Telephone 07817 433300
Qualifications
Certificate in Trauma-Focused Therapy (2023)
Person Centred Counselling for Depression (2019)
Integrative Counselling Diploma Level 5 (2013)
NCFE Level 3 Counselling Skills & Theory (2010)
NCFE Level 2 Counselling Skills (2010)
City & Guilds 9281 Teaching Basic Skills (2002)
BSc (Honours) in Environmental Science (1994)
Short Courses and Workshops
I am committed to developing my knowledge and skills and I enjoy attending lots of different types of training. Here is a list of my most recent/relevant studies:
ACT100 Mindfulness and Acceptance for Self-Esteem (1 day)
Working with Relational Trauma: Dealing with Disorganised Attachment (6hrs)
Therapy Session Masterclass: Working with the pain of Loss (3hrs)
ACTivating Your Practice: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) workshop (2 days)
Therapy Session Masterclass: Working Together: A Suicide Loss Survivor and Her Grief Therapist (3hrs)
Perinatal Loss (1 day)
Birth Trauma (1 day)
Neurodiversity Workshop (2hrs)
TA101 (Transactional Analysis – Berne Institute, 3 days)
Intrusive Thoughts Webinar (2hrs)
Working with Trauma in a Time of Trauma (3 hrs)
Working with Trauma that has become stuck (3hrs)
Working with trauma triggers and flashbacks (3hrs)
Working with trauma memories (3hrs)
Understanding post-COVID syndrome (Long Covid)/Assessing and engaging people recovering after COVID/Interventions to help people recover after COVID/Further steps to help people recovering after COVID (4 x Webinars - 8hrs)
SFBT (Solution Focused Brief Therapy) (2 days)
Military Veterans Awareness (1 day)
Working with Domestic Violence (1 day)
Book Recommendations:
I’m an avid reader and often recommend useful reading to my clients, here is a selection of titles that I often recommend:
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8 Keys to Safe Trauma Recovery: Take-Charge Strategies to Empower Your Healing by Babette Rothschild
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Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents by Lindsay C. Gibson
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It's OK That You're Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn't Understand by Megan Devine
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Grief Works: Stories of Life, Death and Surviving by Julia Samuel
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The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse by Charlie Mackesy
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RESCUING THE INNER CHILD: Therapy for Adults Sexually Abused as Children by PENNY PARKS (* Trigger Warning – this book may trigger some people especially survivors).
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Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression – and the Unexpected Solutions by Johann Hari
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Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention by Johann Hari
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What Happened to You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing by Bruce D. Parry and Oprah Winfrey