Over the years I have had several bouts of counselling to deal with past traumas, throughout my life one of the underlying and constant emotions I experienced dealing with these has been anger. Because of the anger, I would lose my temper quite easily and was constantly being told that I should seek help for my anger issues from family, friends and co-workers. Which is how I ended up being counselled by Pauline. Being constantly told I had anger issues, I turned this in on myself, thinking that there was something wrong with me and that it was my fault. Pauline asked me one simple question ‘Why do you think you have anger issues?’ I had never been asked this question before and I realised it was because everyone told me I had issues and I never thought to question why I was so angry and whether it was justifiable. My anger turned out to be justifiable and once I understood this, I stopped being angry and started to be kinder to myself. She also encouraged me to keep a journal which I have done, and it has helped when I have had a bad day, I write things down, one to get it out of my system, two it helps me to see patterns and identify triggers and three I look in my journal and see how far I have progressed and that makes me proud. I would wholeheartedly recommend Pauline. She always amazed me with all the little coping strategies she would come out with. I found her to be very compassionate, empathic, and dedicated to her craft. From one very grateful Client.