My First Post

Well this is scary. My first post! 

I have a million questions going on in my mind. What's the point in starting a blog? Will anyone read it? Have I got anything interesting to say? Well I guess we will see.

So I'll tell you a little about myself. I'm Kirby and I'm a Counsellor based in Teesside. I would describe myself as honest and down-to-earth. Because of this I think that it makes me a good counsellor. I'm a real person, I don't make judgements and unless you're a friend or family I won't tell you that you're wrong and give an opinion. I'm not just a Counsellor, I'm a have a million other masks and roles.

I decided to start this blog because I know how hard that it can be to decide to come to counselling. That can be scary. I've been there myself and to be honest I'm having personal therapy myself. So there you go I'm no expert, I need support too. I also started the blog because when coming to counselling you are making yourself vulnerable, so I'm making myself vulnerable too. And in the words of Brene Brown: “Vulnerability is our most accurate measure of courage.” So I've got courage and so have you.

I was initially worried that no-one would want to read this, and they mightn't but I've came to the conclusion that "so what?". We can't please everyone and they can scroll on by. But I find it kind of therapeutic even though I don't quite know what I'm going to talk about. So bare with me, it's not going to be perfect, I'm certainly no writer but I do think I have something to say.

*Sigh of relief* First post over.

If you do feel that counselling might be the next step for you, feel free to visit my website https://www.caringconversations.online to find out more about me, along with my contact details.

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