Remi is a recent addition to the counselling team, but is not new to supporting missing people, and the families and loved ones of those who are missing . Before Remi took on their role as a counsellor, they were Missing People’s Family Support Manager for many years, and found the work to be deeply rewarding. Remi left our Family Support team to focus on their private practice as a counsellor, and so they jumped at the opportunity to come back to the charity in this role.
In private practice Remi works largely with clients who are experiencing discrimination of all kinds. Most commonly the areas that Remi explores in their work are race, gender, sexuality, class, and disability. In all of their work, including at Missing People, Remi seeks to understand their clients’ identities, and how these impact on clients’ experiences. This interest extends beyond counselling, and Remi provides therapeutic trainings around equality and diversity to other professionals.
‘As a counsellor I hope to create a safe space with you - a space that feels supportive, where you can explore your feelings and be emotionally held. I want to share my knowledge of missing with you, so that you feel confident that I have some understanding of what you might want to explore in your counselling. However, I do not in any way call myself an ‘expert’ in missing – that title is reserved for the loved ones of missing people, and those that go missing themselves. I will always seek to understand what you are going through, and offer my understanding back to you, so that you can gain greater clarity on your feelings, and emotional needs.I am trained in the Person Centred approach to counselling (if you’re not sure what this means – please ask me). This therapeutic approach, founded by Carl Rogers, is the root of my counselling practice, but over time I have undertaken a range of further counselling study, which you might want to tap into with me, including dance and movement , breath work, play, drama techniques, and art materials. These can be great way to support you in working through feelings - sometimes you might want ways of working that aren’t just talking, and I’m pleased to accommodate that. Whatever the way that we work together I will place your needs in the centre, and anything we engage in will be with your permission - this may mean that glitter never comes into the sessions!’