About me

I came to this work through noticing a gap.

During twenty years teaching in secondary schools, I worked closely with young people navigating chronic physical health conditions alongside the ordinary pressures of adolescence; exams, friendships, transitions, identity. What struck me was how much harder they had to work than their peers, and how rarely the systems around them were built with that in mind.

The pastoral roles I held, including Pastoral Head of Sixth Form and Health Coordinator, gave me the chance to actually do something about that. I found that the work I valued most was the one-to-one work: sitting with someone who was struggling, helping them to make sense of what was happening and find a way forward. That experience led me to coaching, and eventually to health psychology.

I began coaching other teachers and found enormous satisfaction in a goal-oriented approach, helping people get clear on what truly matters to them, and then supporting them to move forward in line with those values. Over time my coaching practice widened to include young people, adults, and families, particularly those where health was part of the picture.

In 2022 I began my Health Psychology training, completing my MSc in 2023 and am now in the final year of my Doctorate, completing my thesis. My research focuses on young people living with chronic physical health conditions and their transition from paediatric to adult healthcare - work that continues to inform my practice every day.

My approach is collaborative, person-centred, grounded in evidence and draws on my experience and specialist training in behaviour change, psychological interventions, and trauma-informed practice.

I work with individuals to understand their values, motivations and behaviours before drawing on a range of psychological frameworks to support meaningful, lasting change.

In my consultancy work with schools, I bring that same psychologically informed lens to the systems, relationships and practices that shape whether young people can fully access their education.

At the heart of everything is a simple conviction: that when people and systems understand what's really going on, change becomes possible.