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 to improve the services I offer.

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

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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.

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