Jessica Davies

I grew up in the Wicklow Mountains, in Ireland and lived my teenage years divided between rural Dorset and New York City. Having lived in London for nearly thirty years, I am now based in south Somerset and am interested in how we can live well, wherever we are. With over twenty years experience working in the charitable sector, I was drawn to train with Re-Vision: Counselling and Psychotherapy with a Soulful Perspective because of their belief that counselling and psychotherapy are vital for transformation in troubled times. For more information about Re-Vision, please see re-vision.org.uk. I am also a practicing member of the Community of Spiritual Directors associated with the London Centre for Spirituality. For more information about spiritual direction, please see lcsd.org.uk. With a particular interest in supporting people through bereavement and loss of any kind, I draw on my experience as a bereavement counsellor at a central London Hospice, as well as in private practice. You may have suffered a recent bereavement or be looking for support as you prepare for the death of someone close to you. You may not have been able to grieve the losses you experienced in childhood, the death of a parent or sibling or you may have suffered another kind of loss that has impacted your life. Sometimes we need to grieve the things we have hoped for and never had – our unfulfilled hopes and dreams. Supporting family members and people we love with dementia can be overwhelming. I work with clients to navigate the practical and emotional challenges that a diagnosis can bring up, as well as providing ongoing therapeutic support. Together, we can make room for these experiences and look at how they are shaping your story. “It was through the dark waters of grief that I came to touch my un-lived life, by at last unleashing my unshed tears for the losses in my world. Grief led me back into a world that was vivid and radiant. There is some strange intimacy between grief and aliveness, some sacred exchange between what seems unbearable and what is most exquisitely alive.” Francis Weller