“I was really nervous about coming to counselling, I thought I would just sit in silence the whole time, but I was able to talk through so much with you.. It’s made me realise things that I didn’t think were important”
“I felt understood, I felt heard, I did not feel ‘judged’.. it was always gentle, acknowledging my feelings, but thought provoking in some way.”
“I sometimes think I could not have got through everything that has happened in the last year without your help.. having stopped now I think I can progress on my own.. I do think that you being there has been invaluable to me”
“I think I definitely benefitted from the counselling. It helped me understand why I feel the way I feel. It also made me more confident in opening up to other people and not hiding how I feel. A lot of the things we spoke about I had been going over in my own head for years, so it was great to have the chance to get another perspective on events that had stuck with me.”
“You were able to link feeling and reactions that I was having at the time to things that had happened in the past and you noticed patterns that I hadn’t noticed before. I felt that you understood what I was going through and how I felt about it.”
“The counselling helped me feel a sense of validation.. talking to you made me realise that my feelings do matter and that I had a right to feel the way I felt.”
“I never felt judged or intimidated.. I think the fact that I found it so easy to open up to you shows that there was an instant trust, and the longer time went on I became more and more comfortable.”
“In my life I don’t get many chances to talk to someone without being interrupted or talked over or be not listened to, and it felt like you listened to every word I said which felt nice and helped me be more confident in opening up more.”