Amanda McHugh

Training, qualifications & experience

Advanced Diploma Psychotherapeutic Counselling.

Experienced in working with people of all ages and backgrounds.

Volunteer counsellor with the charity MIND.

Further information

Sooner or later life presents us with a situation or event that we can't control or 'fix'.

It is hugely compelling to look outward to the environment, that is, everything on the outside of us, for the answer to our predicament.

We mostly do this unconsciously and automatically. We reach out for what we think will make us feel better, food, drink, sex, medication ( prescribed or otherwise ) , a new outfit, hairstyle, partner, or anything else that is presented by the sellers of such things.

What we rarely do, what we avoid at all costs, is the very thing that would in fact make us feel better and provide relief from the pain and anguish we are experiencing.

The answer may be simple but counter intuitive, by that I mean every fibre of our being, the part of ourselves we experience as 'me', cries out for us to avoid, run away, or in some way protect ourselves from the thing we are most afraid to look at. Talking helps.