Simone and I started counselling sessions during a dark period in my life following a car accident and new motherhood. I was struggling with a selection of post-trauma symptoms and helplessness as a new parent. Simone gave me a safe space – both online and then in person – to disentangle my feelings, voice them,…
A near fatal brain injury brought about years of mental health struggles for me, which I’d tried and tried to figure out alone and with the help available to me, but often with little continued success. Having found Simone and her counselling (at a pretty desperate time), I was able with her structure and guidance,…
I started to see Simone when I found myself struggling to know what was reasonable behaviour, and feeling like I’d lost myself behind someone else’s needs, which wasn’t helping either of us. After a couple of sessions of me blurting out my litany of woe, Simone worked with me to identify underlying patterns in my…
I decided to see Simone after realising that events I had experienced in my life were impacting my overall levels of happiness. I was scared of talking about things that had happened, for fear of these things overwhelming me. Simone offered me a safe and calm place to talk and reflect. I didn’t feel rushed…
After six months of various levels of COVID lockdown, I was slipping into a near permanent state of anxiety and my normal coping mechanisms were nowhere to be seen. I found Simone, and within a couple of weeks of contacting her, was lined up with a video call appointment. She somehow sifted through the garbled,…
I started to see Simone after a long period of difficult family events . I have never considered counselling before but recognised that I had reached the end of my reserves . Simone was reassuring and able to pick some key themes that ran through my current situation, and also my management of stressful events…
Simone is a very level headed person. I appreciate her insights and her understanding of others. On the occasions I have turned to Simone for support with my teenage daughter, she has helped me understand where challenging behaviours might come from, and some solutions to deal with them. She is a good listener and showed lots…
I could talk totally freely to Simone who was there just for me, and she helped me unravel how I was feeling after the death of my father.