A Journey To Self-Discovery & Understanding

I began my career in education, and it soon became clear that I had a natural ability to connect with and support young people who needed a little extra care and understanding. This led me to work for 14 years in a specialist educational setting supporting young people with emotional, social, and behavioural difficulties. During that time, I delivered therapeutic interventions including social skills, anger management, and emotional awareness, and it was there that my journey towards becoming a counsellor truly began.

Through both personal life experiences and bearing witness to the pain and struggles of the young people I worked with, I came to understand how easily we can begin to believe that difficult things happen because there is something wrong with us, or that we somehow deserve them. I believe deeply that each of us wants to live as the fullest version of ourselves: to feel loved, to belong, and to be accepted for who we are. Life can be difficult, and relationships can sometimes leave us feeling hurt, lost, or disconnected, but everyone deserves to be heard with compassion, valued without judgement, and supported in finding their way forward. Becoming a counsellor was, for me, a way of offering that support to others — helping people reconnect with themselves, uncover the strength beneath their struggles, and begin to rewrite their story with greater self-acceptance, hope, and care.