About me
I have experience in the areas of bereavement - both recent or experienced in the past, anxiety, relationships, self-esteem, confidence and purpose Illness, phobias, suicide.
Training, qualifications & experience
Having completed a part-time post-graduate diploma in Psychosynthesis Counselling, which I studied the course at the Psychosynthesis & Education Trust, Tooley Street, London SE1 2TH. The course was approved by the University of East London. and I graduated in 2006.
My first placements was at the Wandsorth Bereavement Centre, Clapham Junction, London; followed by the Mayday University NHS Hospital, East Croydon; Medway Maritime NHS Hospital - Psychological Services, in Gillingham, Kent, and the Mental Health Charity MIND, Dartford, Kent,
I have also taken a CBT course (2009) at the Psychosynthesis & Education Trust; and have been involved with training at the KCA (an Alcohol and Drug Addiction Clinic).
I have sompleted half of the introduction course for the Samaritans while I was based in Gillingham and will complete the training now I am in Shoreham.
Member organisations
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
BACP is one of the UK’s largest professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy. Therapists registered with the Association fall into a number of different membership categories such as Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP and Registered Member MBACP (Accred), each standing for different levels of training and experience. MBACP (Accred) and MBACP (Snr Accred) members have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by the Association.
Registered members can be found on the BACP Register, which was the first register to achieve Accredited Voluntary Register status issued by the Professional Standards Authority. Individual Members will have completed an appropriate counselling and/or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but will not appear on the BACP Register until they've progressed to Registered Member MBACP status.
All members are bound by a Code of Ethics & Practice and a Complaints Procedure. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
Accredited register membership
Accredited Register Scheme
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
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Fees
Additional information
£20 for an introductory first session and £30 thereafter.
I am glad to consider any concessions.
Availability
Mon to Friday - afternoon and evening places available.
Further information
I live approximately 15 minutes from Shoreham Station.
I have had M.S. for over thirty years and am constantly engaged with finding out which practical, scientific and spiritual approaches can be of benefit to me or anyone who suffers from illness.