{"id":2817,"date":"2024-06-20T01:30:25","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T01:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wisdomwithwhiskers.com.au\/?p=2817"},"modified":"2026-03-19T07:02:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T07:02:37","slug":"testimonial-about-conal-healy-counsellor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wisdomwithwhiskers.com.au\/?p=2817","title":{"rendered":"Testimonial about Conal Healy, Counsellor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes there were tears, sometimes nothing and that was OK. The important factor was he was slowly bringing out what needed to come out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have to share how Conal has helped me on this journey to come to a renewed human being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A person who was broken and is now being healed, there is a little while to go yet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am going to make a tee shirt that says “I love my Counsellor”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0LK 2024.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Names changed for privacy.)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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