I’ve Been On Both Sides of The Mental Health System

And it gives me a Unique Perspective.

FormerlyKnownAs
4 min readOct 10, 2021

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I’ve been working as a therapist predominantly for young adults, for 20 years. However, I’ve had clients of all ages in other work I’ve done alongside my main job. Some of the therapy offered has been open ended, some time limited due to the organisation’s rules, some group work but most individual. I have particular areas of interest and experience, like eating distress/disorders, gender, sexuality and relationship diversity, and ethics. However, much of the sessions have focused…

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FormerlyKnownAs

Ethical Vegan, Autistic, Therapist, Anti-Racism Work, Hyper-Empathic, Anti-Speciesist, Love Bull Breed Dogs, Musical Theatre, Neil Finn, Tori Amos & Philosophy