the.person.centre

Welcome.

I am Kalba Meadows, an English-speaking person-centred therapist now living and practising in Ariège, in the foothills of the Pyrénées in southern France. I worked in for many years with diverse individuals and groups, in non-statutory organisations and in staff training, before taking time out to study full time at the University of East Anglia, graduating with a Post Graduate Diploma in Counselling in 1995, and then with a research-based Master of Arts in Counselling Studies in 1998.

Over the last fifteen years as a professional therapist I have worked within counselling organisations and in private practice, with individuals, couples and groups and as a supervisor and trainer. At the same time, I've always felt that in the interest of balance it's crucial to have a non-counselling component to my life, and so alongside my work as a therapist and trainer I have (amongst other things) co-run a small restaurant with rooms, designed websites, written for journals and magazines and been involved in environmental campaigning; I continue also to practise and teach holistic massage and other therapeutic bodywork, and to offer hospitality to people of all nationalities for holidays and retreats.

I moved to Ariège in 2007 with my partner John; I'm into people, walking, writing, wildlife, food, wine, growing things, environmental issues, dance and voice, contemplation, living, being ... and offering time and space to other people for their own journeys of discovery and understanding. From our home near the village of Rimont (between Foix and Saint Girons, and accessible from Haute Garonne and western Aude as well as within Ariège), I offer English language professional counselling and psychotherapy for individuals, couples, families and groups.