30-Minute & 1-Hr Sessions With a Fully Qualified & Insured Neurodiverse Counsellor
30-Minute & 1-Hr Sessions With a Fully Qualified & Insured Neurodiverse Counsellor
Carl Rogers
Counselling can, if you choose, involve a lot of self-disclosure and you may feel you would like to know a little about your counsellor and their life experience too. So here I am ...
I am now in my 40's and life has had many highs, crashing lows and everything in-between. First and foremost, I am a mum to two teenage boys, from whom everyday, I learn something new about this crazy thing called life. I love the great outdoors, especially woodlands, horses, being in my garden, quiet nights in and have always been fascinated with Counselling, Mental Health and Psychology.
At 42, life finally made sense. I was diagnosed as Autistic with combined ADHD (AuDHD). Suddenly, years of anxiety, depression, sensory sensitivities, social exhaustion, racing thoughts, panic attacks, C-PTSD, post-natal depression and PMDD all made sense — experiences that disproportionately affect autistic and ADHD women.
For me, my journey towards diagnosis began with counselling. I threw myself wholeheartedy into my sessions, as I wanted to understand me; I slowly began to discover and understand who I really was. My counsellor was consistently there - my fearless companion - with empathy, understanding and an infectious warmth (huge thanks!). The more I came to know and understand myself, the more I read, and the more I read, the more certain I was, that I was Autistic/ADHD.
I'm now in a great place, excited for life, with a real passion for helping others; to be their fearless companion too. I am human, have made mistakes and got things wrong over the years, learning a whole heap of stuff along the way, but most importantly for me now, I like and accept who I see. I am hugely passionate about counselling and its benefits; I have experienced them all first-hand.
I'm incredibly proud to now be able to say I'm a fully qualified and insured Person-Centred Counsellor, achieving a First-Class (Hons) Degree in Person-Centred Counselling. I am a Registered Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP), attending monthly supervision and personal counselling, so I am the very best I can be, for myself and my clients. I'm also thoroughly committed to Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and I feel very fortunate to be able to say I love my job and I love what I do!
I also have a full, clean, enhanced DBS check and alongside my private practice, I have many years counselling experience working in a local High School, offered counselling through an Employee Assistance Program and have been a guest speaker at the University of Lincoln on Neurodiversity and Counselling.
If you feel having a confidential, safe, non-judgemental and accepting space to explore whatever you are carrying right now would help, please get in touch. You don't need to be at crisis point, or heading towards one. Counselling is for everyone and can be literally life changing.
Helen xx
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