Who Am I? ….. now there’s a question!

Something I ask myself a lot is this question, and as I continue on my path I feel it becomes clearer and then another layer can surface which sends me to question it again! But I am feeling more and more congruent within myself as I find more peace. Maybe its not words but feelings, acceptance and self love. I guess it can be a very complex question with many layers, or it can be a very simple question. One to keep evolving …

To keep it simple, I am a counsellor, sound therapist and Reiki practitioner near Exeter in Devon. I qualified as a counsellor around six years ago and work in an integrative approach. I am attuned to all levels of Reiki - 1, 2 and master/teacher. I have more recently been training as a sound healing practitioner and I am also coming to the end of my first year on a Shamanic quest! I find that all of these areas compliment each other beautifully, or can be as a stand-alone way of healing. Often different elements come into my work.

Connecting to sound is like reconnecting to something deep within me, like an unlocking of knowledge that has been there for many lifetimes. It has helped me so much within my own healing journey, and I am so grateful to be able to use this to help others in theirs. A client recently said to me that following a sound treatment, she woke for the first time in ages without any pain.

Over the last few years I have been deep in a process of my own therapy while chipping away here and there with my professional development, or connecting with what I am truly here to do. From a young age when my school friends asked me what I wanted to be when I was older, I would say “I want to help people”…. And although I feel I have always tried to do that in some ways, it now feels good to say that is what I am doing. If I can use my pain and healing to help others then it makes it more worthwhile.

I also volunteer with a self harm charity which is a peer support group for those who self harm. Finding this charity has been such a support to me on my own journey and I am pleased to be able to give back in some way. Its something else that shines some light on the difficult experiences.