Adrian came to counselling many years after his divorce from Trudi, while in his 40s. Athough he has maintained a new relationship of over 10 years with Jean, he was still troubled by events from his first marriage to Trudi. Slowly he came to realise that her behaviour had been extremely manipulative and damaging. From researching online, he developed the belief that she had severe narcissitic traits that had a destructive imapct on his self-esteem. By carefully tracking the impact of the parenting he received, which predisposed him to being attracted to Trudi in hois 20’s, he began to have more compassion for himself and for teh traumatic life evenets that he had suffered, Adrian began to dare to live more bravely by tapping into his considerable creative and artistic talents.

"Thanks so much for being a good infuence on me this year. I appreciate it a lot! The most precious gift you can give to someone is your time - so thanks for your time, Sarah! I must say I think you’re a lovely, warm & strong lady and I’m glad we met."