Mary Williamson
Psychodynamic Counsellor 

I am a qualified counsellor with a Diploma in counselling. Before moving to France six years ago, I practised as a psychodynamic counsellor in North London and was responsible for and taught on counselling courses in a college of further education.

I was an accredited member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy. The accreditation lapsed when I took a break from counselling whilst establishing myself in the Auvergne. However I am now a member again and work to their code of ethics.

As a young teacher I worked in special schools for children with emotional difficulties. Because of family commitments I changed course and taught English language to adults who had come to live in Britain as refugees and immigrants. Listening to their difficulties led me to do a counselling training and so into teaching counselling and practising as a counsellor. Although I live in France by choice and in much more privileged circumstances, I have come through many of the feelings and anxieties that my students described: separation from friends and family, financial difficulties, helplessness, dependence from lack of language, frustration from living in a different system.

It may be that you have other emotional or practical difficulties that you need to talk over or you may not be sure what the root of your depression or unhappiness is. I am offering:

• Telephone or Skype consultations

• Where possible, face to face counselling sessions

• Help on line or through emails

I describe myself as a `psychodynamic counsellor`~ what does that mean?

I believe that sometimes, when we are unhappy and stuck and can't seem to find a solution, the answer may lie in the forgotten or misunderstood past. Our past, to some extent, determines the present and future and if we can come to terms with difficult experiences we have had, which may have been buried, there is a chance of moving on in the present. It is not a matter of explaining and blaming others for our unhappiness but a `working through` in relation to the counsellor so that we can take responsibility for ourselves, confront pain and difficulties and live more in the way we want to.

You can contact me at: adelaidemary2@orange.fr

I am on SKYPE

Or by phone on: 00 33 4 73 94 99 75 

ASSOCIATION: Blue Horizons 2427