MBACP Registered and Senior Accredited, means that I am a Senior Accredited Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and I have over 30,000 hours and eighteen years of experience
and abide by their Ethical Framework. I am also registered with UKRC (United Kingdom of Registered Counsellors).
I hold a Certificate, Advanced Certificate and Diploma in Psychodynamic Counselling from Leicester University. I hold an Advanced Diploma (Master Practitioner) in Eating Disorders, Obesity Management and Nutritional Interventions (NCFED). I have training in CBT and I am an EMDR Practitioner.
My post qualification training in
Creative and Play Therapy was with Play Therapy UK., and I hold the Post Graduate Certificate in Therapeutic Play. I have over 35 years experience of working with children and young people.
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"Creative Therapy" I was Head of Milton Keynes College Counselling Service for 6 years, seeing learners from 14 - 75 years old. I also worked with Open University Research Graduates.I was Clinical Manager with Northampton Counselling Service for two years, overseeing 30 counsellors and 8 supervisors.
For several years I devised and taught courses at Leicester University Centre for Lifelong Learning, Northampton. These have included Counselling skills, Theory and Practice, Human Development, Dynamics of the Body,
Anxiety, Depression, Self Harm and Self Esteem.I am fully insured and have enhanced CRB checked status.