About Soul Service

My background is teaching, but my main interest has always been individuals and how we/they learn, grow and change. People fascinate me. I began working therapeutically with individuals in 2007. 

Periods of illness (and what a great but tough teacher illness is) including 9 years of bed and wheelchair-bound ME/CFS and more recently cancer, have given me the gift of being able to dive increasingly deeply into what it means to be alive, and how we can be alive in whatever situation we find ourselves.

In many ways my whole life has been a training for my current soul work. My formal curriculum has included an MA in Sociology and English, a Level 5 Diploma in Counselling, a Certificate in Education, a year studying NLP, clinical hypnotherapy and life coaching, twice qualifying as a Master Practitioner with different teachers, Reiki, Mindfulness and the Breath and Wholeness Work.

As a founder member of Reclaim Health, working with other experts in functional somatic syndromes such as ME/CFS, I co-authored a book which has helped many people on their road to recovery, often supported with one-to-one coaching. 

 Over the years I gained increasing experience and reputation in the area of self-development, and in 2012 I further explored the spiritual path by embarking on a rigorous 2 year training with the One Spirit Interfaith Foundation It was here I studied and experienced many faith paths, trained as a spiritual counsellor, and honed the craft of creating ceremony. In 2024 I graduated in Person-Centred Counselling and Therapy from Cornwall College, adding BACP membership to my accreditations.

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