About Me
Looking at Life From Different Angles
Across a career spanning neuroscience, healthcare, corporate leadership and psychotherapy, I've come to believe that what makes the difference – in life, and in therapy – is having multiple ways of looking at a problem, not just one. Relying only on what's familiar can offer comfort and certainty, but it often limits insight. It's hard to see our own blind spots. And when we're stuck, overwhelmed, or repeating patterns we can't seem to break, it's often because we're seeing too narrowly.
I help my clients step back, widen the frame, and discover new ways of understanding themselves and their lives.
This isn’t about fixing or applying textbook formulas – it’s about using multiple perspectives to create space for growth and change.
My Journey From Neuroscience to Existential Practice
I began with a doctorate in neuroscience at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London – driven by a longstanding fascination with human experience and what shapes our thoughts, feelings and behaviour. Working in pharmaceutical research afterwards taught me how medication can ease the symptoms of distress – but also revealed the limits of a one-size-fits-all approach to something as complex and individual as a human life.
In medical education, I designed and delivered behaviour-change programmes for healthcare professionals and patients. That work deepened my conviction that lasting change must be personal, not prescriptive – that what works is built around the person, not imposed on them.
Later, leading and coaching diverse teams across global creative healthcare agencies, I saw how background, motivation and emotional context shape the way people work, relate and grow. I also saw, repeatedly, the power of being truly heard – and the change that becomes possible when someone feels genuinely understood rather than managed or assessed.
That led me to train as an existential psychotherapist – where I could make this kind of deep, personalised work the deliberate centre of my practice, not something that happened alongside everything else.
Perspectives Beyond Traditional Therapy
My background spans psychotherapy, neuroscience research, medical education, philosophy, coaching and corporate leadership. That breadth of experience – across both therapeutic and real-world professional settings – helps me to engage with the full complexity of a person's life in a way that is both deep and practical.
I don't work from a single theoretical framework or a fixed set of techniques. Every client is unique – with their own history, context, and way of making sense of the world. My work is shaped around them, not the other way around, so we can move toward change that feel authentic and sustainable.
My work as a therapist
I am an accredited psychotherapist with a UKCP-certified master's degree in existential psychotherapy from the New School of Psychotherapy and Counselling (NSPC, Middlesex University) and have been seeing clients in person and online since 2021.
I work with people of all ages and backgrounds, exploring:
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Relationship and workplace difficulties
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Questions of identity and sexuality
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Patterns and experiences from the past
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Feeling lost, stuck or disconnected
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Life transitions, finding meaning and purpose
My postgraduate research focuses on an existential understanding of the problematic use of pornography and male identity. I present on the neuroscience of psychotherapy to trainee counsellors and provide research supervision and tutoring to masters and doctoral psychotherapy students.
I adhere to the ethical framework of the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) and the Universities Psychotherapy & Counselling Association (UPCA). I attend regular supervision sessions with a qualified supervisor to ensure my work remains reflective, ethical and effective, and hold an enhanced DBS certificate.
What matters to me in every session is that it feels like a genuine encounter between two real people – not an acted performance between a 'good client' and a 'good therapist'. If I can be fully present as myself, it becomes easier for you to be too. I believe this is what makes my approach feel emotionally safe, as well as intellectually credible.
My work as a coach
Alongside my psychotherapy practice, I am a member of the Association for Coaching – a reflection of a twenty-year business career in which coaching and mentoring individuals and teams was central to how I worked.
My coaching clients include:
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People starting new careers and working out what success looks like for them
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Those adjusting to new managers or clients
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Professionals navigating imposter syndrome after promotion
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Individuals frustrated by stalled progress or lack of direction
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People seeking change in life beyond work
Some clients come specifically for coaching; others find that the boundary between therapy and coaching shifts naturally as the work deepens. Both are legitimate, and I'm comfortable holding that integration where it's clearly agreed and best serves the client.
Qualifications
PhD in Neuroscience, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London (2004)
MSc Psychotherapy (Distinction), New School of Counselling and Psychotherapy/ Middlesex University (2025)
Postgraduate Diploma in Existential Psychotherapy, Existential Academy (2025)
BSc (Hons) 1st Class in Neuroscience, University of Nottingham (2000)
Professional Memberships
UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP), Full Clinical Member
Universities Psychotherapy & Counselling Association (UPCA), Accredited Member
Society for Existential Analysis (SEA), Member
Association for Coaching, Member
Men's Counselling Service, Founding Member
