2. Why did I choose Counselling at this late stage in my life?

Why not?  With six decades of life’s experiences under my belt, the untimely death of a sister and a son, I felt compelled to let people know there was – there is – a way out of the darkness.

I am a woman who is and always will be – curious.  I could never be satisfied with one career in life, and while I have held a myriad of professional positions for which I was well suited but not particularly keen to continue, I yearned for something unfamiliar and extraordinary.  Additionally, every night before bed and each morning upon waking, for an extended period, I questioned repeatedly why my son made his dreadful and painful choice.  I wanted answers; I wanted to understand psychology and ‘how the brain functions’, why some people are more resilient than others, why many individuals set goals and reach them with minimum effort, while others blame and/or offer excuses.  WHY do people think and behave the way they do?  I was advised, initially, I may not like the answers I find.  There was truth in those words.  No one person can be explained – totally and completely through academic papers and textbooks, but the research on the human brain and its development is vast and comprehensive and this is the world that intrigues me.