I am an anti-oppressive psychotherapeutic counsellor and writer, working with folks with multiple marginalised identities.

This means I strive to work in an anti-racist, anti-colonialist, anti-oppressive way (and that my work is always growing and developing).

My practice is intersectional and recognises the complexities and contexts we live in, with and alongside.

My work is disability justice-oriented and arises from movements of folks on the margins advocating, fighting and working for freedom, life and a future.

I want to be part of making a future that’s more equitable, more inclusive, more aware, more present and therefore, more full of possibilities.

• I believe that we can build a life that works for us - even if it is outside the norm.

• I believe empowerment is about recognising the power structures we are embedded in and reclaiming what’s possible for us, here and now.

• I believe we can make a good life, in the midst of everything, even here, even now.

• I believe doing so fuels us to help make a more just future possible, swiftly and in our days.

Earning

Like many of us, I live in a family where multiple members are disabled, chronically ill and neurodivergent.

That means I have both chronic illnesses, impairments and caring responsibilities to manage.

Due to the nature of my conditions, I have out-of-pocket healthcare costs.

I have calculated the cost of my time for a day and that’s what my fees are based on.

While I believe in healthcare free at the point of delivery and love our National Health Service (NHS), I make no apologies for being disabled and needing care and support that isn’t currently covered by the NHS.

(For example, lightweight, hypermobility-friendly crutches or CDB oil for pain relief).

I need to earn to be able to do my work in the world and I do this without apology.

Community

I want to uplift the work of marginalised folks and I always:

• Hire from within our communities wherever possible

• Cite sources and signal boost people’s work

• Pay fairly and offer flexible working hours

• I offer tailored payment plans at no extra charge

I use the Worts and Cunning Green Bottle Sliding Scale.

Check out the Green Bottle Sliding Scale here and see which bottle you fall into here.

I’ve drawn on the Green Bottle Sliding Scale to outline the tiers below.

The actual cost of a 50-minute session with me is £137 and reflects the full cost of a session, taking into account my time/energy and the costs of running my business (tax, accountant fees, clinical supervision, insurance, professional registration, client management software and more).

If you have financial security such as owning your own home, having savings and being able to meet your basic needs and expendable income (buy coffee/tea/a meal out, go to concerts, regularly buy new clothes and books and go on holiday) then this is generally the tier for you.

People in this tier do not traditionally qualify for sliding scale pricing.

If it feels necessary, can you consider why that might be?

Between £100 and £70 recognises some people cannot access one-on-one therapy and pay full cost.

If you are struggling with debt or living paycheque to paycheque, with little financial cushion, but can meet your basic needs of food, shelter and care, then you may fit here.

Please be aware that you have access to community/family resources, please consider drawing on these before drawing on the sliding scale, which can limit opportunities for people who cannot draw on such resources.

I offer one Pay What You Can session a week. If it’s available, I will let people know in my newsletter, The Healing in Tough Times Newsletter.

This tier is a recognition that unless an opportunity is created, many folks won’t be able to access tailored one-on-one therapeutic work at a cost that reflects their economic experience.

If you struggle to pay for housing, food and care, are living between paycheques or benefits payments and/or are in significant debt, this tier is for you. You are as deserving of this therapeutic experience as anyone else and I’m glad to be able to offer it.

At every tier, I offer payment plans without additional charge, if that is helpful for you.

Please note in addition to one-on-one therapeutic work, I have a range of offerings at different price points including online classes, ebooks and audios.

I don’t stop working or sharing my offerings, during social crises because my bills don’t stop during those times.

It is unsustainable to expect small business owners to stop earning a living and as climate crisis worsens and permacrisis ramps up, there will likely be very little time in which there isn’t a crisis. And we still have work to do through this.

Between 2020 and 2022 I undertook research fellowships with Clwstwr Creu, working with Cardiff University and BBC Cymru, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.

I explored trauma-informed responses to news and ethical forms of news delivery.

You can see/hear me talk about my research (with subtitles and BSL interpretation) and read more here.

All this means I feel strongly about the public nature and all-too-often performative responses to world events.

When tragedies happen and/or are ongoing, my responses are often engaging my existing contacts - donating, fundraising, volunteering, and supporting. These may not be visible online, but they are happening.

I generally signal boost the work of people directly impacted and those who have the expertise and lived experience.

I rarely feel the comments of a white woman in another country will add to the conversation.

So I preserve space for those voices.

I don’t believe that if we don’t speak out, that implies support.

I don’t think I have to speak out on every specific atrocity, or it will be assumed I have suddenly and against all likelihood, begun to support the violence.

I’m interested - as someone with activist experience - in which actions are most likely to make change. And which are performative. The big splashy demos were often the least effective, the private, substantive conversations, influencing, and lobbying to change policy and practices to ameliorate harm were often quietly, powerfully impactful.

I am not a news outlet nor an elected politician, I don’t have their resources, so I won’t try to respond to news as they do.

I only speak at events which are inclusive, diverse and accessible. This means hybrid access, infection-prevention protocols in person and subtitles, transcripts, BSL/ASL, panotypist and translations as needed.

I practice radical credit giving. It’s important to me to cite my sources, be clear about my influences, lineages and teachers. In this way, I’m not gatekeeping knowledge. I’m challenging the self-help myth that we develop and heal alone, due to our own innate brilliance. Rather than through community, through teachers, in a web of learning, support, unlearning and practising. I also share my sources so you can review them yourself if you like. You may absolutely disagree with my interpretation. I ask if you base any of your work on my own, that you please cite me and link to this website.

As my teacher Kelly Diels says, “If I cite or mention someone's work, it does not mean we know each other. It doesn't mean they even know I exist nor does it mean that they like me or approve of my work. Nor does it mean I endorse them unequivocally or that they endorse me. It means that there's a particular cultural thing that I'm trying to talk about and an idea or project of theirs is relevant and I want to give credit where credit is due.” Citation doesn’t imply support, but acknowledgement of credit.

I work to use technology, apps and services owned or founded by women of colour and disabled folks.

I will not shame people into buying or using rags-to-riches stories to imply their lives are inferior.

Disability justice is essential. Trans rights are human rights. Land back now.

A note on gender language expression

Trans women are women.

My work is predominantly with people with marginalised identities, this includes:

All women, including trans women

Non-binary folks comfortable in a setting which centres healing from patriarchy (and white, spiritually bypassing feminism)

Trans men who experience marginalisation

I am working to create an inclusive space. I will be clear about who each space is intended for, to avoid confusion or surprise.