I first began working with teens after moving to Victoria, British Columbia in 2011, where I worked for three years as a Residence Supervisor at a private boarding school for girls aged 11 to 19. It was there that I developed the knowledge, skillset and passion for helping young people overcome the many mental, emotional, social, cultural, relational and educational pressures and challenges facing them at this age, in addition to helping them find ways to cope with the stresses of living away from home for the first time.

On returning to the UK in 2014 and building upon that experience, I achieved a Level 7 Post Qualifying Diploma in Counselling Children and Young People, during which time I worked as a School Counsellor at Hanham Woods Academy in Bristol. Alongside this, I ran a private face-to-face counselling practice near Bristol University which meant it inevitably attracted students, many of whom were struggling with similar issues that I’d encountered while working in Canada. By

By 2015, I was naturally taking a more solution-focussed approach with my clients after realising they achieved quicker and more lasting results when focus was placed more on the present and future than on the past. So in 2016, I retrained with the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC) as an Energy Leadership™ Coach and Energy Leadership™ Master Practitioner in order to gain the additional professional skills and credibility to work in a more goal-oriented way.

I pride myself on my ability to create a safe and non-judgemental spaces for teenagers to open up and express their thoughts and feelings. My clients often describe me as warm, authentic and fun!