“Lose your mind and come to your senses”
“My job is to reconnect you with yourself ”
We all desire to be fully engaged with life and indeed we all possess a life force that wants to seek out growth. To be able to utilise this, we need to nurture our relationship with our bodies, our hearts and our minds. Life will always be hard and test us, however, if we can find safe internal space to reflect on this and learn, we can move through our pain and be enriched by it.
This is a hard thing to achieve on our own and in fact we are wired to work better in partnerships and community. Only in the presence of supportive others do we learn about ourselves and find the necessary space to heal.
That is why I work relationally, which in simple terms means, we each bring our own uniqueness to create a mutually supportive space where we can work together. I am well studied in human psychological development and understand what can go awry. Together, we will untangle and bring awareness and curiosity to your experiences so you might find yourself once more.
Penny’s core beliefs..
Secure, compassionate relationships are essential protective factors for us all
Safety is the presence of connection, not the absence of threat
Our partners and children need to know we see them and accept them as they are
Boundaries matter, they are the walls of the gardens in which we can flourish
Our capacity to Imagine is the start of making possible the impossible
We all need space to be curious and experimental so we can grow
My Training and Education
I trained with The Parent Practice as a family coach
Experience and training with trauma and the Nervous System
Extensive research in anxiety, depression and trauma
Experience and training in self harm and eating disorders
Significant interest and research into neuroscience
MA General Arts, Edinburgh Uni
BSC Hons Psychology, Open University
MA Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy, Roehampton University
Clinical training with MIND and Kingston Women’s Centre
Expert training with The Tavistock on Adolescents,
Self-Harm and Suicide
