Throughout my adult life, I’ve been exploring meaning, creativity, and connection — and the rich interweaving of them all — through travel, study, clinical practice and ongoing personal reflection. Over the past 20 years, I’ve worked in the field of health and wellbeing with individuals and groups from a wide range of cultural backgrounds. I’ve had the privilege of working therapeutically with people across the lifespan, children and the elderly from diverse cultural, economic backgrounds. I have sat with and listened to stories from women across the world and these experiences have deepened my respect for both our unique stories and the universal human needs we all share for connection, safety, dignity, and purpose. I am interested in what is common, what connects and what enables us to recover from challenging, sometimes unimaginable trauma, what restores hope, connection and healing.

My academic path began in sociology, global politics, philosophy, and gender studies, and later led me into body-centred modalities and postgraduate studies in Art Therapy. My Master’s research explored how we often outsource our inner knowing and the subtle power dynamics present in wellbeing spaces. I’m influenced by the embodied trauma work of Peter Levine, the accessible wisdom of Alain de Botton, Narrative Therapy, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). My approach is holistic and collaborative — I value the wisdom that emerges from both personal experience and shared group insight. I’m especially passionate about creating inclusive, creative spaces for neurodivergent expression and using the arts as a bridge when words are not enough. I believe in the power of community, storytelling, and creativity to help us reconnect with what truly matters and build lives that reflect our deepest values.