My approach

I offer you accepting and warm support to explore different parts of yourself. I believe that talking with someone in a non judgemental space increases awareness of how you interact with the world, others or even yourself.

Anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, identity issues and bereavement are just some of the varying issues I have worked with. Together we can explore ways of you feeling less overwhelmed. Part of my work includes offering different tools to help strengthen resilience.

As a humanistic counsellor, I believe that we are all uniquely different and will adapt my way of working to who you are.

Grieving is often associated to the loss of someone, particularly someone close like a partner or relative. Loss can also relate to many other parts of living. The loss of a pet, a job, status, identity, relationship, health, body function, the family unit, home and even sense of self. As different theories have emerged around loss and grieving, it is clear how varied we all grieve. Everyone's process is unique. Emotions can feel present for some and for others very distant. Sometimes we can feel nothing and sometimes a mixture of many emotions. These differences in grieving can be confusing when navigating loss. it can be hard to see the future as a new self without the lost part or person in your life.

Having volunteered as a bereavement counsellor for many years, I am passionate with providing support for those who are bereaved. I draw from both my bereavement training and various resources to help you explore the different parts of yourself which are affected by your bereavement.

'Grief doesn't hit us in tidy phases and stages, nor is it something that we forget and move on from; it is an individual process that has a momentum of it's own, and the work involves finding ways of coping with our fear and pain, and also adjusting to this new version of ourselves, our "new normal.'

Julia Samuel