03/07/2022
Being a therapist is my passion, my true vocation. It's my honour & privilege to work with every single client.
I was involved in social work initially. One day a young client disclosed something totally devastating. I didn't know what facial expression to wear, what words to speak, what tone to use.
That night I researched Counselling courses. The rest is history. I don't just talk the talk, I've walked the walk.
I'm a Mum. I've often joked that an alien spaceship landed & swapped my offspring in his mid teens..thankfully they swapped him back..phew!
I experienced deep grief & depression after the death of my father.
It took several years & a significant amount of medication & talking therapies to come through that.
Then there was divorce..suddenly the future that I believed lay ahead..was over.
Such lonely times & self questioning what I did wrong, whilst struggling to create a new normal.
The loss of my lovely Mother to cancer, holding her hand as she took her last breath. One of the toughest moments of my entire life..& yet..I wouldn't have been anywhere else..my place was to be right by her side.
More recently in 2019, I survived a near fatal heart attack, (pesky genetics). Utterly terrifying & life changing. I'm in no rush to repeat that experience! Medications galore are my life savers. I may rattle..yet I couldn't be more grateful & relieved to be alive!
Some might say that I 'got over these things' because I'm a therapist. Well..I'm a human being first & foremost, much the same as each & every one of us. We've all had our fair share of grotty curveballs.
Over the years I've needed tons of help & support.
The first step is asking for that help..& I'm right here when you're ready xx
