Donna Giovannone King Bsc. (Hons) Systemic Counselling MBACP (registered)

Training, qualifications & experience

QUALIFICATIONS

BSc Honours degree Systemic Counselling University of South Wales
Advanced Diploma Counselling Coleg Gwent
VC23 Humanistic Theory
VC25 Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
VC221 The Developing Practitioner
VC22 Therapeutic Practice
MBACP - Registered member of B.A.C.P British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists

TRAINING/CPD

In conjunction with my continuing professional development I have also undertaken further courses:

Mental Health First Aid
A.S.I.S.T. (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training
Streetwise - Drug & Alcohol Abuse
Barriers & Solutions - Learning needs of people with serious mental illness
Domestic Abuse Awareness Training
Blood Borne Viruses & HIV Training
Mindfulness & Reflective Practice

WORK & EXPERIENCE

In addition to my private practice I am currently employed as a Counsellor by a Cardiff Mental Health Charity.

I have worked within the field of mental health for several years and have sound experience of working with people with Depression, Anxiety, Bipolar, Schizophrenia and Personality Disorder.

I am also currently working for the Domestic Abuse Prevention Team in the Vale of Glamorgan.

Further information

LOCATION

I work from a first floor, warm friendly counselling room, which can be easily accessed by public transport.  There are also several free parking spaces within close proximity.

TESTIMONIAL

Undergoing therapy was the best decision I've ever made for myself. I have suffered with depression and anxiety for the majority of my life and I was desperate to find a sustainable long-term solution that I could build on to help me have a happier life.

Therapy with Donna has helped me control my high levels of anxiety and better understand how anxiety feeds depression, low self-esteem and supress creativity. She provided a nurturing, safe and non-judgemental environment to help me first identify areas in my life that caused anguish and how to change them and turn my life into something far more positive. Together we have explored stratergies that have really worked for me and after what seems a lifetime of hopelessness, I am finally beginning to feel positive about life, enjoying new challenges and making a much brighter future, not only for myself but for the people I love. For me therapy has been a gift of a lifetime, my only regret is that I didn't do it sooner.

Sara M.