Female

32

cute, fun, motivated, compassionate, continually seeking balance. a long time ago i think i must have decided to deal with whatever i had to early on in life so that i would avoid a mid-life crisis. ill never be able to look back and think that i didnt do enough, never had enough fun, or didnt have the courage to face my past.

my new favorite quote is:
"Live your life by what you trust, not by what you fear."

i have lived overseas twice. australia for a year and then england where i did my master's degree in counselling psych.

i like to laugh a lot which helps with the work i do. i also paint sometimes and read often. im not really as serious as my work might make me out to be - dont confuse this with not taking my work seriously...having fun while we are here helps balance out the serious stuff.

i work as a professional therapist in private practice (healingsolutions.ca) and for an agency doing individual and group counselling for trauma survivors. the agency is a non-profit society dedicated to helping male survivors of sexual abuse. i volunteer as a support group facilitator for a bisexual group. i have also done some teaching at a private counselling college. the job that i used to have, which was my favorite, was working as an addictions counsellor at a methadone clinic on the lower east side. but, i moved to the uk for university so couldnt stay there.

currently i am finishing an article for publication in a journal in the UK and i just finished an article for the website:
[URL] healingsolutions.ca/article_...ing.shtml [/URL]