About Me:

Kay...

Looking back on my life I can pinpoint the exact moment when I decided to become a counsellor. I was struggling in life, I was in a period of depression and unable to see a way through it by myself, despite having support from family around me. The pain was too deep, too embedded and I did not want to burden people around me. I hit a really low point where alcohol had become a crutch. I thought I was going crazy at one point but the truth was that I was experiencing real mental and physical pain. I was able to talk to my husband and we looked at options outside of the NHS as waiting lists were quite long at the time and I felt it was time to strike while I was able.

I actually went to a rehab centre where they asked whether they were treating alcohol dependence or depression. I didn’t know. It felt like both, so they took that onboard.

In that two weeks I worked hard on myself. I attended all sessions and really fell in love with counselling. It was saving me, step by step and hour by hour. I was getting stronger and getting my sense of humour back (alongside being able to act like a child again at times)

When I came away from the centre, I had a clear head and I could work on my problems one at a time and be realistic and clear about them. Therapy continued and helped me to pick things apart and see them for what they were.

I made some big changes and some small changes and started to live again. Have fun again, love again.

That was just the start of my journey to a new way of life and to a passion for counselling. I soon realised that I had skills to offer around life, loss, depression, anxiety and working with the neurodivergent community.

I love my job. I have never been happier than doing what I do now. I enjoy going into work and meeting people who just want to be heard, listened to and supported when life is hard. I work now with young people over 11 and with adults from all walks of life with varied difficulties who want to make change in their life. This job is amazing and I want to bring my love of life to my sessions.

So If you find yourself in a place that is difficult to get out of or is causing you distress, then please do get in touch. I work in an eclectic way to support individual clients as we are all so unique and wonderful. I hope that our work together supports in a way that provides long lasting relief. I offer a space for people to be themselves (of course, the only way to be), bring what they need to bring, be real and I will always do my very best to meet you there.