A bit about me

My favourite places to work are the dramatherapy studio and theatre rehearsal room. These spaces and what happens in them feel magical to me and are a constant source of inspiration for what it means to be human.

The acting process has fascinated me since I was very young. I love theatre and have cherished memories of plays and performances in London and at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. As I grew older, I became interested in the profoundly powerful human resource of imagination, the healing aspects of drama and the relationship between the acting craft and the psyche. I suffered with panic attacks as a teenager, which brought me face to face with my own mental health. Something I had until then taken for granted.

After obtaining a BA (Hons) degree in Acting in 1997 from Middlesex University, I worked in television, theatre, voiceovers and film. I undertook extensive training in the Sanford Meisner acting technique and Lee Strasberg’s Method acting approach. I obtained a Masters in Dramatherapy from the University of Roehampton and a Diploma in Creative Approaches to Supervision from the London Centre for Psychodrama. I am currently a student on The Trauma Research Foundation’s Certificate Programme in Traumatic Stress Studies. This postgraduate programme is led by world-renowned trauma treatment expert and author of “The Body Keeps the Score”, Bessel van der Kolk.

I have worked as a dramatherapist in the UK and internationally across corporate, education and mental healthcare settings. Clients have included business leaders, artists, coaches, managers, teachers, students and clinicians, as well as adults and children with a range of complex mental health diagnoses.

I have provided dramatherapeutic consultancy to enhance leadership skills of senior management teams within global financial services in London, Hong Kong and Mumbai. Previous to this I worked as a dramatherapist at Guy’s Hospital London and as a specialist mental health mentor with students at King’s College London University, University College London and The Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

I am registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). I have an enhanced DBS check and am a full member of Equity and the British Association of Dramatherapists (BADth). As part of my commitment to my practice and working under a strict code of ethics, I value my own personal therapy and attend regular clinical supervision.

In 2015, after living and working in central London for 20 years, I moved to the wild and beautiful Suffolk coast and became a mum. As well as having a private dramatherapy practice, I am employed part-time by the NHS in primary care mental health.