Training and Qualifications
BEd Honours Degree
FdA (Distinction) in Therapeutic Counselling
Postgraduate Certificate in Creative therapies for children and families
Post qualifying training in Encounter Centred Couples Therapy
Post qualifying training in Generational Therapy
Regular Continuous Professional Development, including training in:
Attachment
Trauma
Gestalt
TA
Solution-focussed
Working with the Inner Child
Working with anger
Working at Relational Depth
Roles played in families
Self-Compassion
Working safely online
Working with Young People
Self-harm and suicide
Many creative approaches; e.g. sand tray, nesting dolls, puppets, art work, clay.
My Experience
Before training in Counselling, I worked in education as a teacher and in various church contexts as a youth and children’s worker and women’s ministry leader. Having completed my degree in Integrative Counselling I worked for a Young Peoples Charity (Teens in Crisis), in a number of local schools both primary and secondary. I then established my own private Counselling Practice in Cheltenham, offering counselling to both adults and young people. This was very successful as I never needed to advertise, all my referrals came via recommendations. I then went on to complete a year’s training in Couples coaching and began offering extended counselling sessions to couples with a view to seeing transformation in their relationship. Having moved to the south coast, I continue to offer individual counselling; online and in person. I am also able to offer an even more effective approach to couples therapy; a 3-day Marriage Retreat. This offers the opportunity for real, transformative, before-and-after change.
Areas I specialise in or have experience in:
Anxiety & Stress
Depression & low mood
Bereavement & loss
Self-harm & suicidal thoughts
Spiritual abuse,
Exploring meaning and purpose in life,
Autistic spectrum/ADHD,
Abuse whether that be physical, sexual, psychological or spiritual (historic)
Relational issues,
Religious and spiritual issues
Personal growth and development