It's been quite a while since my last blog and a lot has happened over the past few years. I now am in private practice counselling from home in Surrey and after 3 years of training, I have qualified as an NFSH Spiritual Healer. I have found people who come for spiritual healing, are really looking for space to be, to relax and be listened to and I am very excited about being able to offer this additional service.
A passion of mine is working with young people and I feel the changes in British society over the course of the last generation have made it tougher for young people to cope. I am very glad the government is taking action for young people's mental health and that they are extending psychological therapies so that more children can have access to the support they so desperately need. See: Department of Health - campaign about psychological therapies. Treating a child's mental health as equal to their physical health, is an important acknowledgment and reducing the waiting times to receive support is a positive development, but much more I feel much more needs to be done. Investing more budget into mental health services, embedding mental and emotional well-being into the school curriculum and improving support for children reaching adulthood, to name just a few.
