We’re a team of three counsellors who believe wellbeing is deeply connected to relationships — with ourselves, with others, and with the world around us. Life can feel heavy when those connections are strained, and our work is about helping people feel more balanced, supported, and understood in their everyday lives.

We work closely together as a team, offering counselling that looks at emotional health, wellbeing, and relationships as part of the same picture.

We all completed our post graduate diploma training at York St John University and have gone on to add strands to our offering through continued professional development. For example, Jo has trained as a trauma focussed yoga teacher and Nikki has completed further training to enable work with young people and couples. Emma has started the process of training to work with children, but also paused to have her own children which has probably taught her more about emotion regulation than any of the books she has read.

What brought you to become a counsellor?

Emma

When I think back to where I found my interest in counselling, my clearest memory is being fascinated by Deanna Troi in Star Trek listening and empathising with other crew members. It helped that she was Betazoid and therefore telepathic, a skill I haven’t developed, but nevertheless her role intrigued me.

I didn’t come straight to counselling – my first degree was English, then I studied creative writing and during this time I worked in the care industry. I worked primarily with people with Multiple Sclerosis but always found the relational part of the work was what I really enjoyed.

After volunteering for a six-month project in Africa I worked as a full time musician. I ran music sessions for older and more vulnerable people in the community. I noticed what a difference it made for them to have company, even once a week, and during the one-to-one conversations I had with them, I came to realise how there is nothing else like the feeling of being heard by another. As soon as the opportunity arose, I did my counselling training and found a career I loved.

Jo

After completing an MA Criminology in 1999, I had a period of travel and then began teaching English as a foreign language in Taiwan. Whilst there, I joined a friend’s society visiting British prisoners in the prison system in Taipei. The people I visited appreciated the time to talk and really valued this time. When I returned to the UK my career began in drug and alcohol services including residential rehabilitation, prisons, the youth offending team and children’s services. My work experience has almost always involved helping others. My training in CBT and solution focused interventions meant that support was often short term. I wanted to be able to tailor support according to need and went on to complete training in counselling. I have not regretted that decision.

I have since trained to become a yoga teacher, primarily because I have experienced the benefits of practising yoga for my own wellbeing. I began with a course on trauma informed yoga and then continued to complete my 200-hour yoga qualification. I now offer yoga as part of my therapeutic approach.

Nikki

Before becoming a counsellor I worked in customer and financial services for over 20 years in a variety of roles, one of the toughest and most rewarding being in a health/illness and bereavement claims team, looking after people during some of their worst experiences, helping customers to receive payment from their or their loved one’s insurance policies.

Later down the line, I was doing learning and research about attachment as part of my steps towards having a family, and it was so interesting to me I wanted to explore more in this area. I was also realising the part of the customer service jobs I loved most was connecting with people, helping and empathising and I wanted to be able to do more to support others. I had two friends who had become counsellors and I liked the sound of their work and they clearly loved it so I looked into it and started applying for entry level courses to see if it was something I could do. I haven’t looked back since.

Wellbeing Through Connection

We believe wellbeing grows through connection. As a team, we regularly check in with one another (while always respecting confidentiality) to make sure our clients benefit from shared insight and a consistent, caring approach.

Whether you’re looking to improve relationships, feel more emotionally balanced, or simply feel more connected — to yourself or others — you’ll be supported by a team that values warmth, collaboration, and genuine care.