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TESTIMONIALS
Example(s) from Business Clients
"I have worked with Angie for a number of years both personally and also in a team environment. Angie is exceptionally knowledgeable, engaging, empowering, and authentic. The content of all sessions with Angie can be planned and agreed in advance and can be tailored to suit the specific requirements and objectives of either myself or the team. Her ability to coach and generate an inclusive atmosphere is truly inspirational. She ensures that everyone is included and everyone has a voice. It has been a real pleasure working with Angie and both my teams and I will continue to grow based on the things we have learned working with her. Would highly recommend."
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Darren Haywood - General Manager (Prepared Meals, Kiveton)
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"I would openly recommend without hesitation the professionalism of the services offered and delivered by Angela Loraine. I feel she understood the automotive business and the pressures of everyday life that can impact a person’s mental wellbeing. With this experience she worked in a structured approach to help us reduce absence and gain early return to work where relevant. We found this service helped to engage our employee’s longer term, they were thankful and complimentary of this type of service."
HR Manager (Large Automotive Organisation in North East)
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"Here at Greencore Leeds, Angie has facilitated both a Senior Leadership Team session, which I was an attendee of, as well as a session for our team of Managers, the Deputy Leadership Team. Both sessions were centred around building team cohesion, working relationships and understanding each other better as individuals. As an attendee, I found
the session to be extremely useful in my own personal development and in building
strong working relationships with the wider team, which has improved our overall team performance.
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What I particularly enjoy about working with Angie is the way in which she listens carefully to what we, as a Business/Management, would like to achieve and then specifically tailors the session to ensure we get the outcome we want.
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Angie's style in how she facilitates the sessions is fantastic, making everybody feel at ease and comfortable to open up about things you may otherwise find difficult sharing in a group setting. The feedback from our Deputy Leaders on their team session was also excellent,
one colleague described the session as 'life-changing' and many of them are asking for us to book in another session as soon as possible! Overall, I cannot recommend Angie highly enough!"
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Shelley Mitchell-Hampton HR Business Partner – Greencore Leeds
"Angie has visited Dame Allan’s schools a couple of times in 2019 to talk about her career path and Counselling. Angie’s assembly about giving up her automotive career to return to university to study Psychology and then a Counselling degree was really motivational.
Angie explained the benefits of gathering many transferable skills eg networking and project management. She explained the importance of looking after the health of our minds. Angie’s message to our students was empowering – you can choose wherever you wish to go and with confidence you’ll get there. Angie treats each new year with excitement as it’s full of new opportunities.
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Angie is really personable and sincere and by sharing her love of life and some coping strategies with our students she has made a difference. We are really grateful for the impact she has had."
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Belinda Whitehouse, Head of Careers, Dame Allen’s Schools, Newcastle.
"Prior to your session we were not sure what to expect but you came highly recommended from our colleague Jo. We found the session very informative, relevant to everyone and you related extremely well to all members of the group with your open, warm, friendly, engaging manner and what you said fitted in perfectly with our course. We found you to have an excellent style of delivery maintaining a professional approach whilst keeping the whole group engaged on a personal level. The breathing exercises that you demonstrated to the group were extremely simple but also very effective and we all felt most relaxed and equipped with a tool to use in the ‘real world’. You had fantastic insight into what was the best way to utilise the time you were given with the group."
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Emma and Charlie – Action for Children
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Team Building Work
"Angie lead a team building day for us, the format of the day was great and the tasks we performed really kept us engaged. Angie was passionate about her work and this was evident during the day, the activities introduced by Angie prompted a lot of self-reflection on my journey home which proves to me the impact of them. The activities that resonated with me the most were the tree and the drawing task, I have used both these activities in my own team meetings and some training session that I have delivered and they have been very well received."
Deanna Rogerson - IPL (International & Procurement Logistics) Ltd
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“I really enjoyed my 2 days with Angie and the team, I feel I learned a lot about myself on my own reflections on where I am in the team and career but also the people that I am going to be working with. I experienced a level of honesty and openness that I hadn’t previously encountered yet in my career and I think were it not for the format of the days and the tasks we performed this wouldn’t have been the case”.
