To start with I was all about “why am I so unhappy?” but in the gradual working out of that knotty question I got interested in what makes others tick. Eventually this led me to a training in counselling. Along the way I have taught music,  worked for my faith community and supported people on the autistic spectrum. What connected and supported all these experiences together has been my Buddhist practise of Mindfulness and Loving Kindness meditations which I learned here in Glasgow in the early 80s. I continue to find them both essential and practical in my own life as well as in my counselling work. The counselling course helped me to dig rigorously and deeply into my understanding of myself and others. And it also gave me, not just faith, but living evidence of how we really can come into more true and satisfying relationship with our own self. It’s the experience of clients coming into a more whole, kind and undestanding relationship with themselves which continues to make my job deeply rewarding.

I also have interest and experience in small and larger group process work.

From October 2013 – December 2018 I worked as a part-time volunteer counsellor at the Tom Allan Centre.

Qualifications

Trauma-Informed Training with NARM 2026

Advanced Diploma in Counselling: College of Holistic Medicine Glasgow (chmtherapies.co.uk)

Certificate in stress management and personal well-being (as above)

Postgraduate certificate in secondary education (Jordanhill College)