Deep Insight, Practical Support

Trauma-informed nutrition & psychological therapy for young people, adults and couples

AM I DIFFERENT TO OTHER THERAPISTS?

Yes, but not in the way you might expect .

I don’t offer symptom management or a quick fix. I work with the whole picture; your history, your body, your relationships, and the world you’re living in. It’s a systems approach, analytical and somatic, because your distress is often not easily parsed apart from genetics, society, intergenerational experiences and individual factors.

FOR CLIENTS

Something brought you here, Maybe you’ve tried therapy before and it didn’t quite reach the depths you were looking to go. Maybe you’re functioning on the outside but inside you’re struggling. Maybe you don’t have a clue, or even a neat diagnosis to fit into, just a sense that something needs to change.

That’s enough to begin.

We’ll look at your distress through different lenses, like the nervous system, history, culture, identity, body and thoughts. Like many therapists, my approach draws on the science of trauma, attachment and somatic work but to be honest you don’t need to know any of that. You just need to be motivated, willing to look at what’s happening honestly and I’ll bring the map.

The therapy isn’t about about making you function better when things are genuinely difficult. It’s about finding out why you respond how you respond and finding more flex in that.

The therapy is the process.

FOR CLINICIANS

If you’ve landed here as a fellow practitioner you’ll already sense whether my approach fits.

I work from an integrative, politically aware and embodied stance. I’m interested in the complexity that tidy diagnostic frameworks can obscure – the interplay of power, physiology, identity and relational history. My doctoral research sits and the intersection of gender, embodiment and psychological care.

I offer clinical supervision and CPD training for therapists who are yearning to work to the same depth. If that’s you, please visit the For Therapists page or get in touch directly.

PROFESSIONAL VALUES

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A holistic approach

Lots of therapists says they’re ‘holistic’ but without an understanding on nutrition, physiology, neurobiology, meaning-making, exercise, attachment, and also, lived-experience, it’s not.

This is.

Trauma-informed expertise

‘Trauma-informed’ means you’re with a therapist that understand the physiology of trauma. That is, how it organically changes the way the body functions, beyond your conscious control. When we understand this, it makes healing a lot better understood.

LQBTQIA++ & intersectional feminist therapy

What does it mean to be a man, woman or outside the binary? Gender and sexuality shapes our identity and the extent we feel we can explore who we are. This is inclusive therapy that meets you at the level of your humanity and lived intersections.

Meet your therapist

I’m Simone, a Chartered Counselling Psychologist, Yoga Therapist, Sports Therapist and Nutritionist with a long career in helping others heal from the effects of trauma and to support people in cultivating good relational health. Relational health is individual health – we need good relationships to survive and thrive!

I’m a psychologist working at the intersection of feminist practice, embodiment, trauma, gender, and relational healing. My work bridges the nervous system, lived experience, and social context, helping people understand their distress not as personal failure, but as a response to systems, relationships, and histories.

Over 25 years I became multi-qualified so my work blends science with meaning-making, drawing on psychology, nutrition, neurobiology, physiology and relational dynamics to understand what it means to embody relational safety.

I help people understand and heal the ways trauma, gendered expectations, and stress physiology shape their relationship with their body, food, movement, and identity, using an integrated holistic, evidence-based approach.This work is deeply systemic, in the sense that we are complex, dynamical humans, with our own internal eco-systems that are interlinked.

Seek support for the following

EATING DISORDERS

You don’t need to be formally diagnosed to require therapy. Anyone, of any demographic can experience distress with food, eating and body. Self-identifying is enough.

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RELATIONSHIPS
Schema and Emotionally Focussed Therapy to help you reconnect more deeply, heal from ruptures or leave one another intact.
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BURN OUT
It’s more than tired. Whether your neurodiverse, a high achieving executive or a highly sensitive person; find out how to recalibrate.
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ANXIETY
When high alert is always on. Find support for anxiety that will help you make sense of it, and cope with it using multiple strategies.
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DEPRESSION
To grieve what was lost but never mourned. Find support for depression that will help you make sense of it, and cope with it using multiple strategies.
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PERIMENOPAUSE
Psychological, exercise and nutrition support to take you through and beyond perimenopause. Research, & practice based evidence.
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POST GLP-1 SUPPORT
A comprehensive support strategy incorporating exercise, nutrition, psychology and behaviour to maintain a new relationships with yourself. 
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GUT ISSUES & NUTRITION
IBS, bloating, constipation, haemorrhoids, recovery fears, microbiome & Inflammation, women’s health and gut hormones, gut-brain connection.
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CHILDHOOD TRAUMA
Including sexual abuse, parent-child relationships in adulthood, c-ptsd, and intergenerational trauma cycles. Any concerns related to growing up.
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SELF-HARM
Any self-inflicted behaviours that are harmful such physical (cutting, scratching, stabbing skin, hair-pulling) or other such as risky behaviours, lack of self-care, self-neglect, self-criticism.
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BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER
That is, complex-post traumatic stress with a sexist diagnosis. Find support for regulating intense mood, self-harm,  relational distress, or if you’ve received a diagnosis of BPD.
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TESTIMONIALS

TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF HOW CLIENTS WERE LEFT FEELING

DS – chronic fatigue & anxiety

“Working with Simone for several months was exactly the therapy I have needed for the past decade. She helped me to make sense of how I got to be where I am in life and made me see my current health situation very differently. I am now able to better manage my well being. In just a few months I went from disordered eating to practicing intuitive eating without restriction. I have so much more freedom and joy in my life now and so many new tools to manage my emotional and physical state. Simone is both compassionate and honest. I really appreciated this approach because I think the latter had been missing for me. Thank you millions!”

CL

“Choosing a therapist is a big decision, and I’m so glad that I chose to work with Simone. Over our work together on Intuitive Eating counselling, Simone helped me to consider new perspectives, appreciate myself for who I am and gently let go of troubling past issues and behaviours. I felt supported, cared for and encouraged throughout my therapy, and I now have a much more peaceful and compassionate relationship with food and most importantly, with myself..”

Moose Allain – anxiety

“I think it’s fair to say that Simone has changed my life significantly. I always found her astute, empathetic and supportive, all underpinned by an obvious in-depth knowledge of her field. In the six sessions I went from feeling hopeless to having a renewed sense of self-worth which has stayed with me throughout the subsequent months. It has been reassuring to know she’s there if I need support at any time but so far I haven’t felt the need. I have recommended her to friends and family members and wouldn’t hesitate to recommend her to anyone else.”

CG – childhood trauma & low self esteem

“Seeking support from Simone remains the single most transformational decision I ever made for myself. She balanced holding space and compassion alongside nurturing and supporting growth, making sessions feel so natural and comfortable yet rooted in incredible knowledge and expertise. Not only did I feel she understood me, but for the first time in my life, I felt understood by myself.”

EE – burn out, parenting and grief

“It is hard to overstate how glad I am that I found Simone! From the start, she is someone who I feel understood me and who helped me understand myself better, without judgment. She is a great listener who asks all the right questions, but unlike other therapists I have tried, it feels like a two way discussion where she does not shy away from providing a view and constructive suggestions – rather than just providing the proverbial shoulder to cry on. I have learned a huge amount about myself and the impact of my childhood on my current behaviours, giving me the tools to be a better parent. I find interactions with the more challenging figures in my family easier now, and she has also helped me have a stronger relationship with my partner. Whilst sessions at times were inevitably emotional, I always felt better after them. Simone’s sense of humour, as well as her wisdom and knowledge, makes the whole experience very valuable, and I took away something meaningful from every session with her. She is the kind of person who you wish was your best friend or wise older sister!.”

TB – childhood trauma & ed

“I worked with Simone a few years ago, and when I found her, I knew I’d found my therapist for life. I know that if I ever need support again, I have someone who truly knows me and will guide me through whatever life throws my way. I couldn’t think of anyone I hold in higher esteem, and I’ve often shared her details with people looking for a therapist. Working with Simone feels like having someone in your corner, helping you through the toughest times, unpicking patterns, getting to know yourself more deeply, and growing into the best version of yourself. I adore her and can’t recommend her enough!.”

AC AC – ed & anxiety/depression

My first thought was to say: “guys, this person repeatedly showed up in my bad dreams when I was distressed or in trouble, as a saviour. That’s the level of good she handles”
But I ended up with this:

“I was lucky to find Simone as easily as I did. She helped me, one session at a time, with warmth, care and infinite compassion. Navigating the hard roads is always difficult, but having her to help me through them with such softness, patience and thoughtfulness was way more than I expected or could have asked for. She taught me a lot, gave me confidence and so many tools that I now know how to use to my advantage.

If you resonate with Simone on paper, you’ll encounter that and much more in real life. She feels like a kindred spirit, and I would recommend her as a therapist to anyone.”

Before we can think our way to healing, we must feel our way to safety

If we could think our way better, we’d have done it by now. Right? What if thinking isn’t everything? What if the body isn’t just a vehicle for the head? What if everything, literally everything, is undergirded by emotion and the revealing of that emotion is the key to, well, everything?

By understanding physiology, you can work with your trauma, not against it.

This isn’t a science beats all approach, but a careful weaving of science into meaning-making. This isn’t ‘bio-hacking, optimisation or self-vigilance’ but a gentle reckoning with the reality being a human mammal, aware of our own mortality and how to make good the journey.