About Me

 

I am a qualified Person-Centred Therapeutic Counsellor. As an accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), I strive to work to the highest levels of professionalism and integrity.

Before training as a therapist, I worked in the public sector for over twenty years, including the NHS and occupational health. During that time I also undertook various voluntary roles, which included working on a helpline to support people struggling with anxiety, panic attacks and OCD. Since qualifying and starting work in private practice I also write articles and deliver training. In my spare time I enjoy reading, local history and countryside walks.

Professional Qualifications:

  • BACP Certificate of Proficiency

  • CPCAB Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling

  • CPCAB Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Studies

  • CPCAB Level 2 Certificate in Counselling Skills

Further information on the Counselling & Psychotherapy Central Awarding Body (CPCAB) can be found here

Publications:

  • Bereavement and the Person Centred Approach (PCA)

  • Literature Review - ‘Living with the Dominator’ (PCA)

  • The River of Life - a Person Centred Response to Covid-19 (Therapy Today)

Podcasts:

  • The River of Life, BACP

Training:

  • The River of Life - reflecting on loss and adapting to change

Courses & Workshops

  • Attachment Theory and Grief Models (Treetops Hospice Care)

  • Attachment & Shame (Deep Release)

  • Confidence, Self-esteem and Intruder Syndrome (Deep Release)

  • Data Security Awareness (NHS)

  • Domestic Abuse (BACP)

  • Disordered Eating (Deep Release)

  • Flourishing in Older Age (Maureen Cooper)

  • Grief, Loss & Coronavirus (Lisa Mass)

  • Introduction to Myers Briggs (Deep Release)

  • Integrating Artwork into Counselling (BACP)

  • Intergenerational Trauma (Inspire CPD)

  • Online Creative Counselling (Deep Release)

  • Online & Telephone Counselling (Counselling Tutor)

  • Person-Centred Clinical Assessment (CTTM)

  • Pre-Trial Therapy (Inspire CPD)

  • Self-Care (Treetops Hospice Care)

  • Suicide (Inspire CPD)

  • Trauma (Treetops Hospice Care)

  • The Scapegoat and the Golden Child (Deep Release)

  • The Unprepared Client (BACP)

  • Therapeutic Endings (Treetops Hospice Care)

  • Understanding Autism, Asperger’s & ADHD (University of Derby)

  • Understanding Dreams (Treetops Hospice Care)

  • Understanding Family Dynamics (Deep Release)

  • Unlocking the Unconscious: Therapeutic Writing (Inspire CPD)

  • Using Creative Resources (BACP)

  • Working with Distress (Carolyn Spring)