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My Blog
Helpful ideas, reassurance, and practical tools
Short reads on anxiety, grief, school and college stress, trauma, relationships, creative ways of working, and more. Written for young people 11+, adults, and parents. Use what helps, leave the rest.
What to expect in my first Counselling/Therapy session?
Do I need to do anything in preparation for my first introduction session ? Whether your first session is online, face to face or via telephone, it is perfectly natural to have some anxious feelings or some nervous energy. To help with this you may choose to write down some questions in advance for your therapist, these may range from issues that you wish to discuss to goals for the future. If you are feeling nervous, I encourage clients to share this so that I can help to
I’ve contributed a chapter to People Not Pathology: Freeing Therapy from the Medical Model
I’m proud to share that I’ve contributed a chapter to the new PCCS book, People Not Pathology: Freeing Therapy from the Medical Model (ISBN 9781915220233). Edited by Pete Sanders and Janet Tolan, the book brings together leading voices who challenge the automatic medicalising ofhuman distressing explore what genuinely demedicalised therapy looks like in practise. What the book is about The central idea is simple: people are not diagnoses . The collection examines how therap
Why “Dropping the Disorder” is so important in my counselling work with Children and Young People
Back where it all began (2006-Joseph Priestly College) Goal- Diploma in Counselling So, at 26 years old, I knew my heart was with pursuing a career in counselling, alongside that was a passion to work with children and young people. I myself had benefitted as a young person from strong role models and counselling, I had grand aspirations to give something back (and in my own way change the world)! I’m guessing I must have done something right when I was accepted for a Coun
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