Experienced Counsellor, Psychotherapist and Supervisor in Devon and online

Sometimes the hardest questions in life aren't about coping. They're about who we are.

After more than thirty years as a therapist, I've come to believe that many of life's deepest struggles cannot be solved simply by learning techniques or managing symptoms. Often they ask us to rethink who we are, what matters most and how we want to live.

Perhaps you're carrying questions that don't have easy answers.

You may be wrestling with a crisis of faith, identity or relationship. You may be living with the long-term effects of trauma, bullying or an unhappy boarding school experience. You may be navigating a major life transition – retirement, bereavement, a significant health diagnosis, or the realisation that life hasn't unfolded as you expected.

Or perhaps you've simply reached a point where you can no longer ignore the questions you've been carrying for years.

Many people come to counselling hoping to reduce anxiety, lift depression or cope better with difficult emotions. Those things matter, and they often improve through therapy. But my work is especially suited to people who sense that something deeper is asking for attention.

Together, we can explore not only how you're feeling, but why your experiences have shaped you as they have, and what it might mean to live with greater authenticity, freedom and self-understanding.

Areas I particularly work with

• Existential questions about meaning, purpose and identity
• Crises of faith, spirituality and religious deconstruction
• Relationship difficulties, separation and questions about intimacy
• LGBTQ+ affirmative counselling in a welcoming, non-judgemental environment
• The lasting effects of trauma, bullying and adverse childhood experiences
• Boarding school experiences and their long-term emotional impact
• Mid-life and later-life transitions, including retirement, bereavement and adjusting to illness or changing health
• Anxiety, depression and emotional distress when these are connected to deeper life experiences rather than existing in isolation

I don't believe counselling is simply about feeling better

• Sometimes it is.
• But often it is about becoming more fully yourself.
• That may involve grieving losses, questioning long-held assumptions, making peace with the past, or discovering a different way of living. Good therapy doesn't always provide quick answers, but it can help you ask better questions—and find a way of living that feels more authentic and more your own.