"North Devon Cancer Care Counselling Service"

I have been so fortunate to have a counsellor like jess beside me on my journey. When I was diagnosed with cancer and felt like no one understood me at all. Counselling with Jess has been life changing. To have a special connection with someone who is there for you to talk with who you can trust and confide in and to be able to share the most painful feelings of shock knowing you are terminally has been such a huge support to me. I was able to access counselling when life had suddenly sent me on a road I was not expecting to travel and I didn’t know where to turn. Having a counsellor alongside me has made massive difference knowing I have a person just for me, to talk to about my feelings and fear of what is happening to me. It is a space and time given to me that has made my life feel more worthwhile.

A counsellor in my opinion is one of the most important services I could have accessed and we are fortunate to have this opportunity on offer to us. It helped me to come out of the darkness that this experience had thrown on me and made me feel like everything had come to an end.

The combination of creative exercises we did and the relationship that we have built has helped me see the light at the end of the tunnel. Jess challenged me to see other perspectives and has given me comfort and hope and a view of the bigger picture. I no longer feel on my own and I can see why I am here and my purpose in life. Having counselling with Jess has been like scaffolding holding me up when I most needed it.

Thank you