I am a UKCP Registered Systemic Psychotherapist and a member of AFT, the Association for Family Therapy in the UK.

Services that I provide include:

• Psychotherapy & Counselling for Individuals, Couples and Families
• Coaching & Supervision
• Organisational Consultation
• Training

I am located in Pocklington, between York (13 miles) and Hull (25 miles), in the East Riding of Yorkshire.

What does a Systemic Psychotherapist do?

Systemic Psychotherapists (or Family Therapists) help family members find constructive ways to help each other.  We work in ways that acknowledge the contexts of people’s families and other relationships, sharing and respecting individuals’ different perspectives, beliefs, views and stories, and exploring possible ways forward.

Family Therapists thus not only support change with individuals but also in their relationships in the family and beyond, so children, young people, adults and/or those important to them are supported in continued recovery.

Family Therapists’ areas of particular experience and expertise include:

• Family relationships and changes in family life
• Child and adolescent mental health
• Adult mental health
• Parenting issues
• Couple relationships
• Supporting family members through separation, mediation and divorce
• Child and adolescent behaviour, including problems with attention and over-activity
• Emotional disorders including anxiety, depression and grief following bereavement
• Anorexia, bulimia and other eating disorders
• Supporting family members in step-family life
• Social policy e.g. child protection
• Fostering, adoption and ‘looked after’ children
• Domestic violence
• Self-harm
• Drug and alcohol misuse
• Supporting children, young people and adults post-trauma
• Refugee support

What is a family?

Different cultures and different groups of individuals have very different notions of what ‘family’ means. I understand  ‘family’ to mean any group of people who define themselves as such, who care about and care for each other.

Do I only work with families?

Not at all, I also work with people on an individual basis, or suggest individual sessions within a series of family meetings, when appropriate.  When appropriate, I work with the professional and/or social networks around families. I also specialise in work with organisations, transferring my experience and insights into human relationships and group interaction to other systems, such as businesses and public and voluntary services.