Let me tell you a little bit about myself and how I got here.

I became a therapist because my own therapy did so much for me at a low point in my life that I decided to dedicate my career to helping others in the same way. I chose a person-centred training course because I wanted to be genuine, compassionate and non-judgemental with my clients, as I strive to be in life. Before my therapist training I spent many years studying languages and literature and working in a higher education setting. My previous studies inform and enrich my work, because one of the things therapy can do is help us tell, shape, and even rewrite our own story.

In 2015 I started practising yoga, which enhanced my life in ways that are hard to put into words. When a major personal crisis hit in 2016, I could rely on yoga to keep me grounded in the midst of emotional turmoil, and to teach me how to stay in the present moment and consciously inhabit my body. I eventually trained and qualified as a yoga teacher, initially just to deepen my own practice.

Like so many girls in the West, I had gone from active child to inactive teenager and young adult. For a while, yoga remained my only regular physical activity, but that changed rapidly when I fell in love with tennis in my late 30s. After just a few months I was playing competitively, and this unleashed a series of fortunate events that lead me to where I am today. I took up weightlifting to help my tennis performance, which opened up a whole new world of physical training. I tried pole dancing, Brazilian jiu-jitsu and jazz dance. I started to train regularly at home and got to experience wonderful results from it. I took up climbing to help me conquer my fear of heights, and am now a regular at the Glasgow Climbing Centre (come over and say hi if you spot me!) I’m currently training for my first half-marathon.

As both my therapy practice and my physicality continued to grow and expand, I became more and more aware of how just how connected our mental and physical health were. I also became increasingly dissatisfied with the kinds of support available. Therapists can help with emotions and personal trainers with fitness, but there is so much crossover between the two that that separation started to make little sense to me. I wanted to apply the holistic mindset I had learnt through yoga to other aspects of my life and practice, and to use everything I knew to help others build meaningful, well-rounded lives that served them well.

And so the idea of The Therapy Gym was born, a space where, alongside my traditional therapy practice, I could guide people to reconnect with their bodies; become healthier, stronger and fitter; and create lasting positive changes in their lives. All the different services I offer are underpinned by the same principles: an authentic connection, and supporting the whole person. I became a fully qualified personal trainer to do this work.

If I sound like the kind of person you would like to work with, or you have questions to ask, click the button below to get touch.

I can’t wait to hear from you.