My practice is grounded in core values that inform every aspect of how I operate and interact with clients

Trauma-informed

I recognize and address the impacts of trauma to ensure a safer and supportive therapeutic environment.

This means I work at your pace, prioritise emotional and nervous system safety, and avoid approaches that push, overwhelm, or retraumatise. I understand that many responses labelled as “symptoms” are actually intelligent survival strategies, and we’ll work together to build choice, agency, and regulation rather than forcing change.

Anti-oppressive

I focus on how the systems and structures we live within influence mental health and contribute to distress.

This means I don’t locate your pain solely within you. We’ll name how things like capitalism, patriarchy, racism, ableism, and other oppressive systems shape stress, burnout, trauma, and self-worth, and explore ways of responding that are compassionate, realistic, and aligned with your values.

Class-aware

As a working-class therapist, I bring an explicit awareness of how class, poverty, and financial stress impact mental health, identity, access to care, and self-worth.

This means I won’t shame or pathologise you for financial stress, exhaustion, or survival-based choices. I understand how money, housing, job insecurity, and intergenerational class experiences shape your nervous system and sense of self, and I work in ways that are practical, respectful, and grounded in real-world context.

LGBTQIA+ affirming

I celebrate and affirm all identities and expressions.

This means you don’t need to educate me or defend who you are. Your gender, sexuality, relationships, and identity are respected and affirmed, and we can explore how identity, minority stress, safety, joy, and belonging intersect with your mental health, at whatever depth feels right for you.

Decolonial feminism

I challenge systems of oppression, informed by a commitment to intersectional feminism.

This means I’m attentive to power, context, and whose voices have historically been silenced or marginalised. I don’t believe healing is about adapting to harmful systems at your own expense. Our work can include grief, anger, resistance, and meaning-making, not just coping or “self-improvement.”

Multiculturally sensitive

I’m dedicated to understanding and respecting diverse cultural backgrounds and experiences.

This means I’ll ask about your cultural background, family systems, beliefs, and values, and how these shape your experiences. I won’t make assumptions or impose a one-size-fits-all model of healing, and I welcome conversations about culture, migration, intergenerational patterns, and belonging.

Sex-positive

I support a healthy relationship to your sexuality, recognising its importance in personal and relational wellbeing.

This means we can talk openly about desire, pleasure, boundaries, shame, intimacy, and relationships without judgement. I don’t assume there’s one “right” way to experience sex or connection, and I approach sexuality with curiosity and respect for your values and experiences.

Spiritually affirming

I affirm the integral role of spirituality in personal growth, honouring each person’s unique spiritual path.

This means your spiritual beliefs, practices, questions, or doubts are welcome in the therapy space. Whether your spirituality is religious, earth-based, intuitive, ancestral, symbolic, or undefined, we can gently integrate it into our work in ways that feel supportive rather than prescriptive or bypassing.