Delamere Health changed me in ways I still carry with me every day. Being alongside people in the earliest, most fragile stages of recovery taught me what it truly means to sit with another human being in their pain — not to fix, not to judge, but simply to be present. In that space, I witnessed people rediscover parts of themselves they thought were lost. I saw hope return to faces that had forgotten what hope felt like.
At Delamere, I held space for stories that were heavy, tender, complicated, and brave. I facilitated groups where silence spoke as loudly as words, and where the smallest shift — a softened breath, a lowered shoulder, a moment of eye contact — meant everything. Those moments taught me that healing doesn’t happen through pressure or perfection. It happens through connection. Through being seen. Through being met with compassion exactly where you are.
Through Break Your Silence Counselling, I offer a space where you don’t have to hold everything together. A space where you can speak the truths you’ve been carrying alone or sit quietly until the words come. My approach is gentle, grounded, and deeply human. I blend professional training with lived experience, but more than anything, I bring myself — my empathy, my honesty, and my belief that every person deserves to feel.
Your story matters.
And you deserve a space where you can finally say the things you’ve been carrying alone.
My Cheshire Without Abuse
A Space Informed by Experience, Held With Compassion
Break Your Silence Counselling is built on more than training, theory, or technique. It’s built on lived experience — the kind that teaches you what fear feels like in the body, what silence can do to a person, and how powerful it is when someone finally feels safe enough to speak.
My Cheshire Without Abuse grows from that same place. It’s a vision of a community where no one has to hide their pain, minimise their story, or carry the weight of abuse alone.
Grounded in Lived Experience, Guided by Professional Care
My own journey has shaped the way I sit with people. It’s why I work with honesty, warmth, and deep respect. It’s why I understand the courage it takes to reach out, and the vulnerability involved in telling the truth of your life.
This space reflects that understanding. Here, you are met with:
Lived experience doesn’t replace professional training — it enriches it. It allows me to meet you not from a distance, but from a place of empathy that is felt, not performed.
Healing That Respects Where You’ve Been
Abuse can distort your sense of self. It can make you question your worth, your instincts, your voice. I know what it means to rebuild those things slowly, gently, and with care.
In this space, you don’t have to justify your feelings or explain why it’s been hard. You don’t have to be “strong” or “sorted”. You just have to be you — and that is enough.
My integrative approach allows us to work in a way that fits your story, your needs, and your healing. Nothing is forced. Nothing is rushed. Everything is held with compassion.
A Community That Believes You
My Cheshire Without Abuse is more than a statement — it’s a promise shaped by experience. A promise that your voice will be heard. A promise that your story will be honoured. A promise that healing is possible, even when the past feels heavy.
Break Your Silence Counselling is here to walk alongside you as you move toward safety, clarity, and a life where your voice is no longer silenced by fear but strengthened by understanding and connection.
At Break Your Silence Counselling, my work is shaped by years spent supporting people through some of the most challenging and misunderstood experiences of their lives. A significant part of that journey took place at Terrence Higgins Trust, the UK’s leading HIV and sexual health charity.
Terrence Higgins Trust has been at the heart of HIV support, education, and advocacy since 1982. Their mission has always been rooted in dignity, empowerment, and the belief that everyone deserves access to compassionate, non‑judgemental care. Working within this organisation gave me the privilege of supporting individuals living with HIV and those navigating the emotional, relational, and social challenges that can accompany it.
Human connection without judgement
THT’s work is grounded in respect and unconditional positive regard. That ethos continues to guide how I hold space for every client who walks through my door.
Empowerment through understanding
I learned the importance of clear, accessible information — not just about HIV, but about emotional wellbeing, relationships, trauma, and identity. Knowledge can be deeply healing.
Advocacy for those who feel unheard
Supporting people facing stigma, discrimination, or isolation taught me how vital it is to create environments where clients feel safe to speak their truth.
Walking alongside people, not ahead of them
THT’s person‑centred approach mirrors my own: clients are the experts in their own lives. My role is to support, guide, and empower — never to direct or judge. My time with THT strengthened the values that now sit at the core of my counselling practice:
How This Experience Shapes Break Your Silence Counselling
The compassion, resilience, and courage I witnessed at Terrence Higgins Trust continue to influence my work every day. Whether you’re living with HIV, navigating trauma, facing addiction, or simply needing a space to breathe and be heard, my practice is built on the same principles that guided my work there:
Terrence Higgins Trust helped shape the therapist I am today — and those values now live at the heart of Break Your Silence Counselling.
