About Cindy
I believe you have the answers you seek inside of yourself. My role is to help you discover yourself in a new way, to find those wise answers that are right for you.
This process may be messy and uncomfortable. Sometimes we may laugh together and other times cry. We will have real conversations and will focus on helping you to live more fully and to truly flourish.
I’m a highly sensitive person (HSP) and I’ve been a therapist since 2006. I’ve been a client too and therapy has changed my life. That’s why I’m so passionate about it.
I’m a highly trained psychotherapist but I’m a person first. While my training is important, THE most important thing is the relationship I build with each person.
Here are a few of the ways I’ve been trained.
I honour the lineage of my training through my significant teachers & mentors by naming them here.
- Transactional analysis is a method that helps people become aware of the dynamics in their interactions with themselves, and each other to solve emotional and relationship hurdles with compassion. Teachers & mentors – Charlotte Sills, Geoff Hopping, Claude Steiner, Suhith Shivanath, Ray Little, Pietro Cardile, Victoria Baskerville, Adrienne Lee, Dr Mark Widdowson, Rosemary Napper
- Emotional literacy gives people the tools to understand their emotions and emotional responses without judgement. Teacher – Claude Steiner, Elizabeth Edema
- Process Work or Process Oriented Psychology is a way of working through dreams, body symptoms and bodily experiences to uncover the unconscious core of issues. Teachers & mentors – Arny & Amy Mindell, Jean-Claude & Arlene Audergon
- Somatic experiencing helps by getting in tune with your body and nervous system to heal from trauma. Teachers – Peter Levine, Giselle Genillard
- Attachment focused and emotionally focused therapy is very useful with couples. Teacher – Dr Sue Johnson
- Polyamory training with the Affirmative Couch
- Permaculture is an ecological design process that balances human needs with the needs of other species and can be applied to all areas of life. Teacher – Patrick Whitefield
- Anti-racism and diversity training including a focus on understanding what it means to be white and how to be a good ally to people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Teachers & mentors – Dr Valerie Batts, Red Ninja, Mark Hamlin, White Awake, Mutima Imani, Priyal Shah
- Boarding school survivors training with Nick Duffell
- End of Life doula training has helped me work with people facing death and those who love them. Teacher – Dr Hermione Elliott
- Highly sensitive people in psychotherapy. Teachers & mentors – Elaine Aron, Barbara Allen, Jacqueline Strickland
- Group facilitation and conflict resolution is helpful for the groups that I run for highly sensitive people and for teams in organisations. Teachers & mentors – Arny & Amy Mindell, Jean-Claude & Arlene Audergon
- Transpersonal and spiritual training in nature-based and animist traditions – from the Dagara tradition, Burkina Faso, West Africa; teacher & mentor, Dr Malidoma Patrice Some – from the English tradition; Deena O’Brien, and my mother, who was a traditional West Country healer.
- Ecopsychology connects people back to nature and back to themselves, and has been proven to help with depression and anxiety, including eco-distress. Teachers & mentors – Joanna Macy, Garri Wiest, Mary-Jane Rust, Dave Key, Climate Psychology Alliance.
I am a Certified Transactional Analyst, have a Post Graduate Diploma in Transactional Analysis Counselling and an MSc in Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy.
As a white woman, I am committed to anti-racism and decolonialisation work.
I’m registered with the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy and United Kingdom Association for Transactional Analysis and I abide by their strict codes of ethics and professional practise.
Let's talk about work.
The world of business holds particular stresses that need navigating well. I understand this world. I worked in business for 35 years and have been a director of a large multinational. I hold an MBA, have written two best selling business books, and I coach business leaders. I describe myself as a recovering high achiever.
I understand overwhelm and burnout well. I work with people helping them through the fear that often comes with a decision to move away from well paid but very stressful work. I support people to navigate their careers to something that’s more in alignment with their whole selves. That may involve a change of role, and a move to self-employment or entrepreneurship.
For my full CV, see here.