About Us
What we do
We provide a safe space for you to discuss and process your feelings, thoughts and what you may be going through.
Whether you are struggling with mental health, finding purpose or experiencing any kind of loss, we are here to listen to you.
We will work with you to find what is best for you.
Rest assured that we are committed to building our training so we can offer current and relevant support as required.
How to book an appointment
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Click to make an appointment via Email
Email an enquiry on either a consultation or a session
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Receive a video call invitation on Email
You will receive a Zoom link via Email
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Download Zoom, click the link, get started
Click on the link on the day and time your email invitation states and fill in the details provided in that email. Your counsellor will then join you shortly.
What you'll need:
Internet Connection
Mobile or Computer
With a Mic and/or Camera
Zoom
Download the app prior to the day of the appointment
About me
During my time as a Wellbeing Champion and Mental First Aider for the Police, I discovered my passion for mental health. Seeing how people could transform their lives with some input from me, I knew I wanted to become a counsellor.
I have also had personal experience, suffering the bereavements of both my mother and father at a very young age. I know what it is like to have that feeling of overwhelming loss in your life, all those unanswered questions we have with nobody to ask anymore.
My counselling is about building good relationships and with that comes trust. I believe your counselling is most effective when you build trust with your counsellor as it helps you to process those feelings that sometimes we are simply unable to share with others. I understand the struggles my clients face when they have nobody to turn to and I recognise the courage and strength it takes to embark on a counselling journey.
I want to help you understand your thoughts and emotions and how these impact on you interacting with the world around you. I will listen with empathy and give you the supportive space without judgement for you to share your thoughts in a confidential and compassionate setting.
I believe in offering a friendly, warm, and welcoming space and an environment that suits you, whether this is face to face, online or via the telephone in the comfort of your own home.
If you have any questions or feel ready to explore how we could work together, please just send me a contact form or call and we can get started.
Get started today with our flexible availability
- We provide counselling face-to-face, online or by telephone
- We can provide same-week appointments
- We provide advanced notice regarding holidays
Our inspiration
We discovered the Johari Window as part of our team’s training. We find this incredibly helpful in supporting our clients.
This model was the inspiration to our company’s name Another View Counselling.
The Johari Window is the creation of two psychologists, Joseph Luft and Harrington Ingham and is best described as a framework that enables us to understand our unconscious and conscious bias. This framework can seek to improve our relationships by helping us to increase our own self-awareness, gain a better understanding of who we are and this in turn, helps us to better understand others.
So, the Johari Window has four quadrants similar to a window.
1. The first quadrant is (My Public Self or sometimes known as The Open Area). This is the information about us that we share with others and that we know about ourselves. This is where we are our true authentic self because what we already know about ourselves is what other people also know about us.
This can be simplified into the phrase (I know, you know).
2. The second quadrant is (My Hidden self). This is the area that refers to the information that we also know about ourselves but we don’t necessarily share with other people. The information that we keep private from others, perhaps fears and issues from the past, which we don’t want others to know.
This can be simplified into the phrase (I know, but you don’t).
These also don’t have to be negative, they can be positive and perhaps are hopes and dreams that you have always aspired to achieve, but are still not letting others know through not wanting to be criticised or judged. Once we talk about this hidden information, it becomes part of the open quadrant and allows us to be free and authentic with ourselves.
3. The third quadrant is (My Blind Spots or sometimes known as The Blind Area). This is the area where we may not realise certain information about ourselves but others do. It can help us to use this information about ourselves to help us develop and grow more positively. Through doing this though, we have to be open to feedback to what others see in us. This helps us to be more aware of ourselves. This can be simplified into the phrase (I don’t know but you do).
4. The fourth quadrant is (My Unconscious Self or sometimes known as The Unknown). This is the area where there is information nobody knows. This tends to be information that we have not discovered yet about ourselves. A common example, is if we try something new like a different food or a new sport. We are unsure if we would like it without first trying it and therefore others and ourselves were equally unaware of this.
Through venturing on these unknown new experiences, it can teach us and others both positive and negative aspects about ourselves which we didn’t previously already know. This tells us that there are undiscovered aspects of ourselves waiting to be discovered by getting to know ourselves better or perhaps reaching out of our comfort zones. This can be simplified into the phrase (I don’t know and you don’t know).