ABOUT ME

   Psychotherapy, Counselling and Healing with Empathy, is the only way I know how to work with clients. Emphatics’ feel the emotions of others in a stronger way than most people. I feel their sadness and joy in the way they do and this ultimately affects the way I interact with clients.

    I’m a Black woman bought up with white Foster Parents. I had regular contact with my birth family so learnt to co-exist in both societies often being a chameleon until I found myself.

    I became a mother in my teens and studied to become a teacher to the for 11-17yr olds. I then qualified and taught Adults in colleges. During this time I wrote a book on Rastafarians which was used in Schools and Colleges in Cambridgeshire.  My second child was born in 1980 and within 6 weeks I was teaching children with Learning Difficulties. Their problems ranged from Autism, Mental Illness, Family Problems, Homelessness, Abuse, and problems with the police. Despite all this, they were all keen to study and become the best they could be.

   During this time I became friends with a mixed race girl who was in a children’s home because of a sexually abusive father. She was anxious to leave the home and absconded on many occasions. I registered with Social Services as a Foster Parent and very soon she came to live with us.

   I was asked to become an Agony Aunt with the Black Women’s magazine ‘Candace’. As well as this I also became the main feature writer, covering Issues of Sexuality, Domestic Violence, and Relationships. The Domestic Violence issues interested me so I soon found apart time post in a Women’s Refuge, and spent my other working hours as an Advice Worker for the Asian community. My main areas of work were Housing, Social Security benefits, and trying to bridge the gap between the Asian community and the main population in the area.

    Sadly the magazine folded and the Advice Centre closed due to lack of funding. I realised I had a lot of knowledge of which I could use to help people, so I set up my own business as a Therapist.