Before turning to therapy and counselling in 2016 I worked largely in the world of education, state and private. I have an undergraduate theology degree from the University of St Andrews and a PhD from the University of Birmingham. My postgraduate thesis examined the relationship between Christian fundamentalism and late-twentieth century literary culture.

 

My therapy training began with a Certificate in Person-Centred Counselling in 2005. This was followed by a Diploma in Gestalt Counselling in 2009. More recently I have undertaken psychoanalytic training with The Severnside Institute for Psychotherapy, (2019-20), an online one-year study of the Western Esoteric tradition with Dr Sasha Chaitow and Treadwell’s Bookshop (2022), a Group Facilitation Certificate (2023), and a Certificate in Psychosexual Studies (Tavistock Relationship, 2024/5). I am currently researching to write a book on late nineteenth-century art and sculpture - based on the collection of the Lady Lever Art Gallery, Merseyside - to include topics including the male gaze (then and now), sexuality, and female experiences of objectification as the artist's 'muse' and model.