My own past taught me
how much it matters to be heard.
Hello, I'm Kloris, a counselling psychologist.
Many people imagine that anyone working in psychology or counselling must be one of the lucky ones, someone who's never carried much trauma and has sailed through life, and that's how they can hold space for other people's emotions.
In fact, there's a concept in psychology called the Wounded Healer, and that's the kind of person I am. I grew up amid all sorts of family difficulties, and there was a time I skipped school more than I attended. I came to know the helplessness and impermanence of life intimately, yet it was these very experiences that, in their own roundabout way, shaped me into a counselling psychologist, and let me see the possibilities within a life.
I'm also grateful that my earlier work brought me into contact with people from many different cultures, races and religions. It widened my world and taught me to understand life from different angles, and to embrace diversity.
And years of working with sign language and the Deaf community have given me a deeper understanding of children with diverse learning needs and their parents.
If any of this sounds like you, let's have a chat:
