. (Why is this important?)