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
