Understanding people. Not just problems.
Educational & Coaching Psychologist and VIG/VERP practitioner, bringing together psychological insight, reflective practice and relational approaches to create meaningful change.
HCPC Registered Educational Psychologist · BPS Chartered Coaching Psychologist · AVIGuk Accredited Member
What experience has taught me
Over more than 25 years of practice, I have learned that meaningful change rarely begins with a quick answer. It begins with careful attention: understanding what is happening, noticing what may have been missed, and creating the conditions for people to think, connect and move forward.
Notice what is already working
Change is often easier to build when people can recognise their existing strengths, successful moments and sources of connection. Those moments can become the starting point for something more sustainable.
Look beneath the presentation
Behaviour, anxiety, withdrawal or difficulty communicating rarely tells the whole story. I try to understand what may be sitting underneath the presentation, and what the person or system may be communicating through it.
Consider the wider system
People do not experience difficulties in isolation. Relationships, environments, expectations and wider systems all shape what becomes possible, so I pay attention to the context around the individual as well as the individual themselves.
One approach. Different contexts.
Whether I am working with a young person, a parent, a professional or a team, I return to the same questions: what is happening here, what may not yet have been noticed, what is already helping, and what could support meaningful change?
Psychology provides the lens.
My training as an Educational Psychologist helps me make sense of complexity: individual needs, relationships, learning, behaviour and the wider systems around a person.
Coaching creates movement
Coaching brings a forward-looking focus: helping people clarify what matters, recognise possibilities and translate reflection into purposeful action.
VIG/VERP sharpens what I notice
VIG and VERP have deepened my attention to the small moments within interaction — initiative, response, connection and attunement — that can reveal strengths and open up new possibilities for change.
Reflective supervision creates space
Supervision offers protected space to slow down, think carefully about complex work, and develop greater clarity, confidence and professional judgement.
Professional standing
My work is grounded in more than 25 years of psychological practice, with professional experience spanning educational psychology, coaching psychology and video-based reflective approaches.
Selected credentials
HCPC Registered Educational Psychologist
BPS Chartered Coaching Psychologist
AVIGuk Accredited Member
Psychology in a wider context
Alongside my core practice, I support a school in Kenya on a pro bono basis. The relationship has given me a wider perspective on how psychological thinking can be applied across different educational and cultural contexts, while remaining grounded in local knowledge, relationships and strengths.
From the school community
One member of staff reflects on my involvement and the impact of our ongoing work together.
A conversation
can be
the beginning of change
If you are considering psychological consultation, coaching, reflective supervision or VIG/VERP, an initial conversation can help us think together about what would be most useful.