Qualifications & Experience

  • Diploma in Integrative Counselling at LIFE FORCE School of Counselling.

  • Registered Accredited Member of the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP).

  • Enhanced DBS Certificate

  • 8 years Clinical experience working with clients

  • Over 5 years in Private Practice

  • Experience with working with Adults within the NHS and within a hospice. These clients maybe experiencing life changing diagnosis or under palliative care. I also have worked with family members & friends who are experiencing a loved one going through this.

  • In addition to working with Adults, I have over 2 years experience working in a college with young people (16-18 year olds). Acquiring varied experience of working with many issues that can affect life during adolescence for example identity and self harm.

  • Continual Professional Development includes:

    • Working successfully with Men in therapy (Sept/Oct 2020)

    • Introduction to IMAGO relationship therapy (July 2020)

    • Using Creative Arts online with Children & Young People (July 2020)

    • Using Genograms in Counselling (June 2020)

    • How to Stop Nightmares (June 2020)

    • Relational Depth in Counselling & Psychotherapy (May 2020)

    • Effective Anger Management Tools for working with Men (Nov & Dec 2020)

    • Uncertainty: An Existenial Perspective - Ernesto Spinelli (Jan 2021)

    • Treating Shame: Tools & Techniques (Feb 2021)

    • A Matter of Death and Life - Irvin Yalom (March 2021)

    • Embodiment Practices for Anxiety and Trauma Recovery (March 2021)

    • Working with Co-dependency in Psychotherapeutic Practice (May 2021)

    • Cultivating Happiness (June 2021)

    • Polyvagal Theory and TA (July 2021)

    • Menopause Matters (Oct 2021)

    • Strategies to Improve Relationship ( Nov 2021)

    • Emotional Scripts ( Jan 2022)

    • Working with Addictions in Clinical Practice (Feb 2022)

    • Self Compassion: An antidote to Depression (Feb 2022)

    • The Penny Model (Feb 2022)

    • Journalling as Self Care (March 2022)

    • Resourcing Inner Child using Creativity (March 2022)

    • Working with Hopelessness and Powerlessness (March 2022)

    • Understanding Child Development and Relational & Developmental Ruptures (April 2022)

    • Using TA to work with Anger (May 2022)

    • The Body Speaks Its Mind: Pesso Boyden Healing (June 2022)

    • Creative Approach to Confidence for Counsellors (September 2022)

    • Dissociation, Depersonalisation and Derealisation (September 2022)

    • Letting Go: How to move Beyond Unhelpful Hoping (October 2022)

    • Therapy for Trauma-Related Guilt - Dr Mark Widdowson (November 2022)

    • Working with Social Anxiety - Dr Rachel Hopping (Jan 2023)

    • Working Effectively with the Inner Critic in Therapy (Jan 2023)

    • Ego States & Parts Work for Trauma - Dr Mark Widdowson (March 2023)

    • Working with Touch in the Therapy Room (March 2023)

    • Working with Depression and TA (May 2023)

    • Four Steps to Finding the Freedom of Forgiveness (June 2023)

    • Understanding Adverse Childhood Experiences (June 2023)

    • Trauma Work: A therapists Guide to 5 Dimensions of working with Trauma (July 2023)

    • Working with Trauma: The Fundamentals (July 2023)

    • NAPAC Certificate in Trauma-Informed Survivor Support (Oct 2023)

    • Working with Addictions (Nov 2023)

    • The Anxiety Series including The Traumatised Inner Child and Anxiety in the Therapy Room (March 2024)

    • Vicarious Trauma - Dr Rachel Hopping (March 2024)

    • Certificate in Online and Telephone Counselling (80+ hours CPD) (April 2024)

    • Advanced Certificate in Clinical Supervision including Online Working (Jan 2025)