I spent a number of years training to qualify as a counsellor and I continue to engage with professional development – I have a commitment to at least 30 hours of ongoing training per year as a Registered Member of The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).

QUALIFICATIONS

• Certificate in Clinical Supervision (2020)
• (Level 7) Postgraduate Diploma in Mental Health Science (2017 – 2018), studying the latest research in depression, anxiety, psychosis and dementia
• BACP Certificate of Proficiency (Jan 2015)
• Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling (2012 – 2014)
• (Level 6) BSc (Hons) Counselling Psychology (2009 – 2012)
• Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Studies (2012)
• Counselling Children and Adolescents Level 4 (2012)
• Level 2 Certificate in Awareness in Bereavement Care (2011)
• Level 2 Certificate in Counselling Skills (2011)
• Level 2 Award in Introduction to Counselling Skills (2010)

Some further areas of study/professional development

• Somatic experiencing
• Inner child work/’wounded parts’
• The cognitive-behavioural approach to working with OCD
• The cognitive-behavioural approach to working with health anxiety
• Psychological First Aid training
• Mental Health First Aid (trained 2016)
• Arts in health
• Relational depth when working online
• Counselling online
• Counselling by telephone
• Working with a suicidal client
• Loneliness and its effects
• Domestic violence awareness
• The Freedom Programme for Professionals
• Sudden and traumatic death
• Supported conversation (working with aphasia)
• Understanding stroke – physical, psychological and emotional impact
• A child’s grief
• Writing in Bereavement