HIGHLANDS COUNSELLING LAUNCESTON

For some years, my dad worked night shift at a small, residential hotel in New York City, where he was the night manager and also kept the books. He was not overly fond of his work, but fortunately he was blessed with a healthy sense of humour. As a consequence, when he arrived home in the early morning, he often had a story to tell about the goings-on, especially on week-ends, in the heart of a city that was rarely short of goings-on. There was a quality in his stories that was at the same time humorous and sad and which intrigued me and made me hunger for more. Those stories were about real people who seemed to do inspiring and appalling things in equal measure. I, of course, didn't know it then, but I believe it was nurturing in me an appreciation for the complexities of human nature and the love for stories that helped me understand them... My further journey to counselling continued with my studies in English literature at university, the writing of short stories and children's..