Jessica Tett

I’m Jessica (she/her), and I bring to my work as a counsellor a rich life experience. Before training as a counsellor, I worked for the Scottish Ambulance Service, including 5 years in the control room answering 999 calls. This means I have first hand experience of working in a high pressure environment, and the broader impact on our lives workplace stress can have. I also have an understanding of some medical and traumatic emergencies, both how they impact us now, and how they impact us over time. Before that, I worked as a teacher of English as a foreign language – teaching mainly adults in Asia and Europe. Living and working in different countries had a profound impact on me; it gave me a broad experience of different cultures, and showed me what it’s like to be different, and how it feels to be different from the norm. Having said all that, I know that we all experience things differently. Both you and I could be in the same situation, and it would affect us both in different ways. In my work as a counsellor, I bring my experiences with me because they have made me who I am now, but I do not bring any assumptions about how your experiences have affected you. I will listen carefully to you as you explore and unpack any difficulties so that we can make sense of them. I believe that when we understand more about ourselves, our past and our present, then positive change and growth can happen.