OUR STORY
“I consider it a privilege to sit with teenagers, individual adults and couples supporting them as they begin the process of reading back their story and edit what they don’t want to carry into their future.”
Meet Joanne montgomery
I am a daughter, a sister, a wife, a mummy, a friend, a colleague, and the list could go on. My heart is for the individual, the family, and the community.
I love how we connect relationally in story. We can never refute someone else’s story or their interpretation of it. I grew up in a home where support was offered to individuals and families both practically and emotionally. The young and old were cared for alike. I grew up doing ‘what I saw’.
I have sat in the depth of individual story for years and what a privilege. Many trusted me with some of their worst chapters and I celebrated some of their greatest victories.
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I have worked for 29 years in the NHS supporting families, adults and children through personal crises and various traumatic experiences, with relevant training throughout. I also have much experience in supporting adults who have been impacted by different childhood experiences.
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My educational background includes BSc Social Psychology and Sociology, BSc Social Work and Diploma Counselling and Psychotherapy. Training with many agencies around trauma.
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Experience includes supporting individuals in anxiety, grief/loss, attachment, trauma, depression, abuse, infertility, DV/Coercive control, women’s issues.
Cruse Bereavement,
Assist Suicide Awareness,
ACE
Understanding all types of Abuse
Domestic Abuse/ Coercive Control
Solution Focused therapy
Mediation
Alcohol & drug misuse awareness
Disability Awareness
