Person centred at the core.
I trust that your experience matters. I will listen without judgement, offering support and guidance, at a pace that respects your way of working.
About me
Human first. Counsellor too.
I bring my training, my experience and myself to our work together.
My story
Why I do this work
My journey to becoming a counsellor is a deeply personal one, building on experiences of my own difficulties and challenges throughout my life. As a teenager I struggled with racing anxious thoughts, negative voices, and depressive lows. Struggling to understand why I felt this way, who I was, and how to change any of this; I eventually searched for some support in the form of counselling.
Counselling showed me a path to a lighter way of being, one that began with simply being accepted, listened to, and feeling seen. It took me a while to find comfort in these conditions, however with time, I was able to expand and grow. As I stripped back the layers of the person I had become, I was able to understand who I was, and why I had become this way. My Journey led me to challenge various aspects of who I was, navigating: internal conflicts, complex relationships and the greater philosophy behind my way of seeing the world.
Understanding and accepting my story looking backwards, offered me the superpower to make changes looking forwards; deciding who I wanted to be, rather than running away from who I didn’t want to be. The journey was not an easy one, but it changed my life, helping me to find my path, my direction.
Counselling supported me in my darkest hours, allowing much more light into my life, showing me a way through. While most of the work needed to be understood by me, I recognise that I could not have done it without the loving kindness of another human being. My work now aspires to offer this support to others, working to find the light in their life; and I find an abundance of meaning in my work today.
A little of my world
I find connection and perspective in the mountains. For me, therapy can feel like an expedition.
The path I walk today
Though my working life now involves supporting others, I still have my own challenges and I am still developing too – I wouldn’t want you to think I would be some finished product, or an image of perfection! I too have flaws, weaknesses, fears & challenges – it seems this is an essential part of the making of a human being. The question is not what difficulties do you have, the question is what you might do with those? Counselling showed me a way to not only work with my difficulties, but to create meaning out of them, turning something overwhelmingly difficult in my life, into the meaning of my life. It would be an honour to join you in working towards a lighter existence, with more meaning and more freedom.
My approach
Understanding you, as a whole person.
I won’t ask you to fit a fixed way of working. I’ll take time to understand what feels helpful to you.
Integrative in practice
I draw on different therapeutic ideas to support our work. We can explore thoughts, feelings, relationships and the meaning you make of your experiences.
The foundations of my work
Training & experience
The core of my professional experiences comes from a background of working with trauma, specifically survivors of rape and sexual abuse. This experience informs the care I bring to safety, trust, autonomy, and boundaries in my work. I do not work exclusively with trauma, however I do feel my trauma-informed & experienced approach provides great benefit to all of my work.
I continue to develop my practice through further training and professional development. I’m a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and work within its Ethical Framework.
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