Julie Jenner (She/Her)

Counselling can help you understand why you repeat certain behaviours, help you to communicate with others in a healthier way, teach you how to change your responses to reduce negative impact, help you maintain your relationships, guide you to work out what you want from your life and how you might be able to get it, and so much more. Discovering my own neurodiversity has given me new insights in supporting others as they uncover their own otherness – whatever shape that takes. Having an outside perspective can help you to make sense of things in ways you might not have considered for yourself. Counselling provides a space where you can say out loud many of those things you don’t want to say to others for fear of worrying them, burdening them or because you worry they will judge you. I am not here to judge, or tell you what to do. I am here to support you in working out what it is you want. If you have reached a crisis point and you no longer know how to deal with certain situations or people, I offer support in helping you make sense of things, reducing your stress within these situations, and to start making the changes which really can be life changing. It can be difficult to know where to turn for help, or even to believe that things can get better. You might find that you are so weighed down by situations that you do not know where to start in order to make the changes which will ease things. Counselling can help with this, can help you see where you might make changes, challenge your current thinking and see if you can break the cycle and move forward with your life. Together we will look at what is going on in your life now, examine patterns of thinking and behaving and see if there are areas where you can begin to do things differently. Sometimes this might involve looking back to past experiences to see how they shape some of your beliefs and behaviours now. This will be done at a pace that suits you, and you will decide what is important for you to talk about. I may offer insights or another perspective and we will explore together what it could mean. It can be difficult, and sometimes scary, to think about opening up and sharing painful memories and overwhelming feelings with a new person or a stranger. I provide a safe and open space, where you can talk about what you feel is important, at a pace that suits you. I will not rush you to share before you are ready and know that it takes time to build the trust and confidence needed. We will explore your feelings together and I will stay alongside you while we get to know each other.