Jo ann. Burns Registered Counsellor & supervisor MBACP, P.G Dip.Couns.

Training, qualifications & experience

Qualifications

A Post. Graduate. Diploma in Integrative, Humanistic counselling and a Certificate in Counselling Skills..(BACP Accredited course). A Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT).. Diploma in Child counselling, Diploma in Counselling children and adolescents. Certificate in Supervision Skills.

Training

Integrative, humanistic person centred counselling, Behaviour & Communication Links with parents and families...Specialist Bereavement training with Cruse Bereavement Care... Specialist Major Incident Response training. Training in Domestic violence support. Training in supporting families with young children. Clinical supervision.

Many more certificates

Attachment Theory,  Dependancy and collaboration within Trauma disorders, Children and families, Solution focused therapy, DIlemmas in Dual relationships,  Time limited dynamic psychotherapy, (CBT) Death, Dying and grief in psychotherapy, Behaviour & communication links, Family support, Identifying and working with neglect,  Health and social care. Safeguarding children. Fostering a young child. 
 
Past and present experience

My past experience within counselling has been with adults in varying GP surgeries. Community home visiting, Community charities to which included, domestic violence, bereavement, children and families, School based projects counselling teenagers, as well as private practice. My practice is 80% female based.
but is open to all adults, teenagers, couples.

I attend regular clinical supervision, professional and personal development I am a registered member of the British Association for Counselling & psychotherapy. (BACP)

Other work experience

I have been fortunate to work within the voluntary sector for 20 years, These projects were:

• Specialist Families and young children support
• Bereavement Care counselling
• Domestic violence counselling
• Youth projects to do with the prevention of pregnancy, self-esteem, life skills counselling.
• Foster care of young children.

Other areas of counselling I deal with

• Assertiveness
• Bereavement in childhood of parent/sibling/significant other
• Complicated/unresolved  Grief
• Hated child/self
• Loss of an Infant baby/child
• Loss of pet
• Loss of job/money/marriage
• Multiple loss of family members or significant others
• Childhood Sexual abuse
• Intrusive Thoughts
• Teenagers Stress/problems in school
• Panic Attacks
• Phobias
• post-partum Depression
• Sexual Assult
• Social services cases, Individuals/ families in need of counselling
• Parent/child  interpersonal Relationship
• Family Inter-personal relationship breakdown and behaviour.