About me

Throughout a long career in advertising and marketing, I came across a lot of people who seemed to have it all, and yet were deeply discontented. This has left me profoundly interested in how the structures of our work, societies and lives can provide us with so much, and yet leave us with a nagging sense that something is missing.

Over the last 15 years I have studied meditation, yoga, coaching and psychotherapy. Through these studies and practices I have learnt that, although our current maladies may seem modern, they are just a current manifestation of the desires, disappointments and confusions that underlie what it is to be a human being. 

But luckily, over the course of 2000+ years of humanity we have already discovered much that can help us to be happier.

The past few decades have been extremely interesting, as modern science catches up to some of the wisdom of ancient practices. Mindfulness and meditation may feel like a current trend, but the rise in public awareness is the result of decades of good, evidence-based scientific research. I’m not a meditation teacher, and it doesn’t form a mandatory part of our therapy, but the science of meditation has shown that healing happens with gentle awareness; that fostering self-compassion is far more effective than propping up self-esteem; and that letting go of judgement is central to a more fulfilling life. 

The psychotherapeutic relationship offers a unique opportunity to be heard, seen and received in an environment of kindness, understanding and in complete confidence.

I trained at the Karuna Institute, established over 30 years ago as one of the original mindfulness based psychotherapy training programmes in the UK. In the Netherlands, I am registered with VIT (Vereniging van Integraal Therapeuten).