ABOUT ME

My academic journey began in the humanities and classical studies. However, my professional path took shape through education and community-based counselling, where critical pedagogy became an important influence on how I think about learning and change. A guiding thread has run through my learning ever since, rooted in the etymology of education: educo, educere—to draw out and to nourish, to extract and to care.

For me, this captures what therapy is really about: drawing out the wisdom within, and nurturing the conditions for insight and transformation

My training spans psychology, psychotherapy and hypnotherapy, Jungian and transpersonal psychology, sociology, and social work. I have worked across different countries and cultural contexts, supporting people through a wide range of emotional and psychological challenges, including trauma, addiction, and complex life circumstances, in varied settings and roles.

My master’s studies in sociology, and my work as a social worker, helped me develop a critical awareness of how mental health is shaped by social, cultural, and institutional contexts. This has deepened my understanding of how ideas of normality, wellbeing, and distress can be influenced by social expectations, power relations, corporate pressures, and the systems in which people live.

Years of Jungian analysis and transpersonal work have deepened my curiosity about the multidimensional aspects of the Self and the role of states of consciousness in psychological life. More recently, retreat practice and contemplative work exploring non-ordinary states of consciousness have further shaped this interest and supported my ongoing inner development. Learning from traditional healing contexts, and completing Reiki training to Master level, has also informed my work as a therapist.

Currently, I am building on this background through further training in Hypno-Psychotherapy and Integrative Psychotherapy, supported by regular supervision, personal therapy, and ongoing reflection.