Having worked as a producer for several years and within the industry for over a decade, I have first-hand, multi-level experience of the increasing demands of building and sustaining a career in the film, television and documentary industry. 

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I understand how it feels to be under intense stress, working long hours in different, sometimes remote locations and juggling several deadlines at once, managing working relationships that have competing priorities and demands. I know what it's like to be passionate about your work and creativity, to desire recognition for it, and also how it feels when that is compromised by factors outside of your control. 

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I found it increasingly difficult to do this work whilst balancing my own wellbeing in stressful periods, to strive to achieve my creative and professional ambitions whilst setting and maintaining healthy boundaries for myself. To succeed professionally and independently whilst working in close creative relationships involving complicated power dynamics. To work hard without giving in to the tendency to people please, and to feel secure in my employment whilst valuing my self-worth both personally and financially. 

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Through counselling, I learned strategies to overcome these issues. I began to set boundaries for a healthier work-life balance, avoiding burnout and enabling me to gain perspective and feel more empowered to choose what I wanted in my life and in my work. In the process, I realised that counselling was the right professional path for me so I made a change and retrained as an integrative counsellor. 

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My lived experience now informs the service I provide for others in the industry. I'm passionate about empowering other creative professionals to develop themselves and their careers, while supporting them through life's challenges, wether work related or otherwise. 

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