Before "re-hatting" as a counsellor, I spent a decade working in the fields of international development and conflict management. I served at the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Yemen, at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Netherlands, and at a variety of non-governmental organisations in Somalia, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and Lebanon. I also spent three years working at the Dallaire Institute for Children, Peace, and Security, where I imparted strategic and tactical training to armed forces members who risked encountering child combatants during deployment.

In addition to my counselling qualifications, I obtained an MBA from INSEAD (France/Singapore) in 2016. Thereafter, I spent one year providing communications expertise to a Berlin-based venture capital firm.

These diverse experiences have instilled within me a profound appreciation for the broad spectrum of challenges and opportunities that a person might face during the course of their life. Indeed, as a therapist, I seek to respect and honour the person that you are, no matter how similar or dissimilar our respective paths have been. I embrace working with individuals of any adult age, gender, sexual orientation, relationship preference, ethnicity, religion, ability, and academic or professional background.

In the main, I work with clients who present with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), problematic anger, anxiety, depression, loneliness, obsessive-compulsiveness (OCD), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), relationship difficulties, and/or work-related stress. At the same time, I'm deeply passionate about working with individuals who have experienced "moral injury" (whether military or civilian), immigrant or expatriate challenges, sudden life transformation and existential crisis, LGBTQIA2S discrimination, non-monogamous relationship difficulties, and/or corporate/entrepreneurial workplace anxiety.

More recently, I've completed Levels I and II of the Gottman Method for Couples Therapy, as well as the advanced Gottman training in "Treating Affairs and Trauma". However, please note that I do not currently accept couples or poly partners for relationship counselling.

If you have any other questions regarding my background, qualifications, or approach to counselling - or if you would like to book a free 30-minute introductory session - please navigate to the Contact page.