A little about me ...
My Philosophy
My Name is Kathryn and I will be your Counsellor. I would like to share with you a little about myself and how I have come to create Find Your Way Back Counselling & Healing as a way to help guide you along your healing journey.
My professional Experience
The Professional side of me...
Something I have learn after my 17 years in the field of mental health and well being is that your professional qualifications are not what makes you a good Counsellor but rather who you are as a person. The Counsellor's self awareness, connection to their hearts and ability to know themselves is what creates a good Counsellor. The personal journey of the Counsellor and their ability to do their own self work is what will help you as the client. However the professional experience and qualifications are still important so please allow me to share briefly where I have been and what I have done in my professional life.
I have a background in Social Work and Counselling. My qualifications are a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Welfare, a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and Humanities and a Graduate Certificate in Child and Family Practice. I have been in the field for 17 years and worked across many different areas with many different types of people. I have worked with child abuse, family violence, suicide crisis work, drug and alcohol abuse, mental health, disability and parenting. I have experience in working with adults, children, young people and teenagers, parents, families and children with ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) and ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder). I also have experience in working with couples and relationships especially when it comes to families and parenting.
Professionally I have seen a lot and worked with many diverse groups of people. Overall I can reflect back that we are all one and the same when it comes to the soul and healing. We are all seeking healing to bring love and peace to our hearts.
My Personal Experience
The personal side of me...
Above is my professional and formal experience and qualifications. The other side of this is who I am as a person and my own personal life journey. To me, I believe, this is what sets me a part from other counsellors. In my life I have had my own trauma, as everyone does, my own childhood difficulties which set me on a path that was uniquely my own. This journey I have been on has led me to this very moment here today. I am a true believer that everyone on this earth has a soul contract to fulfil. Everyone has come here on their own personal mission. We all have the life experiences we have in order to learn lessons to progress our soul. Sometimes in life, we can be disheartened by these experiences; we can become very lost inside. Life can become so difficult to navigate that people lose their way. Sometimes our life experiences and trauma can leave us feeling very disconnected. When we disconnect from our hearts and ourselves, we can feel very isolated, lonely and numb in this big busy world around us. Nothing makes sense anymore and nothing feels good. My belief and philosophy at Find Your Way Back is just that, it is to help you and guide you back to yourself and your heart. Because it is only there that you can reach all your power, all your love and all your glory to truly understand how amazing you are as a human. When we reconnect to ourselves we become in tune with our own personal compass, our intuition, this is our light post, our own navigation system in this life. Your intuition is how your soul speaks to you. When you are aligned to your centre and flow in life from your heart, you are naturally drawn to peace and harmony.
I have been on my own journey learning about life and most importantly learning about myself and growing my own self-awareness over the past 15 years. From my own unique life experience and professional journey I have formulated my own way of providing counselling and healing to everyone who feels called and drawn to it. My way of counselling provides you with a space where you can come to speak, share and focus on you. Through my unique lens I will assess you as a whole being, your energy body and spirit body included. By forming a whole picture of you and your life I am able to better understand where your blocks are and where you have stagnant energy. I will help you to work on your mind and your heart connection. My belief is if you get you right and you are back in your heart, aligned to your centre, then everything else in your life starts to fall into place. You will naturally start to flow in the direction you need to move in, in order to find peace and harmony in your life. I will help you find your way back to you and there you will have the inner power you need to fix everything in your world. I will guide you to your own healing space within yourself.
