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Counsellor and Certified Intimacy Coach, UK

My Identities and Values as a Coach and Therapist

  • I am genderfluid and queer, and I work affirmatively with clients across a range of expressions and identities of sexuality and gender.

  • I also work with clients who are exploring and practicing diverse relationship styles such as ethical non-monogamy and polyamory – which I know can be a joyful, loving, and positive experience, while also having some common challenges and pitfalls.

  • My spiritual practice underpins my life both personally and in my work, ever teaching me how to do the at-times-difficult work of sitting with the unknown, staying curious and open-hearted, and treating myself and others with kindness and respect.

I had a diverse background in startups and creative industries, before making a career change in 2019 to train as an intimacy coach. Human relationships and sexuality had become an important inquiry for me and I was feeling a strong pull to involve my working life in this process too.

I still consider myself to be on a long journey of disentangling myself from patriarchal, cisheteronormative attitudes and ideas, and I feel keenly aware of how the stories we grow up learning about relationships have such a huge impact on our lives. I bring this awareness, along with my experience working with sexuality and relationships, into my work today.

My Coaching and Therapy Approach

I chose to train in Psychosynthesis and transpersonal psychology partly because it considers the spiritual to be a vital part of human experience. Spiritual experience can include anything that connects you to something bigger than yourself – whether that’s nature, creativity, human relationship, a sense of purpose, a specific tradition or faith, or something else altogether. My own practice is within a non-dual tradition which continually teaches me to reverently honour the full range of human experience with radical self-acceptance. 

My first qualification was in relationship and intimacy coaching in a closely-related approach, and I include the tools and knowledge from this in my therapy practice. 

“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.”

Carl Rogers

Core Qualifications

As well as the courses detailed below, I also have ongoing professional supervision for my one-to-one work. This means that I am able to discuss issues and challenges I have with my supervisors, and gain insights and second opinions to better support my clients.

Postgraduate Diploma in Psychosynthesis Counselling

I trained in the transpersonal approach of Psychosynthesis at the Psychosynthesis Trust in London.

Psychosexual Somatics Therapy Certified Intimacy Coaching Program

I completed the Psychosexual Somatics Therapy coaching program, qualifying to work professionally as a certified intimacy coach within the PST modality.


Professional Development Trainings

Working Alongside Trans, Gender Diverse and Questioning People

A two-day training for trans and non-binary therapists working with gender diverse clients, with Gendered Intelligence.

Facilitator Training for Cuddles & Nervous System Regulation

I assisted on my colleague Eshana Spiers’ four-day training in facilitation for cuddle workshops.

Authentic Relating Training Level 1

I attended two ART level 1 weekends with Jason Digges and Ryel Kestano, both as a participant and an assistant. These weekend workshops teach invaluable skills in emotional intimacy and fostering deeper connections.

Holding Space

A two-day training in holding space for people in extreme states, with Nir Tadmor and Igal Tartakovsky from Safe Shore Israel.