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 About MeMy background & what brought me to counselling
I haven’t always been a counsellor but I’ve always been interested in our personal growth as human beings and feel this has always been a part of me. I started my working life in catering and lived in at a large hotel in South Devon. Throughout my time there I met varied individuals from all walks of life and from various religious and cultural backgrounds. I feel my time there gave me a chance to broaden my outlook on life, and to question how we develop as individual human beings and why we sometimes get stuck.
While my children were growing up I was involved in local pre-school groups, being supervisor of a play school and an adult support worker at a family workshop. While in these roles I was faced with adults and children going through emotional difficulties. Feeling inadequate and having experienced the benefit of counselling myself I felt I wanted to further my skills, consequently I started studying to become a counsellor and completed my diploma in 2000.
My Professional Background as a Counsellor
Since then I have gained experience in many areas of counselling. My first posts were at a Youth Centre and a N.C.H. Family Centre in Tiverton where I gained experience in working with young adults and children. I am currently and have been for the past 10 years practicing at a counselling service in Exeter where my clients are very varied.
Since completing my training, I have extended my qualifications by completing my Couple Counselling and Family Therapy courses and often attend training and development day courses throughout the year.
I abide to the B.A.C.P. Code of Ethics and Practice, I am therefore bound by its ethical framework. I'm committed to providing counselling in a safe, confidential and non-judgmental environment and regularly have supervision where I may discuss aspects of work where I need clarification of the way I work with you, however I never disclose client details or any information which could identify my clients in any way.
I am 45 years old and when I am not working I like to enjoy the county we live in, walking with my partner and our dogs on Dartmoor and along our coastline. I am a mother of two although both my son and daughter have now flown the nest.
Psychotherapy, Therapy, Counselling, Individual, Couple & Family Counsellor
East Devon area: Honiton, Sidmouth, Exeter, Taunton, Axminster, Ottery St. Mary, Cullompton, Seaton, Lyme Regis, Exmouth, Tiverton & environs
Qualified and experienced person-centred counsellor B.A.C.P. Code of Ethics & Practice
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07811 110293