07/09/2022
Meet Rich Taylor, Co-Founder of Haulm and one of your Level 4 Tutors 👋🏻
“Being truly heard and understood by another can be such a rarity, and I myself went a long time without it. The preciousness of such a seemingly simple thing is rarely lost on me, and is part of the reason I love being a counsellor and tutor. The touching humanity of the people I get to meet with, and the ups and downs we explore can be hard to do justice to succinctly, but I feel honoured that I get to engage with my fellow people in those ways.
Having been trusted as a listener since I was a young teenager, my first training was with the Samaritans, where I volunteered for 4 years. I then began my training to become a Counsellor at MSc level, completing a Post Graduate Diploma in Person-Centred Counselling (accredited by the BACP) at the prestigious Metanoia Institute.
The Person-Centred Approach has coloured and enriched my life in a big way. For me it’s a profound and fascinating lens through which to understand and appreciate people and the world. It enhances my engagement with ‘high brow’ stuff like the arts, culture, spirituality and politics, as well as ‘low brow’ favourites like sport, Love Island and pop music. I can go on about the deep PC philosophy in Moana any day of the week, for example.
Having become quickly disillusioned with standards while teaching for a local college, and the rife misunderstanding of the Person-Centred Approach in the therapeutic field, I co-founded and am a co-tutor on the CPCAB Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling course at Haulm in Hove. It’s a tremendous source of passion, nourishment, challenge, tiredness and pride.”
Find out more about Rich at www.richtaylorcounselling.com ✨