Relational, compassionate and grounded in understanding. I create a safe space where children, young people, families and the network around them can explore their experiences and feelings at their own pace.
"I am particularly interested in what behaviour may be communicating — especially when words feel hard to find." — Dr. Jessica Maliphant
I work from a psychoanalytic perspective, focusing on understanding the emotional meaning behind behaviour. I am especially interested in how early experiences, relationships and neurodiversity shape a child or young person's inner world.
I draw on extensive experience working with neurodiverse children and young people, those supported through CAMHS, and young people in both specialist, independent and mainstream educational settings.
Alongside my private practice, I hold a senior clinical leadership role within a schools-based therapy service, supervise therapists, and teach on a doctoral psychotherapy training programme.
Extensive experience across CAMHS, schools and specialist settings, alongside senior clinical leadership.
Guided by curiosity, care and respect. Relational and containing — shaped entirely around what the child or young person brings.
Professional Doctorate from the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust. Full clinical member of the Association of Child Psychotherapists.
Bristol-based, with a consulting room in Bradford-on-Avon for in-person sessions. Online sessions available for Bristol, Bath, and families across the South West and throughout the UK.
Thoughtful, relational support for children, young people, families and schools — tailored to individual needs with care taken to ensure every intervention feels appropriate, containing and collaborative.
A confidential, supportive space for children and young people to explore feelings, relationships and experiences at their own pace. Sessions are shaped around what feels most helpful, using talking, play and creative approaches where appropriate.
Space for parents and carers to reflect on a child's emotional needs and the meaning behind their behaviour. These sessions support you to feel more confident, thoughtful and emotionally attuned in responding to your child.
Reflective, containing supervision space for qualified and trainee therapists working with children, young people and families — supporting clinical thinking, professional development and safe practice.
Consultation and reflective support for school staff and education professionals — focusing on understanding behaviour, developing trauma-informed practice, and building emotionally attuned systems around children and young people.
"A dedicated consulting room in Bradford-on-Avon —
within easy reach of Bristol and Bath."
Thoughtfully designed to feel calm, safe and welcoming.
If you're thinking about therapy for your child, an initial conversation costs nothing and commits you to nothing — it's simply a chance to think together about what might be most helpful.
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