TRAINING, QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE
MY TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONSI am a qualified Counsellor and Psychotherapist, having completed eight years of training in London at Regent's College (July 1992) and the Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy Education (CCPE)(Diploma, December 1997 and Advanced Diploma, December 2003). I am registered with the UKCP (UK Council for Psychotherapy) Registration No: 981522.
I have also completed a year's Diploma in Supervision, also at the CCPE, in December 2001.
I also have a Certificate in Substance Misuse: Prevention and Education, Roehampton Institute, London, July 1994.
My training includes both brief Solution-Focused and longer-term approaches.
MY EXPERIENCE
I have been working in the field of people development for nearly 25 years and have been practising as a Counsellor and Psychotherapist for 12 years.
My experience includes:
* Since July 1996, I have been in private practice in London and Witney, and I launched a new practice in Moreton-in-Marsh in September 2003, based at the Natural Therapies Clinic.
* 12 years working in the field of addictions including alcohol, drug and eating problems, 9 years of which were spent in drug and alcohol treatment centres in London and Oxford. I work with both abstinence and harm minimisation and in conjunction with local treatment centres, where appropriate.
* I also have 18 months experience working with LighterLife when I ran my own groups for men and women wishing to explore the psychological issues around obesity.
* I have been working with employee assistance programmes (eap's)since 1996, working with stress-related conditions.
* 10 years group therapy experience running both open subject and themed groups including Assertiveness Skills, Anxiety Management, Stress Reduction, Obesity Management and Women's Development Groups.
ISSUES WITH WHICH I HAVE EXPERIENCE
I have worked with a wide range of issues including:
* Relationship problems
* Sexual difficulties
* Sexual, Physical and Emotional Abuse
* Bereavement and Loss
* Trauma and Stress
* Depression and Suicidal Feelings
* Personal Identity
* Self-esteem
* Self-image
* Spiritual dilemas
* Lack of direction
* Life changes
* Anxiety and Panic Attacks
* Anger Management
* Developing Assertiveness Skills
* Infertility, Miscarriage and Termination
* Addictions including Alcohol and Drugs
* Eating Problems
* Self-harm
* Disability, accident and illness
SUPERVISION EXPERIENCE
I have been practising as a Supervisor of both qualified and trainee Counsellors and Psychotherapists since July 2001 and I qualified with a Diploma in Supervision in December 2001. I work both individually and in groups.
For further information about my supervision experience, please go to the Supervision page.
