I’m Pam Stenhouse.  I’m a wife and mother of two grown up children and like most people, have had my fair share of life’s challenges.  I’d like to think that along with the academic studies, my life experience contributes to the counsellor I am today.  

I've always worked in roles that required forming positive, trusting relationships with people of all ages.  Over time I've realised the power in making someone feel safe enough to be themselves in your presence, to trust that they will not be judged and to be understood.  This led me to commit to providing that environment in the role as a Person Centered Counsellor.

My employment journey: 

• Education - Pastoral Care -  working in education supporting children to manage emotions and break down any barriers to their learning; 
• Children’s Services: supporting families that have found themselves in situations such as financial deprivation, homelessness, living with addiction, victims of domestic violence, grief and loss and much more.   
• Adult Services: supporting clients of complex needs and autism, learning to really understand how a person feels and perceives their environment from the behaviours they displayed.  
• Bereavement Support:  Volunteering for a national charity, I continue to offer support to adults and children to understand and navigate their own personal experience of grief.