Welcome, I'm Marie,
I'm glad you're here.
This work feels personal, there's no team, no marketing push, just me and a lifetime of hard won experience, expertise and purpose. Misdiagnosed by mainstream medicine for decades, age 42 perimenopausal with autoimmune flare-ups, the shaky ground I'd built my life on collapsed. I felt rudderless. Today I understand it as the crash and burnout cycle of untreated neurodivergence. These days I try to live in harmony with my biology. My home is the western highlands of Scotland beside a loch, next to the woods. I treasure plant medicine, long walks or swims in the wild and I make art..
Our Work Together
Late discovery of neurodivergence is a multilayered experience. Often at the heart of our journey is an unstable self- concept. We have struggled for decades to calibrate our biological systems becoming pro-maskers, hiding behind a shiny facade we show to the world. We invested in maintaining the mask rather than truly healing rituals and practices. This created years of inner turmoil, harmful for our mind, body and spirit. As we unmask we begin to understand the true cost of having lived this way. This is why if you choose to work with me we will map a bio-psychosocial profile based on your needs, talents, desires and shadow life. This provides clarity, alignment and a powerful motivational pathway for psychological, spiritual and physical growth.
Bio Summary
Everything I do is rooted in an holistical approach drawing from both modern and ancient world wisdom for mind, body and spirit. I explore myths to understand the hidden stories that drive us and earth based practices to enliven our senses. With 30+ years as a Consultant Chartered Psychologist and impassioned educator, 20+ years an international performance coach and experiential psychotherapist, my expertise is broad. It includes Jungian Depth Psychology, Strategic Brief Therapy, Rational Emotive Behavioural Therapy, Hypnosis Parts Therapy (IFS), Hatha Yoga, EFT, Person Centred Therapy, EMDR, ​Transactional Analysis and psychometric assessment. I'm a yoga and breathwork teacher and host a daily on-line sangha.
My Credentials
THERAPEUTIC COACH
Private practice 1:1 and group therapy -neurodivergence, trauma, stress, anxiety, depression.
Modalities: Jungian Psychodynamic, Strategic Brief Therapy, Rational Emotive Behavioural Therapy, Hypnosis Parts Therapy (IFS), Mindfullness, Hatha Yoga, EFT, Person Centred Therapy, EMDR, ​Transactional Analysis, Psychometric Assessments.
CONSULTANT CHARTERED PSYCHOLOGIST
Executive coaching & Facilitation for Global Leadership Professor Chris Parker of IMD, Switzerland
High performance Consultant Psychologist Corporate, creative & technology industries.
EDUCATOR
Graduate / Postgraduate Psychology - Newcastle / Northumbria / Liverpool John Moores / Hertfordshire
Psychotherapists & Counselling Professional qualifications L2, L3, L4 (diploma)
Professional qualifications for Psychologists & other professionals - British Psychological Society
SPEAKER COACH,
PRODUCER
TedX Manchester / TedX Liverpool / Ted X Newcastle / Tedx Women / Thinking Digital Conference /
Northern Power Women
​WOMEN'S CIRCLES
Recovery / Refugee / Modern slavery / Peri & Menopause
Northern Power Women UK / Wild Warrior Women UK / Inspiring Women Manchester
YOGA / BREATHWORK /
MEDITATION
Workplace & Community Wellbeing Workshops (outdoors + indoors)
Host of a daily devotional practice community (online)
Code of Ethics
As a Chartered Psychologist qualifying in 1996 I am bound by the British Psychological Society Code of Ethical Guidelines. You can read more here https://explore.bps.org.uk/content/report-guideline/bpsrep.2021.inf94