Hi, I am Grace

I am a fully qualified Integrative therapist specialising in Relationships, abuse and trauma. Throughout my years of therapeutic practice in trauma services, I have witnessed the destruction that abusive relationships of any kind, have on my clients and their lives, even years after the abuse or relationship has ended.

I have also realised that many available services either have long wait lists or focus solely on one isolated issue. However, trauma is a very complex and layered experience, and can often lead to a wide range of other presenting issues.

As a result of my specialised integrative training, I am able to offer my clients the multifaceted effective therapies they require to move through and beyond trauma and its emotional and physical effects, to reconnect with themselves, and to thrive instead of survive.  

I am currently working in-person and online., and am a registered member of the BACP, this means I abide by their code of ethics and training standards.

Alongside my private practice at Reconnect, I work as a psychotherapist and DBT group facilitator for a charity who provide counselling to survivors of domestic and sexual abuse. Prior to this I worked for 2 years at Portsmouth Abuse and Rape Counselling Service (PARCS).

Outside of my clinical work, I have an interest in the restorative properties of sound, which are believed to aid regulation of the autonomic nervous system. I therefore have a sound therapy qualification and am currently developing a new branch of therapy combining CBT with restorative sound. I therefore hold one to one sound therapy sessions, as well as holistic group sound therapy for general wellbeing and corporate mental health days.

Before my Psychotherapy training and career, I coached women in the fashion industry. I therefore have a special understanding and interest in body image, socio-cultural gender stereotypes, feminism, and empowerment.

Qualifications & Training

Masters in Integrative Psychotherapy and Counselling- Regents University London

Post Graduate Certificate Counselling and Psychotherapy- Regents University London

Bachelor of Science (Hons) Psychology- University of the West of England, Bristol

Sound Practitioner Certification- International Practitioners of Holistic Medicine

Additional Training and CPD

BACP Online Counselling Certification

MindEd Counselling Young persons

Suicide Prevention

Sexual Violence awareness

Adverse Childhood Experience and early trauma

Safeguarding Adults and Children Level 1 and 2

Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Skills