I hold an MA in Art Psychotherapy, where my training centred on Jungian theory and since these studies, I’ve developed more relational, embodied, ecological, and somatic approaches to therapeutic practice. I am registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and maintain the professional standards required by the British Association of Art Therapists (BAAT). My work is grounded in attunement: to the body, to land and place, and to the subtle sensory rhythms that shape human–environment relationships. This ecological–somatic orientation informs both my therapeutic work and my artistic research, which are rooted in sensory presence, embodied enquiry, and a deep responsiveness to landscape.

I also hold a BA (Hons) in Film and Television Studies with Performance Studies (physical theatre, dance, movement and live art) from Aberystwyth University and a PGDip in Fine Art from Byam Shaw, Central Saint Martins. Additionally, I completed a PGCE in Primary and SEND education with Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), which, together with my child development and c-PTSD training, has informed extensive work with particularly vulnerable children in inner-city London schools. I have received further training through both the NHS and Kids Company, strengthening my practice in supporting complex trauma, developmental needs, and social-emotional learning.

I am currently completing a PhD at Nottingham Trent University, researching autistic stimming as an embodied, sensory, intuitive artistic methodology. My doctoral work incorporates immersive technologies to explore sensory perception, intuitive knowledge-building, and dreamy, porous forms of world-making. It is a practice of attunement for autistic people: a way of encountering the world—its forests, waters, textures, atmospheres—through autistic lived experience, and allowing that sensory intelligence to lead.

My recent project and experience, Fragments of Perception: An Autistic Odyssey invited audiences into a sensory encounter with forest and water, offering for autistic folk, a state and place of self-discovery, validation, affirmation, and the chance to re-encounter places they have always known—perhaps forgotten, re-remembered, or never let go of. The work moves through crip time and queer temporalities, where healing is not about letting go but about nourishing wounds, understanding them, filling them, and allowing for deep embodied presence.

For non-autistic participants or audiences, the work often opens up a new kind of sensory noticing—an invitation into textures and atmospheres they may not usually register. It can spark a slow recognition, a softening, or a shift in understanding. The work finds its fullest resonance when both autistic and non-autistic audiences encounter it side by side, witnessing each other’s responses and meeting within a shared sensory field.

My broader professional experience includes extensive roles in Disability and Wellbeing services in further and higher education, including positions as Disability and Wellbeing Manager, Specialist Mentor, and Study Skills Tutor. I have undertaken additional therapeutic and psychological training in Adlerian Psychotherapy, Jungian Archetypes, and The Thinking Environment, alongside a long-standing commitment to autism-related professional development since 2002, including six modules from the National Autistic Society’s NMH Bundle. Training in ILM Management and Marketing, IT Skills, and short courses in Experimental Filmmaking and Screenwriting at City Lit and Raindance, contribute to the interdisciplinary nature of my practice.