Wildwood Counselling & Supervision

I aim to offer a space that feels steady, respectful, and real, where you can talk openly about what’s difficult without feeling that you have to be anyone other than who you are. Many people come to counselling feeling overwhelmed by the demands of life, the pressure of different roles, and the sense that they have to keep going even when something inside doesn’t feel right. It can leave you feeling disconnected from yourself, or unsure where you fit anymore. It isn’t that something is wrong with you, but that life has shaped the way you see yourself, and the way you’ve learned to cope no longer feels like it works.

Before training as a counsellor, I spent over 20 years working as a plasterer in the construction trade, much of that time in the social housing sector. That experience taught me a lot about people. You see how much gets carried without being spoken about, and how easy it is to feel like you just have to get on with things no matter what’s going on underneath. Because of that, I tend to work in a straightforward, genuine way, with respect for the reality of people’s lives and the pressures we all live under.

In our work together, the focus isn’t on fixing you, but on understanding how you have come to experience yourself in the way you do. We might look at how your work, your relationships, your experiences, and the expectations you carry have shaped how you think and feel about yourself. When we begin to see those patterns more clearly, things often start to shift in a way that feels more natural, rather than forced.

I see counselling as something we do together. You don’t need the right words, and you don’t need to have everything figured out. Our sessions can be somewhere where you can be honest, feel heard, and start to make sense of yourself in a way that feels more solid, more connected, and more your own.