“Angie was phenomenal, her ability to facilitate discussion between us was fantastic. Her conscientious, passionate and positive personality radiated through her discussion with each activity. I feel privileged and thankful for experiencing these days with her at the helm. Great away days”
“New team finding out about each other. The activities were very enlightening especially the tree and the cinema time line.”
“The opportunity to discuss feelings and concerns and thoughts as individuals and team members. I feel like this increased bonding and build relationships. Great for me in this new SLT position.”
“Approaching the day with an open mind made the experience more valuable to me. I went with no ideas of what were going to cover over the 2 days and wasn’t told either. I think this allowed me to keep an open mind and allowed me to make the most of the tasks”
“Really enjoyed our time together found the venue very relaxed which gave an openness to the days. Angie, your energy and focus was excellent”
“Really enjoyable day, I came away feeling like we had connected better as a team and understood each other’s frustrations a little better.”
“Very enjoyable and Angie was great!”
“Overall I really enjoyed the activities they were very useful as an ice breaker for everyone.”
“Fantastic time – great to see everyone working together and pulling in the same direction.”
One to One Clients
"I had one on one counselling with Angie. She really helped me a lot. I immediately felt comfortable with Angie when I met her. She’s nice, very approachable and a good listener. She helped me put things in prospective and I’ll forever be grateful for that.
I was having problems with my family relationships, especially my mother. I would be in a good frame of mind when I visited my mother, happy, confident and full of life. But when I left I was a wreck. I couldn’t sleep and would lose a lot of weight. This happened most times when I would fly to the States to visit her. Angie helped me a lot by putting things in perspective. With Angie’s help I became strong again. Angie also helped me with my relationships with my partner and siblings. I’m a much happier person now, can easily sleep at night and am very successful in my professional life. My partner and I are best of friends again. And my relationship with my siblings has improved greatly. My mother has since passed away and I handled her funeral with ease."
Jean - Sunderland
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"I was in a very dark place in my life. For a long while I didn’t know how to deal with it and my work pointed me to Angie. After the first session wow I felt really good she has an amazing skill of getting to grips with what’s happening - a great help. After each session I felt I was getting better and was on the right track. What an amazing job she did I cannot thank
Angie enough for getting my life back. Please don’t be stubborn like I was! Seek help and you will see life really is worth living. Thank you so much Angie for all your help and keep doing what you’re doing."
David S – Automotive Manuf, Washington
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"Angie has been a life saver" is the only way I could put it. She has built me up from my lowest and I can't believe how far I've come in less than 2 years with her help and support. Thank you Angie for everything."
Stu, Tyne and Wear
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"I've always thought of myself as a competent person who held everything together and never thought I'd ever need to talk to someone like Angie. How wrong I was.
My wife and daughter had suggested for a while that I should speak to someone and I'm so glad that I finally took the step and gave Angie a call.
On our first phone conversation and at our first meeting I was a complete mess and all of the problems I was dealing with just came flooding out. Angie very quickly made me realise just how much emotional stuff I was carrying around with me and that I'd been carrying it for a very long time.
After just one session with Angie I immediately felt so much lighter and a calmness came over me that I cannot describe or explain.
I never thought it would be worth speaking to someone because they might think I was worrying about minor things but it was getting me really upset and I was feeling really low some days. I was listening to the radio one day and a lady was talking about having a guardian angel and I thought heck I could really do with one of those right now. Well,
I found one.
Angie is a very special person who has found her right place helping people in this world.
I can honestly say I feel much more myself now, in fact I feel even better than that. If anyone else thinks they might just need to talk to someone, give this lady a call."
Kevin, Northumberland
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"My very first conversation with Angie was embarrassingly inaudible from my end due to the mess I had managed to allow myself to get into. The final conversation I had with Angie was a completely different story, I had not only regained my strength and confidence but they had improved no end. Angie, helped me through an extremely dark time in my life that had been building up for some time resulting in me losing myself and the ability to think rationally or see things clearly.
