I'm a therapist/counsellor, writer and Reiki master with a counselling practice (in English and Polish), and a Reiki practice, both based at the Southside Therapy and Counselling Centre in Glasgow

I studied English and Comparative Literature at the University of East Anglia, and after eight years of care work went on to train as a therapist. I went on to study further within the field of counselling, and my PhD thesis, 'Felt Senses of Self and No-Self in Therapy', can be read here.

I have run a private practice for over twenty years, both in Poland - where I also worked as a counsellor for five years at a local centre providing free support for women and children in difficulty - and in the UK.

I also work as a translator, and I have two daughters.

I am the author of Creative Regeneration (Wayward Publications, 2019) and The Chi Book: Reiki from the Roots (Wayward Publications, 2020) and inventor of the Creative Regeneration process, which brings together meditation, focusing, freewriting and intuitive painting. I lead workshops, both live and online, using this process, and offer one on one coaching.

I am co-founder of the terrealuma healing refuge, a piece of wild, secluded land with a permaculture farm, providing healing through reconnection with nature, creativity and Buddhist and Taoist practices. We also make music.

PhD on the issues of counselling, focusing and Buddhist philosophy (2015, UEA)

Postgraduate Diploma in Person Centred Counselling (2002, UEA)

Certificate in Therapeutic Counselling (CPCAB Counselling and Psychotherapy Central Awarding Body, 1996)

Reiki Master degree (2018, Glasgow)

Reiki degrees one and two (1992, Glastonbury)