MSc Creative Writing for Therapeutic Purposes - Award: Distinction - Metanoia

FdSc Counselling (Integrative) - Award: Merit - Greenwich University

ABC NVQ Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Skills and Theory

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Barnardo's Adoption Service Certificate - supplier number: 79583

 

EMDR Therapy Parts 1, 2, 3 and 4 - Richard Mitchell; EMDR Works

Certificate in CBT with Heart? - Hemmings Field Associates; BACP Endorsed

Certificate in Attachment Focused Therapy - Barnardo's

Certificate in Young Persons Counselling - Alton Counselling Service

Certificate in Counselling Couples - Basingstoke Counselling Service

Advanced Certificate in Working with Couples - Juliet Grayson; COSRT Endorsed

Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) course - Barbara Boxhall

Level 2 Certificate in Nutrition and Healthy Eating

Level 2 Certificate in Self-harm and Suicide Awareness and Prevention

 

BA(Hons) English & History                                                                                         

Postgraduate Certificate in Education (Primary) - qualified teacher status (QTS)

 

I am a registered and accredited member of the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (MBACP Accredited) and abide by their Ethical Framework for the Counselling Professions (2018).

www.bacp.co.uk/ethical_framework

 

My on-going interests and continuing professional development (CPD) include:-

 

• Otherness in Counselling & Psychotherapy - Dr Dwight Turner: Metanoia

• Stopping Antidepressants - Royal College of Psychiatrists

• A Secure Base in the Therapy Room - Dr Gwen Adshead; Basingstoke Counselling Service

• Developmental Trauma - Lynne Davis; Petersfield Counselling Service

• Communication and Difference - Mary Clegg; COSRT Endorsed

• Meeting Your Partner's Needs - Mary Clegg; COSRT Endorsed

• Internal Family Systems - Paula Biles; Petersfield Counselling Service

• Working with Adoption - Barnardo's

• Sex, Arousal and Ageing - Mary Clegg; COSRT Endorsed

• Growth Mindset and Building Resilience - Hampshire County Council

• Getting Started with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) - Lucy Dorey

• Understanding and Working with Anxiously Attached Clients - Linda Cundy

• Dealing with Affairs - Mary Clegg; COSRT Endorsed

• Couples in Conflict - Nicola Jones; COSRT Endorsed

• Understanding and Recognising Sex Addiction - Paula Hall@London Therapy Foundation

• Fundamentals of Working with Couples - Juliet Grayson; COSRT Endorsed

• Working with Trauma - Elisabeth Ross @Richmond MIND

• Attachment Theory in the Therapy Room: an Introduction to the Dynamic-Maturational Model - Steve Morris; PCS

• Counselling Children, Young People and Young Adults - MindEd BACP

• Let's Talk about Sex! - Gloria Flynn-Piercy & Carter Portch@Relate; Greenwich Conference

• Working with the Dream - Elise Wardle

• An Introduction to Couples Work using EFT - Crossways Counselling

• Sexuality and Gender in the therapy room - Dr Meg Barker; Greenwich Conference

• Attachment and Wellbeing - Jean Knight; Petersfield Counselling Service

• Attachment in the Therapeutic Relationship - Sir Richard Bowlby

• Why Family Matters - Systemic and Family therapy - Tavistock Clinic

• Shame about the Body -Shame in the Body - Dr Phil Mollon; Greenwich Conference

• Working with Sandtrays and Guided Imagery - Kitty Willis; Petersfield Counselling Service

• The Physicality of the Self - working with Psychosomatic Distress - Dr Maggie Turp; Greenwich Conference

 

 

As well as my commitment to Barnardo's, I also support clients referred from social services and various Employee Assistance Providers.  My experience has helped me understand the importance of balancing work and home life and I have a particular interest in attachment styles, parenting and the challenge of work / life balance and pressures on the modern family; individual and couple.  Previous involvement with Home-Start UK has also been invaluable.  Additionally, I am a SAPERE Philosophy for Children level 1 teacher which has equipped me with further skills when working with young people.