I was in a very dark place when I discovered ‘Wisdom with Whiskers,’ Conal Healy Counsellor. The last of my sense of humour warmed to the title so I contacted him by email.
I live remotely so when I explained why I thought I needed a counsellor I was expecting to have to travel long distances for sessions.
To my surprise, I was told my sessions could be by phone, on line, or face to face. I was relieved, driving was not within my energy. I briefly explained some of my traumas and how I felt.
Conal’s reaction was “How have you survived?” My wit was absent that day I said “I’m not sure” what I should have said was “I’m a Yorkshire Lass, we’re tough.”
We started weekly sessions, discussing my feelings and events that had lead to them. I felt a bit of a fraud as they seemed trivial nothing seemed to be shifting at first then slowly I started to feel different little things changed. Conal had kept saying little steps little successes lead to bigger changes, and he was right.
Conal kept in regular contact in between sessions too – just a quick line to see how I was going, I had never experienced that in previous times that I had gone into counselling when I’d needed to. Having been a counsellor I knew the warning signs.
Sometimes there were tears, sometimes nothing and that was OK. The important factor was he was slowly bringing out what needed to come out.
I started feeling better with myself. He coaxed me and supported me and made me dig deeper to see what I had been and what I could be. We would reflect back to the start and he would show me how far I had come.
Now several months later I have to praise this gentle, kind, firm, supportive, soul who has the ability to understand how his clients feel having experienced the same life changing traumas and experiences himself.
I have to share how Conal has helped me on this journey to come to a renewed human being.
A person who was broken and is now being healed, there is a little while to go yet.
I can say that he has helped me become more positive, have a more optimistic outlook on life, gain self confidence, to believe in myself, get rid of the voices that were taking over my life, I now look forward to waking up each morning, I now want to live, he could see where I was blocked and gently help me unblock, he was able to help me dissipate my anxiety to nothing from 100% and stopping me from doing anything.
He was instrumental in helping me work through many issues. I now feel so much better, lighter and more like my real self. I’m almost normal again. Healed in many ways.
I cannot praise Conal highly enough he is a genuine down to earth, friendly, supportive, counsellor who heals the wounds and helps you move forward to a new youthful human being who wants to enjoy life.
I feel 10 years younger and I am old. This experience has made me realise we all need a good counsellor no matter how old we are.
I am going to make a tee shirt that says “I love my Counsellor.
Lindy Kay 2024.