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Today I am delighted to say I am a completely different me, the me that I was always meant to be but didn’t quite know how to be that person. Angie gave me the guidance to use the tools I already had but didn’t quite know how to, my mental strength is stronger than ever and I am not afraid to act upon what my gut, heart & head direct me in. My confidence continues to grow with each day and my life belongs to me again. I have made many life changing decisions throughout my journey with Angie and I know that I will continue to grow both mentally and spiritually as a result. Thank you Angie for helping me to become the person I am today."
Jane, NHS
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"I had been battling with Depression for more than 20 years. After a previous bad experience with a Counsellor I was very sceptical and nervous to try again. Angie put me at ease quite quickly with her calm and friendly approach. Angie did not judge or stereotype me and didn’t try to confuse me with jargon. Everything Angie said was simple and easy to understand and I was able to make progress quickly. I now feel free for the first time in my life! I recommend Angie very highly as she has made a big difference to my life in only 5 sessions."
Nicola, NHS
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"Angie should be very proud of her willingness and drive to focus on me and ‘put me back on track’ – without Angie I would have been ‘elsewhere’. Angie developed me more and gave me direction and confidence – well done!!"
Colin, Tensar
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"Thank you very much Angie for everything you have done for me and my family. You make a massive difference to peoples lives, and you should be very proud. I will never forget you."
Paul, Automotive, Washington
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"I just wanted to say a massive thank you for all of your time and your help. You have done so much for me. In giving me strength, I have found my way. Without you I would still be lost. Thank you for giving me the confidence to stand on my own again. I will never forget how you have changed my life. Thank you from the bottom of my heart."
Thanks, Megan
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"I just want to say thank you. I believe God sent you to help me through a difficult time in my life. I know His grace and love will always be there. I shall try always to look on the positive side and will probably keep remembering things you said throughout our sessions.
Thank God there are people like you, for people like me."
God bless you, Christine
"Angie is very warm and approachable and made me feel comfortable in my first session.
I feel I have made great progress in a very short time and I am very happy with the service."
Nicola, NHS
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"Carry on with what you are doing as the service you provide has been amazing for me and I have grown as a person because of the help and support – thank you."
Michaela – NHS
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"Angie has helped me to turn my life around. After some very traumatic life events, I am now able to move forward and live a positive and fulfilling life. I definitely couldn’t have done this on my own, or even with other Counsellors.Thank you Angie"
Jo, South Shields
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"Angie has really helped me build my confidence and helped me to not take myself too seriously all the time. I’ve found these sessions really helpful and can take away some very useful techniques from the session."
Lee, Automotive, Washington.
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"I would recommend this service to anyone who is having problems. Within a couple of months I have gone from not being able to cope with daily life back to my confident self."
Dave, Corporate Food, Sheffield
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"Angie was brilliant, without her help I don’t think I would have come as far as I have.
Every session was something different."
George, Automotive, Washington
"Excellent service. Would recommend the service to other NHS staff."
Lesley, NHS
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"I just wanted to thank you for everything you have done for me. I cannot thank you enough for what you have done for me. I truly feel for the first time that I have sorted so many issues out. I feel like a totally different person now."
Lucy
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"Your thoughtfulness was wonderful,
Your help second to none,
And the thank you in this message,
Is a really heartfelt one."
Thank you, Lynn
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"Angie, I just wanted to say thank you for all your help and support. I would not be where I am now if it wasn’t for you. Thank you very much."
Jenny
"Just to say thank you for all your wise words, and for listening to me."
Louise
"Angie, Doing things for others is such a special art, and it deserves a Thank You directly from the heart.
Heartfelt thanks for the:-
R eflections
E mpathy
S upport
P ositivity
E ncouragement
C hallenge
T ime – to focus on me
It’s been a very rewarding experience and a fabulous journey, thanks for starting it with me."
Tracey
"Dear Angie, You’re a star! You have helped me in so many ways – thank you. I won’t ever forget how wonderful you are!"
