Counselling is a second career for me, having spent twenty five years in the corporate world. I had reached a point in my life where I was struggling with my own mental health and reaching out for help marked the start of a transformational healing journey. This experience inspired me to train as a counsellor myself having seen the power of talking. I now hold a masters degree in Counselling and Psychotherapy from Keele University and am a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). During my training I counselled NHS staff for an NHS Trust in North Staffordshire, and worked with cancer patients and their families as a Macmillan counsellor.