I am a play therapist by training, and a writer. In my previous work, I supported children and families with difficult stories. For years I worked in schools with vulnerable families, children who were in care or adopted, and school staff trying to make sense of the most challenging situations. I use my experience of using creative arts to help people find a ‘coherent narrative’ of their life.

I also have lived most of my adult life with a chronic health condition, which has led me to a journey of discovery and knowledge about managing pain, using tools of mindfulness, embodiment and nervous system regulation.

I have trained in Mindful Photography Facilitation with Look Again / Ruth Davey and in Trauma-sensitive Mindfulness with David Treleaven. I am informed by the body of work around neuroscience, brain plasticity, trauma and mindfulness (Tara Brach, Rick Hanson, Sarah Peyton..).

I love to find the connecting threads through life’s experiences and to map these into coherent narratives that help us understand where we have been, who we are now and where we are going.

In my writing I explore questions of identity and belonging, health and illness, connection to people and place, and the interplay between past and present. I am fascinated by the role of creativity in healing.