APPROACH
Angela is a warm and insightful counsellor, dedicated to finding ways of
improving the lives of those of you who come to her seeking help.
She believes that counselling truly is your journey of a lifetime, your magical
mystery tour. You may come to counselling feeling cornered, restricted and
encumbered. Maybe you feel as if you are living inside a glass bubble; you can
see the world outside it but seem unable to communicate in the way you or others
want, and feel unable to feel what you would like to feel about the people and
things outside your bubble. You may feel your head is full of sticky black
cobwebs, rendering your brain unable to move at the normal pace.
During her 16 years living full time in France Angela suffered much of the
frustration, anxiety, loneliness and sadness experienced by many people living
in a foreign country with a different culture, language, and way of doing
things, away from children, family, friends and colleagues. She has undergone
regular counselling in order to help maintain her energy and equilibrium.
Angela has lived with narcissism both in childhood and adulthood. If you are
experiencing relationship or family difficulties because of previous or indeed
current narcissism issues, she will be able to identify with your problems and
help you to understand and overcome them.
Angela is also a survivor of boarding school. She will work at your pace, using
your ideas and problems to work with. There will never be homework to do or cold
psychological jargon used. You will find there is always warmth and often humour
in your sessions and you will come away feeling calmer and more in control of
your circumstances than you did at the start.
CAREER
Angela’s original career was in Social Work in Sussex. She worked for three
years with children and families before moving into adults’ and older people’s
mental health, where she spent eight years based in a multi-disciplinary
Community Mental Health team with other Mental Health professionals from Health
and Social Services, where she gained invaluable experience in identifying
problems other than those safely helped by counselling alone. She also worked as
a hospital Social Worker and as a frontline Telephone Helpdesk Advisor for
Social Services where she gained experience helping the elderly and those
suffering from illness and loss in a compassionate way. She gained her diploma
working parallel to her Social work career. On qualifying she moved to France
where for 16 years she practiced as a face to face, video and telephone
counsellor for English-speaking clients from anywhere in the world.
OTHER INFORMATION
Angela speaks English and French. She has been practising in private practice
for the past 30 years. She is a Registered member of BACP. She makes no charge
for the first 30 minute session together.
