Growing up in deepest darkest Gloucestershire meant I was very lucky to have an Enid Blyton type childhood, I was also probably related to most of the town I lived in with 34 first cousins alone!
After a music degree I worked in recruitment, then project management, before moving into education, specifically Special Educational Needs and Mental health.
With regard to mental health and wellbeing, my main qualifications are as a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist, and a Counsellor, and I am continually adding to these in areas such as Third Wave Therapies and Life Coaching.
I’m also a fat confident middle aged woman, with depression and alopecia which gives me a lot of lived experience as well!
I am a published author having written a book about Mental Health in Education. There are more books to come, I just can’t find the time to write them at the moment but watch this space!
I’m currently on my second marriage (keeping him on his toes) and I have two daughters (ginger) and one step-son.
I regularly write for a variety of magazines, and blogs, as well as producing my own videos and podcasts. I am also a member of the South West Branch of The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health.
In my spare time I have an alter ego – Mrs Jones! I can be found occasionally performing around South Devon singing the best Soul & Motown from the 60s & 70s.
I am also involved in a local cricket club as Social Secretary but mostly I just like sitting and watching my husband (current) play, hoping he doesn’t get injured.
