About me
My Training, Qualifications & Experience:
MEd Counselling 1995
Advanced PG Diploma in Counselling 1993
Diploma in Play Therapy 2001
EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique)
Level 1 and 2 (2007) Advanced Practitioner Level 3 (2009)
ChildLine counsellor 1992-5
Bereavement counsellor with Cruse (1992-5))
Also trained in:
Solution Focused Brief Therapy
Groupwork with Children and Adolescents
CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy)
Motivational Interviewing Techniques
Family Therapy
Coaching
17 years in private practice seeing adults and children.
14 years as a part-time specialist in the NHS working with children, teenagers and their families within two CAMHS teams.
I have a private, cosy consulting room in Uttoxeter, just off the A50 (how to find me)
I provide supervision to counsellors from many organisations (which have included NSPCC, Mind, Adsis, and HM Armed Forces), and also supervise counselling students.
I offer workplace counselling and critical incident debriefing following traumatic events, and contract with employers and EAP’S to offer free counselling to employees with personal or work-related problems.
I am accredited by the BACP and I adhere to their Code of Ethics and Practice. I am fully insured and have obtained enhanced CRB disclosure.
I write a regular column entitled 'Counsellor's Casebook' for The British Journal of School Nursing about my counselling work with children.
