About Me

Hello, my name is Debbie and I am humbled that you have chosen me to be a potential therapist to accompany you on your counselling journey.

I am a trauma therapist and a grief and bereavement counsellor.  I also specialise in working with drug & alcohol addictions, domestic violence, and narcissistic relationship injury.

I firstly would like to acknowledge that I appreciate how difficult it can be taking the first steps in finding a counsellor and engaging in therapy and I would like to put you at ease to know that I understand that.

I have lived experience of many complex traumas and see myself as a survivor and a thriver - but it wasn't always that way!  For many years I had a negative self view and lived from an internal script of not being good enough.  I thought that somehow I must have been to blame for all that had "happened to me!".  It took a many hours of personal therapy to change this view of myself and now I am honoured to be able to do this for others who have experienced the same.

Outside of my private practice I work in Rape and Sexual violence services as a counsellor and on their support line.  I also work a few days a week in Drugs & Alcohol rehabilitation and resettlement services as a key worker and  therapeutic listener.  Alongside this I have worked in Bereavement services within a hospice setting as a counsellor and also facilitated peer support groups for Bereavement by Suicide for a local charity.

I am warm and empathic and very nurturing in my approach.  My supervisor recently used three word to describe me as "a teacher, a cheerleader and a safety blanket" and I am all those things and more...

I will support your inner child as you navigate the feelings and emotions that you may have dissociated from, I will help you to understand what happened to you and how you can heal, I will celebrate your journey of growth and help you to see yourself as everything you are instead of everything that others have made you believe, and lastly I will be there to support you when the sessions and the emotions become overwhelming and help you to process the pain.

If you feel that I am a good fit for what you are looking for in counsellor then please reach out and contact me.

I can offer telephone counselling, online via teams/zoom.

I also offer face-to-face counselling in Gillingham, Kent serving clients living in Chatham, Gillingham, Rainham, and surrounding areas of Medway, Swale, and Maidstone.

Take gentle care of yourselves and thank you for reading.