Personalised Counselling, Just for You

Cancer is shit! It threatens your life, changes your body, mind and soul
I get it. I've had cancer twice so I know how tough life can feel, your whole world goes upside down when you are given the C word. Life is full of medical appointments and everything cancer related, you don’t know which way to turn and feel like you are just going along with everything in a complete fog.

You finish active treatment and friends and family are ‘woohoo’ but for you it feels different, it doesn’t end there and the threat of the big C is always with you and you don’t feel like celebrating. For you life has changed but no one else gets it except other cancer patients.

In September 2018 I was diagnosed with breast cancer, I will never forget that day as I sat opposite the specialist, my world crumbled with each word he said. But after having my operation and getting pathology results, it was good news, no further treatment required.

Roll on to 2023, this was my 5th year and I was looking forward to being “officially” in remission. I was fit and loved my gardening business, I had very little stress and life was good.

On May 23 a lump appeared, at first I wasn’t concerned but eventually thought maybe I will talk with my specialist. After lots of scans, on September 23 (exactly 5 years since the first time) I got the news that I was expecting but dreading, the big C was back, in my lymph nodes and it had spread. I was so shocked I felt numb and just went through the motions of having my reconstruction removed, 5 months of chemotherapy and then 3 weeks of radiotherapy.

It was a hard road - physically, emotionally and spiritually, I had days when I didn’t want to be around anymore, that I couldn’t do it but somehow I found some strength to keep going. I hated having no hair and seeing myself in the mirror.

After active treatment I felt lost, it really hit me hard, I was struggling to process what had happened as well as cope with side effects. I did have counselling which helped a little but it wasn’t quite enough, I needed someone who knew what it was like to live with uncertainty, fear, fatigue and hope - sometimes all in the same day.

After talking with friends and reflecting on what I’d been through, I started moving toward embodying the kind of support I had needed myself — someone real, honest, and grounded in experience.

That’s when I realised: maybe I could be that person for someone else.

I’ve been a counsellor for many years, supporting people through all kinds of grief — from children to seniors. Now, I bring together that professional experience and my personal journey with cancer and healing to offer something real and compassionate.

In my experience how healing it is to be truly seen, heard, and understood.

Through Counselling for Cancer, I’m here to walk alongside you — whether you’re navigating treatment, recovery, or life after. You don’t have to do this alone.