Qualifications and Experience

Qualifications 

  • BA (Hons) (1st) Therapeutic Counselling and Psychotherapy
  • Level 5 Clinical Counselling Supervision
  • National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society – Accredited registrant
  • Rewind Technique – Post Traumatic Stress, Trauma or Phobias  – Dr D Muss
  • Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling (CPCAB)
  • Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Studies (CPCAB)
  • Level 3 Award in Education and Training PTLLS
  • Level 2 Certificate in Understanding Domestic Abuse
  • NCFE Level 2 Certificate in Equality and Diversity
  • Awareness in Bereavement Care (Ascentis)
  • ABC Accredited Cruse Bereavement Counsellor
  • Samaritans Support Volunteer Training

Ongoing Training 

I am committed to ongoing training as part of my personal and professional development.

Continuing Professional Development Certificates

  • Child’s Grief – Cruse Bereavement Care.
  • Safeguarding – Child protection and protecting vulnerable adults.
  • Anticipatory Grief and Maintaining Hope.
  • Death by Suicide.
  • Freedom programme – Domestic Violence and Abuse.
  • Sudden and Traumatic Death –
  • Cruse Bereavement Care.
  • Understanding and Working with Depression
  • Working Therapeutically with Gender Identity.
  • Treating Generalised Anxiety
  • Disorder and Panic Attacks.
  • Eating disorders workshop – Lifestuff
  • Working with Mental Health issues.
  • Art Therapy – creative workshops.
  • Diane Stevens Assessment training.
  • Working creatively with bereaved children and young people – Cruse Bereavement Care.
  • Developing Relationships – Pip Wilson
  • Working therapeutically with Russian Dolls
  • Stress management
  • Working with Dissociative Disorders in Clinical Practice – PODS training
  • Sibling work in Bereavement – Cruse Supervision
  • Working with Metaphors – Cruse Supervision
  • Managing Anger in the Therapy Room
  • Managing Sexual Tension in the Therapy Room
  • Working with PTSD
  • Dealing with Distress: Working with suicide and self-harm – PODS training
  • Trauma and the Body, Somatisation and Dissociation – PODS training
  • Child Sexual Abuse – Hope for Healing – Carolyn Spring
  • Counselling Couples tool kit – Counselling Academy  SJ Mason
  • Suicide prevention training
  • Working with Narcissistic personality disorder – Counselling Academy  SJ Mason
  • Helping clients with anger issues – Counselling Academy SJ Mason
  • Trauma-informed Practice when Working with Complex PTSD and Childhood Sexual Abuse

Experience

Over 10 years of experience running a private practice in Deeping St.James working with young people, adults, and couples. I also provide clinical supervision to qualified counsellors.

Creative Therapy with adults and children in schools and private practice.

Cruse Bereavement Volunteer working with children aged 8 and above, young people and adults.

Working with ages 16 to 18  in schools – Diane Stevens Counselling Volunteer.

Young Persons Counselling Services working with ages 11 to 16.

Samaritans volunteer.

Holistic Therapist, 22 years in private practice.