Alongside my clinical work, I am a doctoral researcher with a particular interest in autistic workplace burnout. This research is closely informed by my therapeutic work, where I see how harsh self-judgement can pervade all areas of life for autistic and ADHD adults. I have a particular interest in supporting clients to understand and lessen the impact of this self-criticism, given how often it contributes to burnout.


I also have a keen interest in working with people as they move through further or higher education, or who are considering returning to education after earlier difficult or invalidating experiences.



Qualifications:

  • Psychology BSc (Hons)
  • Diploma TA Counselling
  • Diploma Integrative Psychotherapy
  • MA Autism Spectrum
  • CBT Cert.
  • Mentoring Cert.

Current training & study/research:

  • Autism Spectrum -post-grad.  research via PhD


      I am registered Member of the

      British Association for

      Counselling & Psychotherapy.

      I work to their ethical and

      professional standards.


A brief overview of my professional training and experience:


  • I first began working in mental health in 1999, as a psychology undergraduate, initially in a psychiatric inpatient setting.
  • I went on to work on an acquired brain injury unit alongside behavioural psychologists, before beginning training in Transactional Analysis in Edinburgh.
  • During this time I worked with Hearing Voices Network and the National Schizophrenia Fellowship Scotland, supporting individuals and groups of voice hearers. I also ran a city centre mental health drop-in and was supervisor of a telephone support line.
  • After moving back to England, I managed projects for mental health charities in the north-west, recruiting, training and supervising volunteers and staff supporting people with experience of severe and enduring mental ill-health.
  • I worked for a number of years at Understanding Autism Northwest, a specialist autism counselling charity which has now sadly closed.
  • I have worked for a number of years, and continue to work, in private practice, based in Helmshore, Rossendale, East Lancashire.
  • I am a doctoral researcher at The Autism Centre in Sheffield.