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.
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
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