I've lived an interesting life - I'm adopted, a survivor of sexual assault and domestic abuse, a widow and a single mum! I've also spent my whole life working in wellbeing - from people struggling with substance misuse, to those on inpatient mental h...

I've lived an interesting life - I'm adopted, a survivor of sexual assault and domestic abuse, a widow and a single mum! I've also spent my whole life working in wellbeing - from people struggling with substance misuse, to those on inpatient mental health wards, older adults with dementia, and young people with learning needs and neurodiversity. I've worked with many people with complex trauma, and difficulties with attachment, mentalisation and relational functioning. Over the years I've trained in a few different counselling and coaching modalities, but often I found that these seemed a bit formulaic. They often focused too much on 'fixing' and not enough on 'exploring' - I wanted something that suited my resilient, creative, slightly quirky and rebellious nature! I discovered Tree of Life work a few years ago and have developed this narrative-therapy approach into a more in-depth coaching/facilitation methodology. I use arts-based practice and reflection to help people to re-examine their life stories and discover ways to look at themselves in more creative ways, to see what might be possible. I've also trained in neuro-puppetry and puppet therapy - working with people using objects, materials and puppets to explore subjects like grief, trauma, shame and love. I love working in quirky, unexpected ways with the everyday and the mundane - finding new ways to see things and helping people to uncover their personal philosophies and 'mental models' of the world! Life is incredibly short - I love helping people find small and magical ways to be quirky, be rebellious, and live life more fully, even in the face of what feels like the insurmountable and impossible. I also believe in seeing the world through an ecopsychological lens – we are all connected, and finding small ways to contribute and recognise our value in a society that often only rewards very specific things is really important to me. I want my children – and yours - to grow up knowing they are amazing and brilliant not because they got the highest grade in maths, but just because of being themselves. AND I want to create spaces where people can come together across differences and strangeness, connect, listen deeply (maybe with some help from a puppet or a teapot!) and learn about and from each other!