The Counselling Room
near Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire

About me

I trained as a counsellor later on in my working life because I felt that I could finally devote my time to a profession I had always felt passionate about. I knew I could draw on the vast warehouse of experiences I had gained and from which I had learned positive and valuable lessons - divorce, single parenthood, abuse, bullying and other episodes in my life, both good and bad - all of which could only benefit my practice.

After completing my three year Counselling Diploma course, I went on to study for a further year, gaining an Advanced Diploma in Counselling. I am a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.

I love art, including written art, and have had particular success in introducing it as a form of therapy to clients who have found verbal expression impossible or very difficult because of severe trauma. Because of this, I am hoping, in the near future, to run small workshops to enable people to find their own medium for expressing those unspoken feelings and thoughts.

I am passionate about equality and human rights and because of my experience of dealing with the aftermath of abuse, The Counselling Room, Aberdeen supports 'Womankind Worldwide', an organisation which protects and helps oppressed girls and women to speak out.

To find out more about Womankind Worldwide visit Womankind