“Trauma does not only shape memory, but it shapes the nervous system, the body, and how we move through the world. Understanding these connections creates possibility & change”
Life Rarely Fits Neatly Into Categories
A Little About Me
Alongside professional expertise, I bring lived experience of disability, chronic illness and trauma. These experiences have shaped both who I am and how I work.
They have taught me that people are far more than diagnoses, labels or the most difficult things they have experienced.
My aim is to offer a thoughtful, compassionate and down-to-earth approach, helping people make sense of their experiences and move towards lives that feel more manageable, connected and authentically their own.
I’ve learned that life can be messy, complicated and sometimes incredibly hard.
Many of the people I work with have spent years coping, surviving, supporting others or simply trying to get through each day. Often they’ve lost confidence in themselves, become disconnected from their own needs, or found themselves stuck in patterns they can’t quite understand.
My approach is simple:
Let’s understand what’s happened, what’s happening now, and what might help things feel different.
Our experiences shape us in ways we don’t always recognise. They can influence how we think, feel, relate to others, respond to stress, our health and wellbeing. Rather than looking at these things separately, I believe it’s important to understand the bigger picture and how the different pieces connect.
Together we’ll explore what’s working, what isn’t, and the impact that past and present experiences may be having on your life today. Through greater understanding, we can begin to identify changes that feel realistic, meaningful and sustainable.
I bring both professional expertise and lived understanding of trauma, disability, chronic illness, difficult relationships and life’s unexpected challenges. My aim is to offer a thoughtful, compassionate space where you can make sense of your experiences and move towards a life that feels more manageable, connected and authentically yours.
Thalia What I Believe:
Life rarely fits neatly into categories.
Trauma isn’t just about memories.
Disability isn’t only about physical symptoms.
Chronic stress doesn’t just affect how we feel.
Relationship difficulties are often about much more than communication alone.
They all interact.
This belief sits at the heart of my work, both as a therapist and in my wider professional roles.
Beyond The Therapy Room
Alongside my private practice, I work with organisations, services and professional communities to improve understanding of trauma, domestic abuse, disability and chronic illness.
I am passionate about not only supporting individuals, but also helping to change how trauma is understood, responded to and integrated within professional practice.
Through training, consultancy, strategic leadership and collaborative working, I contribute to conversations that bridge the gap between lived experience, research and real-world practice.
Because meaningful change doesn’t only happen within therapy sessions. It also happens when the systems around people become more informed, compassionate and responsive.
As a Registered Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), I am committed to ethical practice, ongoing professional development and evidence-informed approaches to supporting recovery. Alongside my therapeutic work, I have held leadership roles within specialist domestic abuse services, chaired strategic groups, contributed to trauma-responsive initiatives, and developed training and consultancy focused on the relationship between trauma, health, disability and wellbeing.
My experience spans one-to-one therapy, group work, service development, multi-agency collaboration, training, consultancy and strategic leadership. This breadth of experience allows me to bring together clinical understanding, lived experience and systems thinking to support both individuals and organisations.
Professional Memberships & Experience
Registered Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP)
Counsellor and Psychotherapist
Director, Soteria Trauma & Recovery CIC
Chair, North Somerset Disability & Domestic Abuse Strategic Subgroup
Specialist experience in trauma, domestic abuse, disability and chronic illness
Trainer, consultant and reflective practice facilitator
Published contributor to BACP Therapy Today, Happiful Magazine and national media’s