About me
Hi, I’m Fee, a counsellor based in Liverpool (and online) and the face behind Enough As You Are.
For a long time, I didn’t know who I really was beneath the surface. I became an expert in wearing masks, showing people what I thought they wanted to see, hiding the parts of me that felt too messy, too complicated, too much. I lost touch with myself trying to fit into spaces that were never built for me.
It’s been a long and deeply personal journey of unlearning, healing, and becoming. I’ve come to understand how powerful it is to have a space where you don’t have to perform, explain, or justify.
Before becoming a counsellor, I spent many years supporting survivors of domestic violence, sexual abuse, substance misuse issues and childhood trauma in various frontline roles. I have worked within the NHS, local councils and charities. I have spent the last 2 years providing counselling in a domestic abuse charity and a local women's centre, where I have gained experience working with a large variety of presenting concerns and had the privilege of holding space for many different clients.
I have personally experienced childhood trauma and I am a survivor of sexual and domestic violence, so I know just how complex and painful those experiences can be and how much strength it takes to hold them. But I also know that healing is possible. Even if it doesn’t always feel like it.
I live with a chronic illness and had to start using a wheelchair in my early thirties, which gives me a personal connection to the emotional weight that can come with life in a disabled body. I have a special interest in working with people who live with chronic or neurological illnesses, such as Functional Neurological Disorder (FND), and understand how lonely and frustrating those experiences can be, particularly when you're not believed, understood or even being gaslit by the medical system.
I'm LGBTQIA+ affirming, with experience working across gender, sexuality and identity in all their beautiful complexity. I'm also neurodivergent-aware and regularly support clients with ADHD or those on the autism spectrum.
You won’t find perfection here - but you will find a human being who's done a lot of work on themselves, who gets what it’s like to feel lost or unseen, and who believes fiercely in your right to take up space exactly as you are.
I know how hard it can feel to open up to people (let alone a complete stranger like me!). That’s why I’m all about making therapy feel less clinical and more human. If you're curious about how all this actually works, what therapy is, what it isn't, and how we might figure things out together, you can find more about that here or in my FAQs.