“I was referred to The Jade L Roberts project over a year ago emotionally I felt empty and had no hope or desire to get better even getting out of bed was a struggle and the thought of counselling was nerve racking and something that I thought I couldn’t do at the time. I wasn’t sure if counselling would help me because of some past experiences. When I first started my counselling, I noticed that the project was different than traditional support I felt comfortable, safe and started to open up. With Tracey as my counsellor from my very first session, I felt heard and seen rather than judged I learned how to navigate my emotions and learnt how to control them instead of them controlling me. Overtime my hole mindset started to shift my sessions started to make me think differently and my confidence grew like never before. I started to look forward to my sessions and every time I walked out, I felt lighter and started celebrating my small wins. Though sometimes it can be difficult opening about challenges and verbalising them made me feel like I wasn’t carrying around the emotional baggage anymore.  Tracey never failed at making me feel seen and heard and I always felt understood and started to learn how to manage my emotions.

Now a year later I can’t begin to explain the impact the project has had on me , my mental health has never been better and when there is down days it doesn’t come close to how I used to feel because I have better copping skills and no how to manage my emotions but most importantly overall I am Happy and really do love  my life and myself and for a long time I never believed I could get to this place, My whole life changed thanks to the project and Tracey and I even started to take part in the training completing ASIST training and Voluntelling every week at the project what is something I didn’t know I was even capable of .

 The impact of my counselling is something I am forever grateful for and I encourage people to ask for help if there struggling the Jade L roberts project gives hope to those who need it most and changes lives every single day .”