This encapsulates my approach to how I work with my clients. Counselling is a shared journey of exploration, discovery, creation, loss& gain, identifying opportunities and ultimately, achieving the outcome that’s important to my client.

At Collaborative Counselling, I focus on creating a safe, warm, supportive space where every client can share their story, reconnect with themselves, express what’s most important to them and embark on a journey of healing and recovery.

My journey to becoming a counsellor has been a meandering journey that has included being a primary school teacher, a training and development business owner, a life coach and eventually, a wellness counsellor. Counselling has always been my calling.

Personally, I have a wealth of ‘life experiences’ that I believe have shaped and grown me and as such enable me to empathise deeply with many of the issues my clients bring to our space.

I have a particular passion for working with women who have experienced / are experiencing domestic violence. A caring, skilled counsellor was instrumental in helping me recover from such a relationship and I believe my work in this area enables me to help other women -and men – do the same.

I am a wife and the mother of 3 children and 2 stepchildren. I love the outdoors, reading, spending time with my family, travelling, and enhancing my knowledge and skills in the field of counselling!