Be your own best friend… love who are you, fight for yourself, take care of you. Chase after what makes you happy.

I was born into an army environment as my father was a serving soldier, I moved around the world attending many different schools which as a child I found very difficult, not only educationally but building friendships and relationships was very difficult, not knowing where I fitted in and all this for a young child is very unstable. I married a soldier at a young age, then I went on and had a daughter but sadly when she was six months old he was killed in Northern Ireland. I have a lot of life experience of difficult situations that I have overcome. All this encompassed is what brought me into the counselling world. My previous work experiences of supporting children and adults range from working with lone parents and their children on providing a holistic support package of needs, to working with soldiers who have been injured whilst being deployed to a war zone and loss of limbs. Support was offered to the soldier but also to the family as when a person is injured it affects the whole family. Working for Help for Heroes was about supporting veterans who had left the forces that were struggling with moving into civilian life, but also struggling with all levels of mental health including PTSD.