My Approach

My approach

My approach is rooted in psychodrama theory and practice. I also integrate other approaches and ways of working, including attachement theory, psychodynamic theory, polyvgagal theory, trauma-informed practice, ecopsychology and geography.

Psychodrama

Psychodrama is an individual and group form of psychotherapy, accredited by the British Psychodrama Association and recognised by the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP). It is a creative, experiential and holistic approach, where the client is invited to use creative action methods to explore whatever is important to them.

For example, a client may use objects to show how they're feeling, or they may use empty chairs to try out a new role. By giving things a specific shape and form, using movement and changing positions, we can see things differently and make sense of things that may have previously been invisible, intangible and difficult to talk about.

This creative process is embodied and experiential, recognising the client's whole self and their mind-body and emotional connection. It is a flexible and adapted to suit individual and group needs.

Psychodrama is not acting or performing, and no prior experience of psychodrama is necessary.Psychodrama was developed by J.L. Moreno in the early twentieth century. It is a relational and growth-oriented approach that recognises the impact of early experiences and relationships on our development.

For more information, about Psychodrama, please visit the British Psychodrama Association website:

British Psychodrama Association

Outdoor Therapy

My outdoor therapy practice integrates my theoretical approaches, clinical thinking and ethical practice with my outdoor experience, training, understanding and relationship with nature.

I view the outdoors as a container for therapy - a space and context that we share with other living beings and their relationships, as well as other natural phenomena and processes, such as the weather, seasons, growth and decay. I also consider the outdoors as part of the content and process of therapy, where we work with the outdoors and nature, and explore our relationship, inter-connectedness, responsibility and reciprocity.

Taking therapy outdoors provides a unique and added embodied, experiential and sensory dimension to therapy with opportunities to work creatively, using metaphors, natural materials and psychodrama techniques.

“I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out til sundown for going out, I found, was really going in” John Muir

About me

I have worked as a psychotherapist in private practice since 2020, having started my psychodrama psychotherapy training in 2014. I also work as a freelance psychotherapist, and have run individual and group psychotherapy for voluntary and statutory services in Nottingham, Derby and Lecistershire, including Nottingham Women's Centre, Nottingham Recovery Network, HMS Gartree Therapeutic Community, and Catharsis Creative Arts Therapy.

Before training as a psychotherapist, I worked in various outdoor education and youth and community work settings across the UK and abroad, inculding the Venture Trust, Prince's Trust, Young Cumbria, Creative Partnerships and the Field Studies Council.

I also support other professionals to develop their practice. I have worked with the Institute for Outdoor Learning since 2009, more recently co-facilitating a professional development group for practitioners working therapeutically outdoors. I also run professional workshops, either at conferences, for organisations or independently by myself or with colleagues. More recently, I have worked with Natasha Sephton running outdoor and online workshops, and with Martin Gill delivering a series of online workshops exploring ethical practical. I have delivered conference workshops for the Institute for Outdoor Learning, Tele'drama International and the British Association for Psychodrama.