Hello, I am Karen

I am a Registered Psychotherapist (UKCP) | MA, Adv. Dip., Clin. Dip

Offering compassionate, tailored therapy rooted in the belief that healing happens when you feel fully seen, accepted, and empowered.

My practice is deeply rooted in Transactional Analysis (TA) and Dance Movement Psychotherapy (DMP), based on the belief that our life experiences—and our survival—are held in the body. Whether you are navigating deeply held trauma, exploring your neurodivergence, or facing a period of emotional distress, I am here to support you in a safe, non-judgmental space.

My Approach

With over two decades of experience, my approach uniquely integrates the mind and body. I hold an Advanced Clinical Postgraduate Diploma (Level 7) in Transactional Analysis (TA) alongside a Master’s degree (MA) in Dance Movement Psychotherapy. This allows us to explore your patterns of thinking and relating while safely honouring how your life experiences are held within your body.
I combine advanced psychological theory with a deep understanding of the mind-body connection. This allows us to explore your thinking and relating patterns while safely honouring your life experiences.

My work integrates two powerful modalities:

• Transactional Analysis (TA): A relational psychotherapy that helps us understand how our past shapes our present patterns, communication, and choices.
• Dance Movement Psychotherapy (DMP): An embodied approach that acknowledges how our stories, traumas, and strengths are carried physically within us.

My Focus Areas

• Neurodiversity: Specialising in helping people with neurodevelopmental differences such as Autism, ADHD, and learning disabilities.

• Trauma & Emotional Distress: Sometimes, difficult past experiences leave us feeling frozen in time or disconnected from ourselves. I help you safely explore developmental trauma and emotional challenges, building the embodied awareness needed to heal and feel whole again.

• Lived Experience: Drawing on personal journeys of embracing individual and familial neurodiversity and trauma to support clients as unique people

My Professional Background & Qualifications

  • Education: Earned a Master of Arts in Dance Movement Psychotherapy (MA DMP) in 2013 from Dance Voice at Canterbury Christ Church University after a four-year programme.
  • Forensic Experience: Spent almost two years working in a low-secure forensic unit supporting young adults with learning disabilities. I have over two decades of dedicated experience supporting individuals and families navigating
  • Autism, ADHD, and learning disabilities: My background includes over a decade with The Touch Trust (a leading Welsh disability charity) and extensive work with both young adults and the professionals who care for them.
  • Supervision Training: Completed an advanced diploma in counselling supervision with Dr Kathy Raffles, supervising professionals working with and caring for people with developmental trauma, neurodiversity, and mental health challenges.
  • Psychotherapy Training: Completed four years of rigorous training in Transactional Analysis (TA) starting at the 2020 lockdown, plus two additional years of exam group and post-completion development, earning an Advanced Clinical Postgraduate Diploma (Level 7) in Psychotherapy (TA).

Certificates in,

• Working with trauma
• Working with the Traumatised Inner Child (C-PTSD)
• Working with survivors of childhood sexual abuse
• Tending to trauma and the trauma pathway-BdT
• Eco-Therapy
• Couples Therapy
• Mental Health Familiarisation
• Working with survivors of Narcissistic and Emotional Abuse
• ADHD coaching

Professional development,

• Energy psychology
• Internal Family Systems
• Family Constellations
• Sensorimotor Psychotherapy

Why I Can Help

My commitment to this work is both professional and deeply personal. My own life journey has involved embracing and navigating my own traumas and neurodiverse challenges, as well as supporting my own children through theirs.

I understand firsthand how vulnerable it is to seek support. Because of this, my practice focuses entirely on you as a unique person, honouring your pace and your history.

I can help with many complex relational or well-being challenges and specifically with:

• Overwhelming emotions
• Relationship difficulties
• ADHD and Autism
• Trauma – Complex PTSD – Narcissistic abuse and traumas
• Anxiety, grief, and Confusion
• Women’s health and well-being – Postnatal depression and Menopause.

With curiosity, compassion, and sensitivity to the body-mind-heart connection, I welcome you to my practice.

Karen