I have always been fascinated by why people are the way they are. I have always been a curious person, I asked “why” a lot and grew into an adult who challenged the status quo. I set up my therapy practice in 2016, AcoraTherapy, named after my grandmother Cora. As a child I would help her with her charity work and I got more involved in helping people with disabilities and mental health issues since the mid-90s. Before training as a psychotherapist I worked in financial services for over 20 years. It is funny how being made redundant was one of the best things that happened to me as it gave me the opportunity to change direction with my career. Now I have quite a variety of qualifications and experience, not only in credit and management, but in psychology, psychotherapy, coaching and training. I have many years’ experience in leadership, public speaking, personal development and working with people through difficult, stressful times. I did my psychotherapy and counselling training with The Tivoli Institute and graduated with distinction. I also studied change management, neuropsychology, family therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), couples therapy, life coaching, relationship psychology and psychosexual therapy. I believe no one style works for everyone and I use an eclectic mix of theories and practices. The kind of work I do primarily builds up mental wellbeing and I will help you understand why your life is the way it is and bring unconscious behaviours into awareness while improving self-care.