Christine Gooddy
I’m Christine Gooddy, a BACP registered counsellor and a coach. I’m presently training as an IAPT Accredited couples counsellor for depression. I’ve run groups for survivors of sexual abuse/assault and worked with individuals too for around 12 years.
My family convinced me in childhood that a secretarial role would be a good career for me. I was bought a typewriter one Christmas when I was young so became proficient at touch typing. However, after a brief spell in a law firm and 21 years in Corporate Banking (I’m pleased to say I worked my way through the ranks and left as a manager), throughout that time I worked a lot of hours and took no time off.
In the end, I came face to face with a traumatic part of my past after a medical procedure reconnected me with it. I found I could ignore it no longer and around a year later, with no future plans; I took VR from banking and embarked on my current journey, and a role I was born to perform; I love my work.