About June

I am a recently retired psychotherapist and trainer in Transactional Analysis, widowed six years ago after thirty years with my late husband. I am now in a new relationship with Brian, a widower whom I met three years ago, having very daringly found him through an internet dating agency. We very recently married. Between us we have three children and six grandchildren. It has been a wonderful new beginning for both of us. Neither envisaged falling in love again at sixty years old but we feel lucky to have found happiness for a second time.

Expectations

After leaving school at fifteen in 1959, turned out of the school gates, with little in the way of expectations for either me or my future and carrying rock bottom self esteem issues,I worked in a variety of jobs, many of which were poorly paid and lacked stimulation or any level of satisfaction, however I did meet many wonderful people in that time.

After having my daughter at twenty I found it within me, despite having an awful childhood, to follow a path of self development. I enhanced my career prospects by opting for further education, eventually training as a Registered nurse, Health Visitor and Counsellor. After twenty five years in the Health Service I decided to train as a psychotherapist in 1987, qualifying in 1993. This of course involved me doing huge amounts of personal therapy and professional development along the way. Up to my retirement this year I have been a psychotherapist for almost twenty years

Human Condition

I have extensive experience as a therapist in my field, working with all aspects of the human condition including relationship issues, marriage counselling, physical and sexual abuse, self esteem, loss and grief, along with many and varied attachment issues and importantly, body issues.

I sometimes feel blessed to have received personal encouragement along the way, from those who saw something in me that I was unaware of. I, in turn, think it's important to encourage anyone with low self esteem towards finding their own inner spirit to self heal.

My Book

I decided to write a book about the personal struggle of compulsive eating and dieting because it was something I know a lot about. My journey on this path has been a long and painful one, indeed, it is not over yet.

Much has been written about healthy eating, many and varied diets are 'out there' for us, but as yet I have not found anything suitable which looks back into how we came to be this way.

• Where did it start?
• How or why do we do the things we do to ourselves in order to achieve weight loss?
• Why do we have such a struggle in our relationship with food?
• Why do we see food as 'bad' or 'good', or see ourselves as 'bad' or 'good'?

I hope what I have written on this web site will give you some insights into your own personal struggles the book will be ready soon and available through this website and from retailers.