Having spent the last 43 years in caring professional roles, it is now time for me to take on a new part of my journey through life.
My career has always followed a path that follows my passion and commitment to my own personal and professional learning growth. I am a lifelong learner.
My counselling journey started over 32 years ago, when I commenced on the career path to supporting individuals and couples with a whole range of emotional and relational issues and included counselling with Relate Cambridge as well as staff counsellor in the University Staff Counselling Service.
My practitioner style had been holistic, creative, with a reflective approach, bringing a wide, rich and diverse range and wealth of experience of issues brought by people with different backgrounds and narratives. In proving a safe, confidential and non-judgemental space to listen as you explore your thoughts, feelings and behavioural responses to some of the difficulties you are facing and facilitate you in accessing your own resources to resolve this. I will support you creating a supportive environment that is empathic, accepting, impartial and honest.
Many people, as many as 1 in 4 will experience emotional distress or breakdown at some point in their lives, so although it is a frightening and upsetting experience, the aim of therapy is to find a path to a full and integrated recovery. Often the supported learning that can be gained from therapy during a time of crisis can be a positive opportunity-a turning point in a person’s life which can not only help in managing future troubles by be a life-changing experience which can create an even better state of mind and body. Through counselling we can explore and support a better understanding of yourself in relation to the problem and figure out ways to support change and be more resourceful about managing the problem.
My role now is to support and facilitate something new, focusing more on a new spiritual and creative way that feels in alignment to where I am today. Right now I am in a transformation process of my own, where I am seeking inner guidance on the way forward. I wish to utilise many of my skills and experience as possible and make it as accessible to everyone as much as possible. My counselling career and all the aspects of my focus of work has been a huge privilege for me of which I count myself very fortunate.
I acknowledge that taking the step to work with these personal issues takes courage, the benefits of the journey towards transformation and self-discovery can be rewarding and working through feelings and reactions can be helpful.
The root-causes of emotional issues can be complex and counselling can be effective in identifying and treating a whole range of symptoms in the present and issues from the past as well has have support in gaining clarity about issues that are currently challenging as well as aspects of our past that keep interfering in the present.
