Life is about Being & Becoming.

I’ve always been curious about people, our inner worlds, the experiences that shape us and the reasons we sometimes find ourselves repeating familiar patterns - even when we understand them intellectually - and that curiosity has been a thread running through both my personal life and the work I do today.

Warmth, depth and genuine connection are important to me, and I believe that being truly heard and accepted can create space for us to understand ourselves differently, without needing to arrive with everything neatly explained or already knowing what we need; sometimes it’s enough simply to begin with where you are.

My own experiences of significant life change, self-discovery and therapy have also shaped the counsellor I am, giving me a deep respect for how vulnerable it can feel to sit opposite someone and speak honestly about the parts of ourselves and our lives that we may usually keep hidden.

My Journey Into Counselling

My curiosity about people first led me to study Sociology, where I developed a particular interest in Social Psychology and the ways our relationships, experiences and wider world can shape how we understand ourselves.

Over time, that curiosity became increasingly focused on our emotional lives, particularly identity, self-esteem, sensitivity and introversion, and after navigating significant changes in my own life and experiencing the value of therapy for myself, training as a counsellor felt like a natural continuation of something I had been drawn towards for many years.

I began my counselling training with an Advanced Certificate before completing my Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling with Step by Step Counselling College, a journey that deepened not only my professional understanding but also my understanding of myself, and confirmed how important it felt to me to offer others the kind of space in which they can explore, question, heal and grow.

My Experience
Since training, I’ve had the privilege of supporting people at different stages of life and through a wide range of experiences, which has helped shape the counsellor I am and strengthened my belief that there is no single way that emotional difficulty looks or feels.

My work has included supporting university students within a wellbeing service, working with older adults through a counselling charity, supporting people experiencing crisis through a text-based helpline, and providing short-term counselling, all of which has deepened my ability to meet people wherever they are and adapt the way I work to the individual in front of me.

Each of these experiences has reinforced something that remains central to my practice: behind every presenting difficulty is a person with their own history, needs, strengths and way of experiencing the world.

A Holistic Perspective
I’ve always been interested in the connection between our emotional and physical worlds, and in the ways our experiences can be felt not only in our thoughts, but within the body and nervous system too, which has gradually led me to explore approaches that sit alongside traditional talking therapy.

My own experiences with holistic practices introduced me to Reiki and hypnotherapy, and I was drawn to their gentle, grounding qualities and the different way they invited space for reflection, calm and connection with myself; that curiosity eventually led me to train in these areas and develop them as another strand of the support I offer through Wishing You Well.

These approaches don’t replace the foundations of my counselling work, but they reflect something important about how I see people: as whole human beings whose thoughts, emotions, bodies, experiences and sense of meaning are often deeply interconnected.

High sensitivity has particular meaning for me, both personally and professionally, because I identify as a Highly Sensitive Person myself and understand from lived experience some of the richness and challenges that can come with experiencing the world deeply.

Sensitivity can influence the way we process experiences, relationships, emotions and our environment, and my own understanding of this trait has shaped the way I work, particularly the importance I place on creating a therapeutic space that feels calm, unhurried and respectful of each person’s individual way of processing their inner world.

Alongside counselling, I’m also trained in transpersonal coaching and have a particular interest in supporting highly sensitive people to understand their sensitivity, recognise their needs and explore how they can live in a way that works with who they are rather than feeling they need to become less sensitive.