Some kinds of work begin with a clear career path. Others emerge slowly from the questions that stay with us over time. My approach grew from noticing the spaces where people often struggle to find the kind of support they truly need. Through my work as a clinical psychologist, particularly within the NHS, I spent many years supporting people during periods of profound change. Again and again, I noticed that many people arrived feeling as though they had fallen between services. Their experiences were deeply real and often overwhelming, yet they did not always fit neatly within the boundaries of a medical model. At the same time, the people around them often cared deeply but did not always have the resources or knowledge to offer the kind of support that was needed.

People were often left navigating some of life’s most significant moments without the kind of steady, thoughtful care that could hold the whole of what they were experiencing. In time, this became personal experience for me as well.

After having my children and developing a chronic health condition, I began to reflect more deeply on the kind of work I wanted to offer and the ways support could look different. I realised I no longer felt able to continue working within the same structures I had been part of before. During this time I trained as a birth doula, drawn to the idea of offering presence and companionship during one of life’s most powerful transitions. In that work, I found that my background in psychology was constantly present. Conversations about birth often opened into deeper reflections about identity, fear, relationships, grief, and the psychological shifts that come with becoming a parent.

It became clear that something different was needed. Not simply therapy in a clinical room.

Not simply practical or emotional support in isolation, but a way of working that recognises people as whole, living within communities and relationships, moving through beginnings, endings, and everything in between. Today I bring together clinical psychology and doula care to support people through birth, dying, grief, and major life transitions. The work draws on both professional knowledge and the quieter skills of presence, listening, and companionship.

At its heart, this work is about offering a rooted place to stand during the moments that change the course of a life.