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About Me
Not a therapist in a chair.
A real person you can talk to plainly, directly, without performance.
I don’t sit back and nod while you unravel alone.
I’m in the room with you, thinking, questioning, collaborating, untangling.
My work lives somewhere between psychology, philosophy, human behaviour, and everyday life.
Grounded enough to be practical.
Human enough to work with real people, not textbook versions of them.
I don’t sit above you.
I sit with you.
Why I work this way
I’ve spent years in the deep end of human behaviour,
couples work, trauma, conflict, avoidance, shame, fury, heartbreak, reconnection, and the strange ways people protect themselves when they’re hurting.
What I learned is simple:
Clarity changes people faster than comfort.
Not because comfort is wrong -
but because comfort alone rarely moves anything.
When someone truly sees their situation. Why it hurts, where they stand, what patterns are running the show, and agency comes back online.
And that’s what actually changes lives.
Not dependence.
Not endless sessions.
Orientation.
My background - briefly
I trained as a counsellor and began my private practice eight years ago,
but the work quickly grew beyond the standard therapy-room template.
Over time, I developed what I now call Principled Therapy,
a way of working that centres responsibility, clarity, and self-alignment rather than symptom management.
My influences include:
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humanistic counselling and Carl Rogers
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trauma and nervous-system awareness
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systems thinking and relational dynamics
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philosophy, paradox, and practical psychology
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lived experience of conflict, repair, and real life
But none of that matters unless it works in the room.
Everything I use is tested in live conversation, not just in theory.
What clients often say
Clients often describe sessions as:
“Grounding. Direct. Surprisingly freeing.”
“Like someone finally said the thing nobody would say.”
“Challenging, but oddly safe.”
“The first time something clicked.”
Some come briefly and move forward.
Some return when life stretches them again.
Both are successful outcomes.
A small personal truth
I don’t believe people are broken.
I believe people lose direction.
And with the right questions, the correct pressure, and the right space,
people find themselves again.
Not fixed.
But oriented.
If you want a sense of me beyond these words
Read an article.
Listen to the podcasts.
Or book the introductory call, and we'll speak one-on-one.
Starting point
All work begins with a 20-minute free introductory call
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