Love Pixie - North Tyneside
"Thank you so much for all your support – you have been my rock! I’ll always be grateful for the time you’ve given me and making me believe in myself and love myself again. For a long time I was lost – not anymore and its all thanks to how wonderful and supportive you are. I’m so thankful for everything."
Love & Hugs Carolyn - North Tyneside
"A big huge ‘Thank You’ Angie for being you, being a ‘human’ Counsellor and getting me through so much, I am a much stronger, confident person now and a lot is due to you. Hope you continue to help all us lost souls."
Yr a good’n, Chris
"To Ang, Thank you from the bottom of my heart, your help has been invaluable to me. You have made my life so much better and given me the tools to Respect and Love myself. I have a totally different outlook on life now and that is thanks to you. You are a wonderful person. I cannot thank you enough."
Love Nichola
"Dear Angie, Thank you so much for all your help and support in working with me over the last few months. Your empathetic and insightful approach has been instrumental in my journey to feeling well again. Thanks again for your time and patience."
Sheelagh - NHS
"To Angie, Thank you for your help, patience and understanding. Not to mention the coffee and boxes of tissues. For the first time I feel ready to look forward and not constantly looking back at what if."
Thank you Doreen x - Gateshead
"Thanks for your help. I can look forward not back!"
Neil - Sunderland
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"I was a bit surprised at how it worked with Angie. I was expecting to be given a list of things to do to help me and then discuss how it was going after completing or doing them but it ended up I did most of the talking and it all came out what the problems were. All I needed was a vehicle to discuss things and I'm glad to say this was it."
Anon
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“The most helpful part of the service was being able to talk to Angie and express my thoughts and feelings about the problems I had. Angie has listened and prompted some thoughts about how I tackle issues and relationships by asking the right questions and making me feel more valued and in control.”
George – Hebburn
“Whilst I hope not to return I would have no problem in recommending the service to others, especially if they are the same calibre as Angie.”
Roger – Hebburn
“Very pleased with the service as the advice and guidance have helped me along the way.
Tony – Automotive Manuf – Washington
“I am very grateful for these sessions. It has been a very tough last few months and the help I have received has been brilliant as I have found it hard to cope with everything.
Paul – Automotive Manuf – Washington
“I’ve been given the means to focus on what’s important”
John – Houghton le Spring
“Angie has listened, been non-judgemental. Taught me it’s okey to feel how I have and gave me guidance to help.”
Anon – Peterlee
“Excellent, really helpful providing tools to help me come to terms with stuff that’s blocking my happiness. Also helping me listen and pay attention to my inner child”
Jacqui - NHS
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“I wound myself really struggling for the first time when COVID made me strip back and focus on me for the first time ever. From that very first phone call with Angie I knew that she was going to be able to help me. She put me really at ease and was very approachable and friendly. During all our sessions we talked about technique in the ’Angie Way’ – no complicated jargon or difficult to understand approaches. These really stuck with me and made it easy to apply to situations that were happening at the time. The sessions with Angie have definitely helped me turn myself around and given me tools for life – a massive thank you again”
Jade W – Warrington
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“I’ve been blow away by Angie’s help and guidance throughout the process of my counselling. I came to her feeling worthless and low. I didn’t realise till now when it’s over just how low I was. The way it had taken hold of me was affecting every aspect of my life and I couldn’t figure out why but knew I needed some help. That first session I couldn’t even talk to her just sobbed into the phone! She was so patient and believes in her methods. She doesn’t pigeon hole anyone and tailors to each individuals needs and she most certainly found the path for me.
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If you are open to her it can be a mind blowing and sometimes as in my case a life changing experience which I would highly recommend her to anyone.
Thank you Angie for joining me on my journey.”
Helen C – NHS
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“I first saw Angie a couple of years ago when I was at my lowest point after burning out.
