Moira Jobson

Hi, my name is Moira, and I’m an accredited, trauma-informed therapist.

Looking through counselling profiles can be overwhelming. The same words and assurances are being offered by so many different faces.

When you are looking for a counsellor and are feeling anxious, depressed, overwhelmed, stuck in the same relationship patterns, or just emotionally exhausted by life, all you really need to know is:

Will this person really “get” how I am feeling?

I have the benefit of a lifetime of lived experience navigating and healing from similar – or very possibly the same issues that bring you to me. So when I say “I get it” – I really do.

Dysfunction can show up in so many ways. Addiction is one of the ways it can manifest. I have a passion for supporting those affected by addiction, whether that was in your childhood or somewhere in your adult life.

I run an addiction support group here at the Cherry Tree Therapy Centre.  This is to support family and friends of those suffering from addiction. Addiction is one of the many forms of dysfunction that hugely impacts both the person struggling with it and everyone else who cares about them. I run the group in the same way I offer my therapy. With a deep sense of compassion and understanding of how difficult life can be when challenged in such baffling ways. I offer simple and relatable language to help to make sense of behaviours and to work out what you need in your relationships in spite of the madness that may be unfolding around you.

There are many other ways that relationship dysfunction shows up throughout our lives. These can also be self-destructive behaviours which actually cause you deep harm, but they may not be as easily recognisable.

From your childhood you may have carried with you one or more of the following traits and feelings:

• Pretend that you are always ok – to protect others’ feelings or to avoid angering them.
• Feel a heavy sense of responsibility for others – without necessarily knowing why.
• Feel a deep need to control everything around you – even when that need is exhausting you.
• Put everyone else’s needs first – regardless of the cost to you.
• Find “no” almost impossible to say.
• Experience fear and self-doubt constantly.
• Struggle to know if you have any needs and even if you become aware of them, not understand how to express them.
• Keep the peace. Avoid conflict – at all costs
• Be constantly aware of other people’s moods, tone of voice, and body language.
• Become overly independent – Have grown up to be fiercely self-sufficient, struggling to let others in
• Feel relentlessly driven to succeed
• Feel like a child in an adult’s body – with no clear reason why.
• Feel some form of disconnect from your body.

Difficult feelings or behaviours in our adult life are often the result of trying to “manage” these deeply entrenched traits and feelings.

My promise to you: it is possible to experience healing around these behaviours and, in so doing, to learn how to be different in life.

I could list all the ways you could become different and how life could be for you as you start to uncover what lies beneath your unhelpful traits and behaviours.

So I invite you to call me so we can have a chat about what it is you need support with. Therapy with me can be the beginning of feeling different in your life.

I specialise in:

• Dysfunctional family dynamics, including difficult relationships with emotionally challenged parents.
• Childhood trauma
• Growing up with family addictions, mental health issues, or abuse
• Family breakdown – in your childhood or in adult life
• Anxiety
• Shame that haunts you
• Relationship difficulties
• Abandonment and rejection issues
• Friendship issues
• Issues with self-esteem
• Stress
• Adult child issues – feeling like a child in an adult’s body
• Codependency and enmeshment
• Grief and loss – current and historical

Qualifications:

• BACP Accreditation
• Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
• Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Skills and Theory
• Level 2 Certificate in Counselling Skills and Theory
• Honours Degree in Law, Sheffield University.

Moira is an accredited member of the BACP (membership number 380500).  She has regular clinical supervision in accordance with BACP requirements to ensure that she is appropriately and professionally supported.

Moira Jobson offers an initial 30 minute call free of charge so you can get a sense of her and how she works.

Get in touch with Moira and give yourself the gift of this life-changing therapy.