ABOUT ME
This interest has long been accompanied by a fascination with consciousness and ultimate reality. For many years I have immersed myself in Eastern spiritual traditions, drawing especially from Yogic, Vedic and Tantric teachings. Since 2011 I have been guiding others through yoga, yoga nidra and meditation, practices that continue to shape my approach to inner work and transformation.
I was drawn to train at the Karuna Institute, a Buddhist-informed mindfulness-based school of psychotherapy, because of its experiential and transpersonal orientation. I began the training not only to become a therapist but also to undertake my own personal journey of healing and self-inquiry.
My experience of working with individuals and groups since 2011 alongside over two decades of personal practice and growth has given me a grounded and integrative perspective. Now at 48, having completed a four-year postgraduate diploma in psychotherapy, I feel well prepared to offer this work to others. I bring to my therapeutic work a deep commitment to presence, compassion and the possibility of real transformation.
WHAT I OFFER
Individual Psychotherapy
Core Process Psychotherapy with Deva. One on one weekly therapy to support emotional, mental and spiritual well-being.
My approach to psychotherapy is grounded in presence, compassion and depth. I work primarily in a person-centred and mindfulness-based way, while also drawing on psychodynamic insights where appropriate. This means I offer a space where you are gently supported to explore your inner world at your own pace, while also being encouraged to inquire more deeply into the unconscious patterns, beliefs and formative experiences that may be shaping your life.
With over twenty years of dedicated yogic and spiritual practice, mindfulness is not simply a technique I use but a quality I endeavour to embody. My background in yoga, meditation and Eastern contemplative traditions allows me to bring a specialist level of understanding to the therapeutic space, helping you reconnect with your body, breath and inner awareness as part of the healing process.
Clients often describe my presence as calm, steady and non-judgemental. At the same time, I am able to gently challenge you to reflect on beliefs, behaviours and ways of relating that may no longer serve your growth. I believe that meaningful change arises from this balance between compassionate holding and honest inquiry.
Whether you are seeking healing, personal growth or a renewed sense of meaning, I aim to offer a space that feels safe, respectful and attuned. I welcome people from all walks of life who are longing for change; emotional, psychological or spiritual.
I practise both online and in person from a dedicated therapy space in my home in Dainton, midway between Totnes and Newton Abbot in Devon, UK.
Weekly session are 60 minutes long on a once weekly basis.
Cost: £55 / hr (Concessions available for low income clients)
* Book in for a free introductory session ( up to 45 minutes)
Core-Process Psychotherapy
Integral to all that we do in Core Process Psychotherapy is presence; it is the therapist’s present moment embodied awareness that informs our intuitive ability to respond to the client in an effective and positive way. We prioritise and greatly emphasises the value of the ‘holding field’; an empathic, relational container where you as the client feel safely held, seen and heard.
Drawing from a combination of Buddhist thought and practice as well as western psychological models, core-process psychotherapy weaves the spiritual with the developmental and psychodynamic theories of mind.
Seeing as each therapist is a unique human being with their own history, particular skills and interests, core process psychotherapy can vary considerably from therapist to therapist. I personally tend to emphasise the quality of embodied presence in the sessions as well as holding an attitude of loving kindness and warmth.
Core Process Psychotherapy is very well recognised in the field of psychotherapy and is fully accredited by UKCP.
In terms of derivation, ‘Core’ refers to our liberated essential nature beyond the domain of the personal and ‘Process’ refers to the psychological material that ultimately obscures our clear seeing of our essence.
The ultimate endeavour of transpersonal therapy is the resolving of these obscurations that we may ultimately know ourselves to a greater and greater depth. This said, most of us come to therapy due to some struggle in our lives. Whether it be depressive tendencies, anxiety or destructive, self sabotaging patterns of behaviour, all of these are within the scope of Core Process Psychotherapy and I am happy to work with clients who come to therapy for whatever reason they feel called.