Get to know me

I'm a registered psychotherapist in New Zealand with

a PhD in Psychology.

In our work together, I'll bring a combination of academic theories, practical knowledge, and personal insights to the table, along with a spiritual approach to healing, change, and growth.

I work relationally and tailor each session to the individual in front of me. Alongside Transactional Analysis—which offers a clear and meaningful way to understand internal patterns and relational dynamics—I integrate a right-brain oriented approach to therapy.

What that means in practice is that I don’t focus only on what clients say, but also on how they feel in the moment—the emotional tone, the body, the subtle shifts in connection between us. We know from neuroscience that these right-brain processes are central to how attachment patterns and emotional regulation are formed and changed.

That way, therapy becomes more than insight. It’s an experience where new patterns can actually be felt and integrated, not just understood.

I find this combination allows for both clarity and depth, helping clients make sense of their experience, while also supporting change at a level that words alone often don’t reach.

This isn’t about fixing you. It’s about helping your nervous system learn that it’s safe to feel, connect, and grow.

None of us comes with a manual on how to navigate our way through life. We were born into a world of stories about reality and about us. Our friends and our parents tell to us. School, work, and media tell them to us. And we start telling them to ourselves, thus creating our own ‘manual’ in response to the fundamental question: “How does someone like me, gets on with someone like you, in a world like this?” (Erskine).

Through our life journey, we typically manage quite well with that early version of our ‘manual’. During puberty and early adulthood, we may fine-tune it, but very few of us actively work on an update of the early versions.
Until we get stuck and the choices we are familiar with just don’t help us anymore. In those situations, counseling and/or psychotherapy can help.

YOU DON’T HAVE TO HAVE THE “RIGHT” WORDS
JUST SHOW UP AS YOU ARE!

I work with adults of all ages who are wondering how to reduce their anxiety, depression, and self-limiting beliefs.

I work with clients who want to explore their purpose, often after significant life changes.

And I work with managers and people leaders who have recognised that to lead others, they need to learn to lead themselves.

I HAVE TRAINED, STUDIED, LEARNED FROM AND WORKED WITH SOME FANTASTIC EXPERTS IN THESE AREAS: