Hi! I am Angie, a partner, mum of 3, a Counselling psychologist based in Central London and a woman of rich faith. I am really passionate about people and also so aware of the beautiful and yet broken world we live in.

I often see how confused we are about where we get our sense of significance, and in our search can often do so at the cost of what brings true significance. We seem to swop our primary needs of love and belonging for individuality and success. We live in a world where our value and belonging come from achievement, importance, wealth and power (in whatever way we define it). I face up to this daily in my own life and in the lives of many others.

We can often put our individual success above our need for each other. Loving connectedness and real relationships are the cornerstone of our human happiness, wellbeing, and sense of significance. We know through attachment science, neuroscience and multiple psychologies that we are primarily “a social, relational and bonding species”*. Love and belonging are our most fundamental needs to experience value and significance, and we are wired to seek out emotionally connected relationships where love and reassurance can be reliably obtained. Interestingly, those with faith would say the ancient scriptures have been telling us all along that connection with God and connection with each other is the cornerstone of our human experience.

So I am passionate about helping us find our way back. From false refuge (where rather than getting in touch with our pain, we are caught up in ways of avoiding it) to courage, vulnerability, kindness and compassion, safety in love and connection again. It's a journey to wholeness in how we see ourselves, others and the world around us. Supporting people to grow in emotional and relational well being.

I'm in the process of developing a course to help first time expecting parents on the Psychological (mental, emotional and relational) Transition to Parenthood - helping new families to develop a stronger emotional and relationally connected foundation as they are getting started.

*Johnson, S. M. (2019).Attachment theory in practice.