Psychotherapists and Counsellors Answer your Questions

The ways are too many to name but put simply: I know who I am now.

The ways are too many to name but put simply: I know who I am now.

Therapy helped me through my grief when my mum died when I was 24. Therapy helped me navigate the overwhelm of parenthood. Therapy continues to help me gain self-understanding, self-acceptance and...

Therapy helped me through my grief when my mum died when I was 24. Therapy helped me navigate the overwhelm of parenthood. Therapy continues to help me gain self-understanding, self-acceptance and self-compassion.

Becoming a therapist has opened up new pathways & has hopefully changed me as a person.

Becoming a therapist has opened up new pathways & has hopefully changed me as a person.

Committing to therapy for myself was the best thing I have done, and none so much or so meaningfully as the therapy I undertook while training as a holistic counsellor and psychotherapist. It has...

Committing to therapy for myself was the best thing I have done, and none so much or so meaningfully as the therapy I undertook while training as a holistic counsellor and psychotherapist. It has given me a deeper understanding of myself and others, of the ways in which we are hindered and supported in our individual process of living, and what it actually means to 'heal'. In working on myself, I have developed a greater compassion. This was largely through one of the hardest things, which is to face those aspects of myself I denied or suppressed, otherwise known as shadow work (Jungian) and integrating them through awareness. This remains an ongoing process.

Therapy has made a huge difference to my life, it's hard to imagine who I would be without having gone on that journey. It has provided me with a depth of self understanding that I would not have had...

Therapy has made a huge difference to my life, it's hard to imagine who I would be without having gone on that journey. It has provided me with a depth of self understanding that I would not have had otherwise, and a sense of ease with my inner world that makes life feel much more spacious and intentional. Therapy has also meant that I am my best self for the important relationships in my life. If I do get activated by something or someone, I have a place where I can take it to explore what happened in a way that leads to further healing and more confidence to engage with all the various situations life can throw at us! I am truly grateful and hope to offer this to others in my work.

I think the best advice I have been given has been that attention seeking behaviour is really connection seeking behaviour. Once you apply this lens you can see beyond the persons behaviour to the...

I think the best advice I have been given has been that attention seeking behaviour is really connection seeking behaviour. Once you apply this lens you can see beyond the persons behaviour to the pain they may be experiencing. This has helped me in professional and personal relationships, especially as a parent.