My specialisms include: personal challenges regarding: identity; finding individuality within a conformist collective; mid-life & menopause; chronic illness;...
I trained in CBT after having worked in publishing and raising my family. Various personal life events, perhaps the most relevant is having been raised by a disabled working parent, which has been the most powerful influence in my life to date. Observations of the life challenges faced by family and friends over the years led me to work with Samaritans and eventually to train in CBT and other modalities.