Understanding Ménière’s Disease
What is Ménière’s
Ménière’s disease is a chronic inner-ear disorder causing vertigo, fluctuating hearing loss, tinnitus, and ear fullness due to fluid buildup. Its unpredictable attacks can significantly impact daily life, often leading to anxiety, depression, and heightened stress in those affected.
About Ménière’s Therapy
About Me
I was diagnosed with Ménière's in 2017, and I know what it does to a life before anyone else in the room does — the cancelled plans, the guessing games with your own body, the exhaustion of explaining "dizzy" to someone who's never felt it.
I'm a UKCP- and BACP-registered psychotherapeutic counsellor based in Central London, working relationally in Transactional Analysis.
What I offer is a space to work through the anxiety, grief, and identity questions that come with living alongside an unpredictable condition, with someone who won't need the basics explained first.
I also work extensively with depression and neurodivergent clients, and offer sessions in English, French, and German.
My Philosophy
In my own life, and in the therapy room, I've come to believe that living well with an unpredictable condition has less to do with controlling the unpredictability, and more to do with changing your relationship to it. That shift rarely comes from advice or reassurance — it comes from feeling properly heard, by someone who takes what you're describing seriously and doesn't need convincing that it's real.
So it's not just about handing you a list of coping strategies. I'd rather sit with you in what's actually happening — the fear before an attack, the anger at what's been lost, the quiet grief of a 'good' day you don't quite trust —and help you find your footing again, even on days the condition won't cooperate.
My Approach
Sessions are weekly, 50 minutes, at the same time each week — in person in Central London, online, or a mix, depending on how you're doing. There's no set programme to follow. You bring what's live for you that week, and we work with it directly.
I know what a sudden attack does to a schedule, because it happens to mine too. If you need to reschedule or cancel because of a flare-up, tell me — I'll accommodate that as much as I possibly can.
Some people come for a few months around one specific thing. Others stay longer. We'll figure out what's useful together, and check in on it as we go.