I have worked with a broad range of issues.

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Prior to transitioning to full time private practice,  my previous roles include lecturer in counselling, university counsellor, crisis counsellor and therapist for a local counselling and psychotherapy trust.

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I have also worked for services supporting people with anxiety issues, panic, depression and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). In addition to individual support, I am experienced in facilitating support groups, group therapy and workshops. 

 

In my first career, I was an ecologist and my life-long interest in all things psychological was more of a hobby. Then, my own life experiences tipped the balance and a career change to a therapist felt more meaningful and fulfilling.  My ecological perspective, however, continues to hone my curiosity and awareness of how we interact with each other, ourselves, and our personal 'environment'.

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My therapy approach is informed by my counselling training and years of experience in this field and is influenced by my own personal life experiences.

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Qualifications:

• Advanced Diploma in Integrative Counselling (BACP Accredited), Iron Mill College, Exeter

• Certificate in Counselling, Iron Mill College, Exeter

• DPhil Ecology, University of Oxford

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• As a British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy Registered Accredited Counsellor/Psychotherapist MBACP (Accred) you can be confident that I am not only fully qualified but also committed to the highest professional standards of proficiency and accountability. Click here to check my status on the BACP Register. As requirements of  membership I attend ongoing training (Continuing Professional Development) and supervision and I adhere to the BACP's Ethical Framework.

 

Some examples of recent Continuing Professional Development training:

• Mastering Internal Family Systems (IFS) for clinical challenges: Resolving trauma, anxiety, attachment injuries and more - Dr Richard Schwartz & Dr Gabor Mate

• Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy for trauma, anxiety, depression - Dr Richard Schwartz & Dr Frank Anderson

• Treating complex trauma with IFS - Dr Frank Anderson

• Existential psychotherapy and counselling - Mick Cooper

• Revolutionising trauma treatment - Babette Rothschild 

• Working with shame - Carolyn Spring

• Taming the amygdala - brain-based strategies for the anxious mind - Dr Catherine Pittman

• Working with trauma: Somatic based interventions - Dr Arielle Schwartz

• Grief Works: Julia Samuel

• Trauma and the body: Somatisation and dissociation - PODS

• Identity: Can you tell me who I am? - BACP Private Practice Conference

• Supercharging CBT for complex OCD - Centre for Anxiety Disorders and Trauma, Maudsley Hospital

• Abuse and trauma counselling skills - Dorset Action on Abuse

• Counselling online - Open University

• Working with groups - BACP

• Taking your therapy practice outdoors - Dr Ruth Allen

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