Ang Higgins

If any of you have ever done a bio you’ll know it’s not a quick or easy thing to write. 

I feel that we are very quick and easy to be down on ourselves and find it very difficult to find the positives. One of the many things I help clients with. 

I was born in the 60s with four older brothers and an older sister. By the time I came along my eldest brother was 12, by the time I started school he was already in the workforce. All of my older brothers used to spoil me bringing me sweets or comics home from their day at work. Which turned me into a spoilt child, which is never a good thing, fortunately I’ve turned out okay. 

My German father and English mother were the first couple in England to marry when the ban was lifted for an English person to marry a German prisoner of war in this country. My father got married in his POW uniform and had to be back at the POW camp for 19:00hrs that day. Their wedding was splashed all over the tabloids which created a lot of hate mail for my mother and a lot of physical and verbal abuse from passers-by when they were out together and he was in his POW uniform. With a German surname my brothers also suffered physical and verbal abuse during their school days. Here is the link https://youtu.be/NYvvVU_c9c4

to the programme all about their story if you are interested in watching it. 

Due to being very spoilt as a child I became very strong willed and also rebellious. Although very negative at the time it has put me in good stead to be the strong person that I am now.

I got married in my early 20s and had a daughter and a son Their ages are very close together. When our son started primary school I started my teaching degree whilst doing a part-time job and looking after two youngsters. It was tough but we all came out the other side unscathed. I had 26 happy years of teaching. The last 16 of those working with youngsters with special needs mainly autism. 

The last two years of my teaching I was also doing a counselling diploma, which was very hard going. I’m pleased to say I passed that and went onto work for an organisation as a Bereavement Counsellor. Having lived in Hampshire all my life we visited East Devon regularly and decided one day we would like to set up our forever home there. We moved there in October 2020. I felt very blessed to be able to continue the work that I was doing having moved 2 counties away. 

In October 2021 I decided to start up my own counselling private practice from my office in the front of our house. 

I feel my niche is still working with young people, people with additional needs and bereaved people. I also specialise in relationships, anxiety, mental health and trauma counselling. 

My personal interests are mindfulness, gratification, golf, walking, socialising and art. 

Thank you for taking the time to read my bio and I wish you well.