About Me
I trained as a Core Process Psychotherapist 20 years ago and have worked in private practise in a one to one setting. Core Process Psychotherapy (CPP) is a synthesis of Western psychology and Buddhist understanding and is taught at the Karuna Insitute on Dartmoor, Devon. https://www.karunadartmoor.co.uk/
Core Process Psychotherapy trusts that within and encompassing all our experience, even the most painful, there is a ‘Core’ state of openness and joy which is intrinsically healing. As we bring awareness, sometimes known as mindfulness, to what is happening in us in the present moment we can begin to see the ways in which we hold on to our suffering. This in turn can enable us to move towards greater creativity and flexibility in our lives.
Further information and resources can be found on the CPP web site.
In 2015 I became aware of the enviromental crises we are now facing and began to work and study in this area as well as exploring ecopsychotherapy personally. This led me to join Extinction Rebellion when they came along in 2018 where the work and hope was to bring widespread awarenss to the science and the concommitant global leadership and change in policy that is needed. There have been many opinions and off shoots to this strategy and it remains a divisive subject. However, at the heart of it all is the human condition, what does humanity want next and that we trust that ' a more beautiful world our hearts know is possible' , the title of a book by Charles Eisenstein.