She helped me understand what was happening internally and how I could recover. The
skills and tools put in place have changed the way I approach and think about challenges
in life. I recently struggled to come to terms with all the changes made due to COVID. I came back to Angie for a couple of sessions which helped me process all the going on through the goings on through the crisis. I can honestly say that the time with Angie has changed my life and I feel very grateful that she has helped me. Do not hesitate to see
Angie as she is brilliant.”
Alan R - Newcastle
Group Work Clients
"Dear Angie, Well what can I say, you are an inspiration. You have helped me make such a difference in my life. You helped me to realise I am a worthy person and that I will complete my journey of recovery. You always give off such a positivity that is contagious. Everyone including my therapist has seen a change in me for the Good. I can’t thank you enough. I have started making positive changes and will continue to do so. I have even decided to go to college and retrain something I would never of thought of 8 weeks ago. Keep that positive attitude because anyone that meets you gets healing just from a few moments in your presence."
Thank you, Lisa
"Dear Angie, I just wanted to say thank you for all your help. I know you’re just doing your job, but I think you’re an amazing woman. I think coming to see you has been the best 8 hours of my time I’ve spent! I feel I have grown as a person and I will be eternally grateful for that."
Thank you so much, Michelle
"Angie, It’s hard to put into words how much I appreciate everything you’ve done for me. You’ve listened, guided and encouraged me and more than anyone else, enabled me to realise many aspects. You’re one of the most wonderful people I’ve met and thanks to the support you’ve given me. I can see I’m important too, not just others in my life.
You’re an inspiration and because of this I’ve come a long way."
Thank you so much, Carolyn
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"Angie, Thank you so much for all your help. I feel like I’ve been let out of prison.
Thank you . Here’s to a happy future."
Nicola
"Thank you for such wonderful words of wisdom. You have been a
true blessing to me."
Mary xx
Success Stories
A SURVIVOR
Where do I start, I’ll keep this truthful and from the bottom of my heart!
I’m the most stubborn, honest, thoughtful, caring person out there. A proper old fashioned mans man you’ll ever come across. Always put other people first than myself. I would go out of my way to help people, if it’s a friend, family member or even some random person I’ve never met before. It would be at any/no cost to me even if it would cost me my life. This was all down to me wanting to be part of a family, wanting to be loved, help people close to me. The negative side of this is the aggression, anger, violence and most of all not doing what I wanted and not having that real connection with my inner self. Yes I’ve tried to commit suicide in the past, I wasn’t scared to die and wanted to die in the past. But since I had the courage to reach out and swallow my pride and ask for help my life has changed 1 million times over. I do not get aggressive, angry, swear, shout, use my fists, stress, suffer from anxiety or worry any more.
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What I do now though is, I remove myself from the situation if I feel myself going to get stressed, angry or kick off. It’s all about healthy boundaries, minimum contact, minimum info. Also I take step back and think right is this issue mine or somebody else’s problem. It’s not the situation that’s the problem it’s how you let the situation affect you. Believe you me I’ve witnessed domestic violence as a child, had my heart broken by the love of my life, the mother of my 2 beautiful children about her lies over massive amounts of debt. Yes it was hard, emotional, painful, stressful, and heart wrenching breaking my family up but what I did realise that I’m not perfect and all the issue’s that affected me in my life are actions by other people who I loved and I wasn’t mentally insane. I just let their actions affect me. This all changed from my 1st session. The lady who turned my life around is a beautiful lady called Angie Loraine. Wow!! She is good. Honestly she has been called the Fairy Godmother of Tyneside, believe you me she can work wonders. I had an instant connection with her from day one, right until the end. I had 11 sessions with her.
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I hope this testimony will encourage people out there to seek help, doesn’t matter how big or small you think your problem is, a problem shared is a problem halved. Angie is that good. I’ve even told her if I ever marry you’ll be there. That’s how much I’m truly grateful for her help! She is so kind, thoughtful, caring lady that I owe my life to her. Without her work I can honestly say I would have killed myself because I was in a very dark/bad place. Now I’m happy, free, smile on my face, looking forwards to the future with a spring in my step and being positive. This is all down to the work of Angie Loraine.
