About Me!
On July 30th 2013 my life as I knew it came to a screeching halt. My husband attempted to take his life and the depths of his hidden gambling addiction came to light. We have three children who were aged 16, 13 and 9 and our world came crashing down. Luckily for us he was alive however very unwell, his mental health was in a terrible state, he spent 2 months away from home being cared for whilst the children and I struggled alone at home.
It was so hard to find support for my children, even harder to find support for myself, especially specialised support for our situation. I would sit up late at night trying to find addiction support but all I could find was support for the person experiencing addiction, none for their loved ones.
Addiction really scared me and the stigma surrounding it, kept us isolated and quiet as a family. This made finding and receiving support even more challenging. I made a promise to myself during this time that something good had to come of this crazy situation and that I wanted to see change in this space.
I was fortunate enough to find The Centre for Healing and through their ‘Going Deeper’ course I began to understand addiction and not be so scared of it anymore, in fact I could see how I also had my own patterns and behaviours that were similar to my husbands, he used gambling whilst I used food. We were both in pain and just trying to soothe ourselves!
As I began to heal and understand myself, it allowed me to support my husband in a kinder, healthier way and he began to heal too. I went on to study to become a Root Cause Therapist, then an Embodied Processing Practitioner (somatic) and have been supporting people since 2020.
I am the person I was looking for all those years ago. I am the person who can hold you through this heartbreaking challenging time, yes I have qualifications but more importantly…
I have lived it too x
Ways you can work with me!
RCT (root-cause therapy)
EP (embodied processing)
Group Programs (6 week containers)
To hold a safe, nurturing, understanding and supportive space for all clients, acquaintances, friends and loved ones who come into contact with me in this healing space. To see each of you as people who are just seeking connection, understanding and support on getting to know yourself more deeply. To hold space and walk beside people who’s loved one is experiencing addiction, to allow them to know they aren’t alone and that there is hope.
Finally, I want to help reduce the stigma around addiction which will enable so manymore people to step out and feel safe and supported to receive support.