Louisa DuBarry-Hennessy MBACP Accredited Counsellor - Tonbridge

Training, qualifications & experience

Current Practice :
In additions to my Private practice in Tonbridge, I also work as a Humanistic Counsellor for Insight Healthcare, Talking Therapies, Kent, providing services on behalf of the NHS.


Experience

• Counsellor for Cruse Bereavement
• Counsellor within in, Criminal Justice system as a Recovery and group Worker at CRI which involved working closely with various agencies and professionals including the Police, Probation, Social Workers and Doctors.The principal agency is Probation for whom was offered a range of services including one to one and group support to offenders who have been issued Alcohol Treatment Requirement (ATR) and Drug Requirement Rehabilitation (DRR) orders by the courts, rather than a custodial sentence for crimes related to Drug and Alcohol abuse. I offered Adult Substance Misuse combined assessments including risk assessment work with Probation, and counselling.
• Counsellor, key worker and group worker at Kenward Trust - Alcohol Treatment Requirement Programme working with Criminal Justice.
• Counsellor at Maidstone Prison
• Counsellor at Tunbridge Wells Mental Health Resource Centre.
• Working within secondary schools for behaviourally challenged pupils as a qualified Learning Support Assistant and lead in running and offering Complementary Therapies in the form of Indian Head Massage therapy to reduce stress levels and encouraging a feeling of well-being which can lead to improved concentration, self-esteem and self-confidence.
• Providing telephone counselling support for the Phobics Society relating to PTSD

Qualifications

BACP Accredited Counsellor/Psychotherapist
Advanced Diploma in Humanistic Counselling
Accredited Cruse Bereavement Volunteer Counselling
Awareness in Bereavement Care
Learning Support Assistant

Continued Professional Development

I have undertaken CPD in some of the following areas:

• Attachment, attachment Disorder/Trauma & Recovery
• Mental Health and Mental Illness/Substance Misuse
• Domestic Violence
• The Prison of Shame
• Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASSIST) The ASIST training is for people who want to feel more comfortable, confident and competent in helping to prevent the immediate risk of suicide.
• Positive Psychology and Working with Strengths
• HIV Awareness
• Dissociation Trauma and Time - Travelling/Living with Dissociative Identity Disorder
• Understanding and Working with Issues of Anger.
• Working with Shame and Guilt
• A Child's Grief
• Attachment, Trauma and Dissociation
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
• A Gestalt Approach to Sub-Personalities
• Bereaved By Suicide
• Attachment, Separation and Loss
• Sudden and Traumatic Death
• Understanding and working through Depression
• Working with Issues of Self- Esteem
• Creative Tools for Counselling
• Primary and Secondary Attachment
• Love and Loss/History and Problems
• Understanding Learning Difficulties
• Issues around Notes, Reports, Recordings and Record Keeping
• Children's CAF
• Data Protection and Human Rights