About Me.

I came to this work through living it. Complex trauma, solo mothering, loss and navigating the unexpected. Finding through all of it, that the most powerful healing tools are often the simplest ones. Nature. Play. Relationships. Connection. Plants. Compassion.

Healing has been a journey for my family too — not a straight line, but a collection of small, quiet glimmers. Moments of connection, of laughter, of something feeling lighter and shifting. I've learned to look for those moments — and to trust that they matter. That they're enough. That they're actually everything. Magic in the messy business of being human, and raising small humans!

Fern & Flow was built from that understanding, and from a deep desire to share it.

That same belief in the power of community led me to become circle leader for The Village Exeter — because I know from experience what it means to need a village, and what it changes when you find one.

Qualifications & Experience

BSc Occupational Therapist (HCPC Registered)
Certified Play and Creative Arts Therapist
Certified dōTERRA Essential Oil Specialist & Wellness Advocate
Aromatouch Certified Practitioner
Usui/Holy Fire® Reiki II Practitioner – gentle energy work to support emotional release and calm
Deb Dana’s Polyvagal Theory in Action – using nervous system-informed tools to create safety and connection
Sensory Attachment Intervention
Sensory Integration Level 1 – Diploma
Sensory Beginnings – supporting babies’ development from conception to 2 years
Baby Bonding Practitioner, Training facilitator and mentor– nurturing connection from pregnancy through early years
Parent-Child Attachment Play (PCAP) Practitioner, Training facilitator and Mentor
IAPT Baby Massage Instructor
Tree Babies Facilitator – combining nature, mindfulness, and early connection
Hygge Practitioner – creating spaces that feel calm, warm, and safe

Over a decade of NHS experience, mentoring, teaching and working as a specialist Occupational Therapist and Play therapist across CAMHS, specialist child and adolescent mental health services, charity services, therapeutic forest schools and social care. I have had the privilege of supporting children, young people and families through some of the most vulnerable and complex moments of their lives — from the earliest days of parenthood through to adolescence.

Over time I found myself drawn to something deeper — a bridge between the clinical and the spiritual, the evidence based research and the intuitive; science and the sacred. I believe these worlds are not opposites. They are two sides of the same truth. That bridge between professional knowledge and lived wisdom — is the foundation of everything I
bring to Fern & Flow.

This is the work I was always meant to do, and I am deeply grateful do it.