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Thank you again Angie.
I’ll see you at my wedding – love Stephen S – Automotive Manuf. Washington.
Hello Angie,
I want to express my gratitude for you helping me find my way through the psychological fog which had been blocking my vision. I believe people come into our lives for reasons and you came into mine to help me see that it was, indeed, only psychological fog that was blocking my vision and that my answers had been there all the time. Without realising we create this fog ourselves which can then detach us from what is real and obvious – maybe to protect ourselves at that time from things that seem overwhelming to deal with because, for some reason unknown, it is not the right time to do that. But now, after clearing that fog away I can see perfectly what has been there all the time – The answers to my questions. There could be lots of reasons why that fog came down but, that does not matter. What does matter is that I cleared it so that I could see again after losing my way. And that feels good.
Angie, I have enjoyed exploring myself again because you have given me a new tool that I can use and keep in that psychological toolbox of mine. So thank you for that gift. Our conversations have been good ones and I have looked forward to them and been grateful for them. You have supported, guided and motivated me and for that I am grateful.
I struggle with endings and I know it’s because of how I form relationships then have to sometimes let them go. But I am realising that endings are also beginnings and that is something to look forward to.
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Very kind regards – John Y
Hello Angie,
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It’s hard to put into words just how grateful I, and my family are to you. When I first started our sessions I felt very scared and extremely low for as long as I can remember. I hadn’t felt like me anymore. Every day I was just going through the motions of being a Mam, daughter, Partner, Aunty, Sister, Friend and work colleague.
I had let everything that had happened to me in the last 3 years eat away at me and hoped it would all go away. But crying every day in front of my baby boy was definitely not right and I felt like I was letting him down by not being the Mammy he deserved. You helped me massively by showing me how to deal with what had happened and also to deal with what was coming my way.
I know I have a way to go and I know I will still face hurdles, but I now feel stronger and more like the Sandra I was, to be able to deal with these things.
You are a lovely kind and sensitive lady who has made a massive difference in mine and my families life.
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
From Sandra xxx
Poem of hope from a
Survivor of Domestic Abuse
ABUSE
Why me???
Life is strange, who would have thought I would have ended up in this situation….not me, it doesn’t happen to people like me.
I’m a ‘normal’ person, come from a happy, loving large family, I had friends, I have a good job.
Was it something I said, something I did!!
Must have been…
When I look back now, I can see what others saw, friends, family…the control,
It was like a dripping tap; little by little he took my life from me.
We moved away from my family,
He was constantly on the phone, at first I thought how sweet, he loves me so much but
now I realise he was checking up on me, where was I? Who was I with? What time would
I be back?
He would cause an argument whenever I was due to go out, so I stopped going out,
it was easier.
He found it amusing to make a laughing stock out of me in front of his friends, but deep down I think they thought he was the idiot, which helped me cope with the situation.
Friends stopped coming to the house as he said such embarrassing things.
The long it went on, the more my confidence was knocked.
I rarely spoke to people, I began to look at the floor if I was out, and if someone looked at me I believe d there was something wrong with me. Why would anyone want to look at me?
I began to live in a very negative world, I got depressed but at the time couldn’t work out why. As time went on I dreaded going back to the house, never knew what frame of mind he’d be in, constantly walking on egg shells, keep him happy, and pretend that everything was fine for the sake of the kids.
I was lucky, I have good family and friends who have supported me, once I eventually realised the trap I was in, I went on courses and realised I’m not the only one who goes through this, it happens to people in all walks of lives, it happens in various ways, I also went to a Counsellor, what a God send, she made me believe in myself, gave me confidence, plenty of tissues and allowed me to talk and talk and talk, if Angie could only be cloned this world would be a much happier place to live in.
Life has been a struggle, so many situations, problems, hurdeles whatever you want to call them that have to be overcome, but be strong, positive and you will get there, there is light at the end of the tunnel and an enjoyable life will follow and you will once again learn to smile, laugh, trus and love…..
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Believe me. I did it. Chrissy - N. Tyneside