I was born in the United States, where I spent my childhood and youth. Upon completion of a degree in Psychology, part of which was taken in Dundee, Scotland, I returned to the United Kingdom where I have lived ever since. My study of Psychology ignited a lifelong quest to understand what it is to be human, and to consider what capacities make us unique as individuals and connect or unite us as a community of people across the globe. This question led me to various trainings and work with children of different ages and circumstances, with the wish to discover how we learn and develop, and how we can best express who we are in the world. This has included work and training within Waldorf education for the early and primary years, as well as within Special Education. My journey extended to include many years devoted to nurturing a family with 3 children, now young adults, and laterally to the field of adult education as a counsellor, qualifying in 2013 as a Psychophonetics Practitioner. This has been complemented in recent years by training and qualification as a Sensory Integration Screener with the HANDLE Institute. Alongside counselling I currently run parent and child groups in Stroud, England.