Working across digital wellbeing, creative health and the arts, my practice brings together research, creative inquiry and over twenty years’ experience in psychotherapy, occupational therapy and music to explore how sensory experience shapes the way we feel.

I am currently developing The Sunday Practice, which is a digital app that combines sound, reflective writing and orientation and is the culmination of my work on the Arts Council Wales Creative Steps Award. This work has led to me setting up Breath & Ember, an interdisciplinary studio creating reflective digital experiences that combine psychology, sound and therapeutic writing.

As a composer, my work spans therapeutic and bilateral audio, electronic-orchestral composition and applied music. I hold an MMus in Music and Sound, with research into musical awe and bilateral composition, and have collaborated with professional songwriters including Michael Garvin. My recent research work investigated how sound, orientation and the sensing of space influence emotional experience. I am particularly interested in how our attention shifts depending on what we orient to.

My background also includes being a BABCP Accredited psychotherapist (specialising in CBT, EMDR and Brainspotting), occupational therapy, and integrative arts. These disciplines continue to inform my practice, bringing psychological insight and creative approaches together to design experiences that inform methods of processing emotions and overall wellbeing. I am also the author of a book on managing and processing emotions: ‘Do I Need to See a Therapist? (2021 and 2022). I am based in Mid Wales. If you are interested in my qualifications I have put together a list here.