Qualifications
My training
You might find it helpful to see what kind of qualifications I hold and the different types of training I have done. This is not an exhaustive list as training continues all the time but this will give you a snapshot.
Professional qualifications
- Postgraduate Diploma in Traumatology and PTSD (2022)
- Certificate in Online and Telephone Counselling (2020)
- Professional Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling (2011)
- Advanced Certificate in Counselling (2007)
- Intermediate Certificate in Counselling (2006)
- Diploma in Teaching in the Lifelong Learning Sector (2016)
- Certificate in Working in Community Mental Health Care (2013)
- BA (Hons) from University of Nottingham (2001)
Further training
- Certificate in Embodied Practice
- Essentials in acceptance and commitment therapy
- Chronological assessment of suicide events
- Foundations of working with the body
- Sensorimotor psychotherapy with Pat Ogden
- Complex trauma certification training with Janina Fisher
- Somatic trauma therapy training with Babette Rothschild
- Internal family systems therapy
- Depression: a compassionate view
- Mental health and the body: treating trauma
- Creative methods for working with trauma
- Working with dissociation in clinical practice
- Childhood trauma, addiction and recovery
- CBT and mindfulness
- Transactional analysis (101)
- Applied suicide intervention skills (ASIST)
- Diversity, equity and inclusion training
Professional memberships
- Registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)
- Member of the Association for Counsellors and Therapy Online (ACTO)
- Member of Counsellors and Psychotherapists in Private Practice (CAPPP)
- Member of the UK Psychological Trauma Society (UKPTS)
