ABOUT ME

I first started performing my poetry on the open mic scene in Hull in 2010. Since then I have taken spoken word shows to the Brighton and Edinburgh Fringe Festivals and performed as part of the BBC's poetry festival 'Contains Strong Language'. 

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I have several years experience counselling adults and teenagers. I have also worked in Fostering and Adoption, helping young people leaving care and family support. I have further training in Life Story Work, and Attachment-based Practice and like to integrate narrative approaches into my work. I am passionate about trauma-informed practice and exploring ways for a person to make meaning of their experiences without labelling. I challenge the culture of psychiatric diagnosis and believe that mental distress is primarily a result of what people have experienced, which all too often arises within social injustices that need to be named.

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'Tilt' is the culmination of my personal and professional journey. It is at times a deeply painful account of what happens when stories aren't safe enough to share.

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