{"id":1297,"date":"2022-06-16T11:19:42","date_gmt":"2022-06-16T11:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/andywolagecounselling.co.uk\/?page_id=1297"},"modified":"2025-01-15T12:37:18","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T12:37:18","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/andywolagecounselling.co.uk\/index.php\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About me"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1297\" class=\"elementor elementor-1297\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6f0f179b elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6f0f179b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-59037e19\" data-id=\"59037e19\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-d0ada85 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d0ada85\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-ae695f3\" data-id=\"ae695f3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94beee2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"94beee2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 500;\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\">I grew up in Nottingham in the 1970s and graduated from university with a degree in Mathematics with Computing. To be honest, I discovered that I wasn&#8217;t really very good at maths and I took all the computing options because I found them easier! I was fortunate that this was at the time when computing was a growth industry and coupled with a move to the south of the UK I fell into a long career in IT, as a programmer, support engineer and\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5); font-size: 1rem;\">occasional project manager<\/span><span style=\"background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5); font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 500;\">My 35 years or so in IT has been a rewarding experience, but some years ago I felt I needed a change. My experience of counselling, which you can read about\u00a0<a title=\"My counselling journey\" href=\"https:\/\/andywolagecounselling.co.uk\/index.php\/why-i-became-a-counsellor\/\">here<\/a>, led me to train as a counsellor. I feel an immense privilege in being able to work alongside people as they make positive change to their lives. I still work part time in the IT industry, alongside counselling.<\/p><p style=\"font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 500;\">I am married with an adult son and two cats. Aside from my family and cats, my passion is music. I wish I could play an instrument, but sadly my attempts to master the guitar have failed so far &#8211; but I love music of all kinds, especially when performed live. 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