About Me

My experience: - I'm a qualified/registered Occupational Therapist (2014, HCPC), Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist (2021, BABCP) and a Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapist (2024, BAMBA). - I presently practice as a CBT therapist and teach MBCT in a clinical setting at City & Hackney NHS Talking Therapies. These are carried out face to face and online. - I have spent over a year of my life in meditation retreats that have ranged in length from a few days to 3 months. These have occurred under the guidance of different teachers and traditions in the Tibetan, Zen, Theravada, Advaita Vedanta, and secular approaches. I have also engaged in solitary retreats. My first retreat was in July 2000 and I continue to do some retreats every year. - In the past I lived in a Buddhist centre for several years, I have travelled extensively including in India for a year, I have been a police officer, I worked as an adviser for Citizens Advice Bureau, I participated in a 6 month volunteer program with Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) in Pakistan, and have currently worked for nearly 10 years within the NHS. - I have an inquisitive nature and looking to understand my own mind and help others to understand theirs in order to find an ease and joy of mind in whatever is happening in life.