I am a Registered Clinical Psychologist in Ōtautahi/Christchurch, Aotearoa/New Zealand. My practice is largely informed by Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). Across my training and career, I have experience with both assessment and treatment in mental health, physical health and criminal justice settings. I also have experience providing managerial and clinical oversight for a team of psychologists and therapists delivering intensive group-based therapy.

I have a relaxed, warm, and compassionate approach, as well as being flexible to the needs of the client/whānau I am working with. I strive to provide a safe and non-judgemental space for clients to find their footing, process their difficulties, and develop skills and confidence to navigate pathways forward that are guided by their own values and goals.

In my home life, my husband and I raise our living child and have personal experience of baby loss. This has shaped the compassion and sensitivity I bring to my work and has led to a clinical interest in resilience and post-traumatic growth, particularly following significant loss. In my spare time I run for fun, bake, and enjoy time out in the sun and spending quality time with family and friends.

I provide individual therapy for people wanting support with:

• Adjustment to life circumstances

• Anxiety, worry and stress

• Grief and loss

• Emotion regulation/management difficulties

  • Including anger and aggression

• Antenatal or postnatal adjustment and mental health (inclusive of mothers, fathers, and wider whānau)

  • I.e. anxiety, worry, depression, adjustment difficulties, obsessions, compulsions, intrusive thoughts, post-traumatic stress, birth trauma.

  • Inclusive of miscarriage, stillbirth, baby/infant loss, and termination for medical reasons/ending a wanted or unwanted pregnancy.

  • Pregnancy after loss.

• Trauma

• Panic

I will also consider all others who contact me seeking help and support for difficulties that don’t fit with the above descriptions – just reach out to see if I have availability or am the right psychologist to support you.

I also provide supervision to other professionals, including supervision of group-based treatment/therapy.