Hello,

From as far back as I can remember, I’ve been drawn to understanding people and offering support. My curiosity about emotions, relationships, and the inner life has never felt like something I chose—it has felt like something I followed.

I was born on a small island in southern Brazil. My early life, while sheltered, carried the quiet complexity of family dynamics that shaped how I began to see the world. Very early on, I found myself interested in what lies beneath behaviour—what is unspoken, what is protected, and what is true beneath the surface. In many ways, my work began there: in a lifelong search for truth, both in others and in myself.

At 18, I left Brazil and moved to Germany to work in a community supporting adults with mental health and learning difficulties. This was my first real encounter with suffering in a wider human sense, and also with resilience—the kind that is not always visible, but deeply lived.

Later, I moved to the UK and studied architecture. Although I valued its creativity and structure, I realised I was more drawn to inner landscapes than external ones. This led me to retrain as an Art Therapist, completing a Master’s degree and beginning my path as a therapist.

Since then, my work has continued to evolve, shaped as much by lived experience as by training. Alongside my professional development, I have been deeply influenced by Zen Buddhism and the teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh, which I encountered during a period of personal difficulty over a decade ago. These teachings introduced me to a different way of being with experience—one that is slower, more compassionate, and grounded in presence rather than fixing. This continues to inform not only how I work, but how I sit with another person in the room.

I often see therapy not as something we “do” to change ourselves, but as a space where we learn how to be with ourselves differently. A space where what has been held alone, rushed past, or silenced can begin to be met with steadiness and care.

My approach is trauma-informed, somatic, and relational. I pay attention not only to what is said, but to what is felt in the body, what is held in the nervous system, and what emerges in the space between us. Together, we slow things down enough to notice patterns that may once have been protective but are now keeping you stuck or disconnected.

Alongside this, I bring in mindfulness and philosophical reflection where it feels helpful—ways of exploring meaning, suffering, and change that can support a deeper sense of clarity and self-understanding.

I live a quiet life in the English countryside with my husband and our two daughters.

When you come to therapy with me, you are not stepping into a technique or a method—you are entering a relationship. One where we pay attention together, gently and honestly, to what it is like to be you.