Catherine Healy - Warwickshire counselling and psychotherapy services

Training, qualifications & experience

As well as working in private practise I am a locum senior mental health practitioner and cognitive behavioural therapist for CAMHS services outside of the Warwickshire district. This enhances my private work as I work with a rounded approach to therapy, confident in signposting and engaging other services to support families as units to improve their lives and relationships.

I work with a holistic approach to helping young people to overcome the many challenges that the journey into adulthood can present, and support both the young person and their family to manage a variety of issues, from anxiety and depression to gender transitioning, self harm and psychiatric disorders.

Prior to working as a therapist I have 12 years of experience in mental health and health and social care. I have worked both within the NHS and charitable sectors caring for and promoting the health and wellbeing of people with learning disabilities and mental health issues. I have worked in both community teams and in secure inpatient units, with experience of psychiatric intensive care through to rehabilitation wards and independent living. I have a vast knowledge and great depth of experience of mental health disorders and treatments and have a solid network within which to refer clients and families for extra support if necessary.

BA honours degree in counselling. Classification: First

Fdsc in counselling and psychotherapy - Cognitive behavioural therapy at Warwickshire college group. Pass rate: distinction.

Oxford cognitive therapy centre: working with children and young people with OCD.

Oxford cognitive therapy centre: working with children and young people with trauma/PTSD

NHS training: working with, understanding and managing personality disorders.

NHS training: Mental health. Schizophrenia and psychosis.

Highly experienced at working with ASD.

Fully trained in the areas of safeguarding children and young people and vulnerable adults.

Attendance of BACP children and young people conference 2018.

Currently studying top up in Counselling and Psychotherapy at Warwickshire college group

Full CRB available on request.

Member of the BACP, BABCP and ACAMH.