Love-Centred Counselling
Robin Ravenhill
Registered Counsellor
I am an experienced counsellor. I work with adults and couples, children and young people from all walks of life. I help people whatever their circumstances, with a wide range of challenges, including many who have experienced seriously unloving behaviour, trauma and abuse, and may be suffering from PTSD.
Please see my Testimonials below.
I graduated in 2003 from the OneSpirit Interfaith Foundation in London. The Foundation provides a powerful counselling training which takes us to the very core of who we are, whatever our beliefs, and provides us with the insights and tools to heal the real causes of pain, suffering and limitation.
To me, the word spirit is just another word for love, and OneSpirit simply means that we are all made of love. In the end, if such words have any real value, they direct us towards an experience of the truth of who we are as love.
If you are religious, let love be your God
If you are agnostic, let love be your Guide
If you are an atheist, let love be your Truth
During my training at the Foundation we were asked to come up with a personal vow, a promise to ourselves that would help us to heal and grow and be true to ourselves. Our primary relationship is the one we have with ourselves, and all other relationships depend on it, so this felt important to me, even vital. It took a while, but eventually the words came and settled into a simple vow that felt real to me. Here it is: 'I vow to grow in love'.
Well, this is a great vow I thought to myself for a while. However, before long I began to feel something was missing. It felt real, but not real enough. Whenever I said it, I just wasn't convinced. I needed it to be stronger ... strong enough to see me through anything. And so, as a measure of my commitment to myself and my family and the world, I supercharged it like this: 'I vow to grow in love - whatever it takes, no matter what, at any cost'. And that’s when it became a truly powerful vow, one that really has helped me to heal my painful stories, transform my resistance and limitations and deliver me to myself in the here and now.
My work now, my calling, is to help others to heal and grow and return to healthy self-love. Of course, I remain an apprentice to love, as we all are. We're not here to be perfect, but we are here to undo our pain, to unpack who we are and be authentically ourselves in the world.
About Me
"I think you are a star at being genuinely and completely you with no holding back. You naturally see people and where they are in their life journey."
- Sarah Flynn
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"I don’t know anyone else who can cut through to the essentials like you." - M S
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"Thank you for helping me to open the door so much wider. I'm beginning to see more clearly who I really am." - J M
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"I found Robin at a time of devastating physical crisis. Suddenly afflicted with incapacitating pain after a ‘flu’ last year, I was diagnosed first with psoriatic arthritis and then fibromyalgia. I was in a state of constant, overwhelming and debilitating pain rendering me unable to use my arms, and had experienced a riot of other symptoms alongside repeated severe adverse reactions to conventional medicine.
The help and guidance Robin has given me on the path to full recovery has been immeasurable. Robin has adeptly supported my physical and psychological healing, where conventional treatments fell short. I am profoundly grateful for Robin’s astute holistic approach.
Thank you, Robin, for supporting me through this adventurous process of deep healing with your warmth, lightness of being, depth and breadth of knowledge, penetrating perception, and wise guidance." - Nicky Beele
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"I met Robin over a year ago at a time in my life when I was so lost that I could not even identify what the specific problem was. Therefore, talking about the problem seemed impossible because I did not really know where my negative feelings were coming from.
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Meeting Robin every one or two months for a year has changed my life. His love-centred approach helped me to focus on the ‘real’ me and on accepting myself just the way I am. Learning to accept my questions about life and relationships. Learning to accept and observe my emotions and feelings, even the ones we call ‘bad’. Helping me to change the way I feel about myself has helped me change the way I feel about others. “If you are willing to change, then everyone and everything around you will change.” This may be the most precious piece of advice Robin has given me. Looking deeply into my own self has led me to understand and feel empathy and love for others in situations where before I felt hurt and angry.
Robin gives you the space, time, active listening and guidance you need to find your way back to love and conscious living."
- Hayley Tapp
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"My counselling sessions with Robin allowed me to explore my situation in an open, honest and non judgemental way and his encouragement to look at my life through a lens of love and not fear helped me to figure out the right decisions to take moving forward. Robin was very easy to talk to, and I felt that he genuinely wanted to help me. My perspective shifted to a much healthier place during our sessions and I left with a much better understanding of myself. I would thoroughly recommend Robin for counselling."
- Claire Gill
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"The first time I met Robin, he asked a simple question with such sincerity it punctured a hole right through me. It was, I came to learn, typical of Robin's style; perceptive, curious and electric. Running on fear in a fearful world, I came to him looking for a path and the courage to take it. Robin proved to be an invaluable ally on that journey. Our sessions have been enjoyable, mind-expanding and, most importantly, encouraging. His love-centred approach is refreshing; it pushes past all distractions to get straight to the heart of the matter. What could be more important?"
- Chris McMath
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"Every time I come to see you, you manage to give me just what I need to move things along!"
- N B
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"You were the only person I could talk to, you’ve made it so easy for me." - Jo Skeggs
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