My journey

An international adventure, bringing me from a midwifery career to developing my own private practice in psychotherapy and sophrology.

Early Years...

​French & American, I was brought up in France, in a multicultural environment - my house was always full, welcoming people from various backgrounds and nationalities.​

From a very young age, I knew that I wanted to work in a clinical environnement to help others one way or another. When I had to decide on a career path, I chose to study midwifery - a job mixing technical and manual skills as well as a strong human experience.

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Moving to Ireland

At this stage of my life, it was very important for me to push the international experience further : therefore, I chose to study in Ireland, a country that I had discovered a few years earlier during a language exchange, and that I deeply fell in love with - probably due to its links with both the English speaking world and the European culture. Even though this experience abroad was very exciting and enriching, it also brought some challenges : discovering another culture and adapting to it is a complex process, that required me to question what I knew about myself, others, the way social interactions functioned, norms, etc... 

Midwifery training & Transition towards Psychotherapy and Sophrology

During my midwifery internship, I realised that, even though I loved working with expecting couples and young parents, working in busy wards as a midwife wouldn't allow me enough time to care the way I wanted to after individuals struggling during their transition to parenthood. ​​

Therefore, I started my professional transition towards psychology and psychotherapy by undertaking an exit award from my midwifery course : studying psychology for an extra year allowed me to get my BSc Health Sciences. I realized that by continuing this route, I could extend massively the public I could work with and the problematics I could address - it wasn't restraint to the perinatal period and parenthood anymore. I got back to France where I completed my BSc Psychology, alongside a HDip in systemic strategic (brief) therapy. I discovered sophrology, a psycho-corporal approach that appeared to me as very complementary with psychology (i.e. "feel in the body" vs "think with the mind") and trained to become a sophrologist.​

Private Practice & CPD

Opening my private practice in psychotherapy and sophrology was a way for me to provide personalised care in a safe environment to individuals coming from diverse backgrounds and presenting with different needs. I believe that different approaches suit different individuals at different times of their life - this is why I combine brief therapy, cognitive behavioral therapies (CBT), acceptance and commitment therapies (ACT), person centered approches, mindfulness and soprology in my practice.​

Because learning is a never ending process and that I want to offer a pluralistic approach (I don't believe that one approach suits all), Continuous Professional Development (CPD) is key. This is why I undertook a master in pluralistic counselling and psychotherapy in Ireland (IICP College) in order to deepen my knowledge, especially about how to efficiently combine different therapy approaches (pluralism approach). It also allowed me to get my pre-accreditation with IACP accreditation.  ​I am currently working towards the full accreditation.