Person Centred Counselling

After 25 years as a counsellor and psychotherapist, I have made the difficult decision to step back from seeing clients.

I would like to thank all my clients for their trust and commitment to working on themselves, and for all the learning they have given me along the way. I wish you all the best that life has to offer.

I have not left the therapeutic world completely, as I will still be offering supervision and Therapeutic Shamanism as part of my ongoing practice.

Supervision for counsellors and other caring professions

As part of the *Ethical Framework, all counsellors are required to have monthly supervision with another counsellor who has been additionally trained as a supervisor. This essential support helps counsellors to continue their work and remain emotionally open and healthy. Supervision is important too for clients as a more detached onlooker can offer a different viewpoint. I have my own supervisor who supports my work and I also offer this service to other counsellors or related professions.

Humans are naturally empathic, so caring for people in crisis is a difficult experience. If we have this experience repeatedly without being cared for ourselves, we run the risk of becoming disconnected from our emotions, becoming too well defended or alternatively we end up overwhelmed by our own and other people’s emotions. Either outcome is emotionally unhealthy and ultimately will cause us problems, physically or psychologically.

“Caring for the carers is one of the most important tasks, and caring for ourselves as carers is part of our responsibility to ourselves and others around us.”

I can offer you my experience as a counsellor and supervisor to give you the space to release the backlog of emotions and help you learn how to manage your emotional health so that your work can continue in a balanced and sustainable way.

*The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. Ethical Framework for the Counselling Professions