What took me to counselling, many years ago, was a complete feeling of overwhelm; if I didn’t get help NOW, I was going to break. As we explored that, it became clear that I was super hard on myself, with an inner voice that insisted that I was worthless, useless, unworthy of love. It didn’t help that I had been sent to boarding school, and bullied there, nor that I’d never fully grieved the loss of my father. I was shut down, in total defense mode; living my life in black and white, full of shame.

If any of that resonated with you – with your unique spin on it, of course – there’s a good chance counselling can help you. Talking to someone with the skills to truly hear and understand you can bring enormous relief. Having the time and space to explore and reflect on those difficulties with a trained individual can help you to find ways to cope better or move on.

I have familial experience of chronic ME, ADHD, autism; I am not going to judge. I am likewise LGBTQIA+ friendly.

I work with adults from my home (or occasionally online) near to the A12, in easy reach of Ipswich and Colchester. My counselling room is on the ground floor, but there’s a step up to the property; and I’m owned by a small black cat who sometimes wants to help.

I don’t work with everyone who contacts me; I think it’s essential that we both want to work with each other. Contact me to set up a free, 10-15 minute phone call to see if we mutually want to take it further.

I am a member of both the UKCP and the BACP, and follow both their codes of ethics.