About Me

Experience

I’ve held various counselling and support roles including:

• Counsellor for children (12yrs +)
• Counsellor in a Women’s Center for women who have experienced domestic and sexual violence
• Care worker for people with dementia
• Support worker for adults with functional illiteracy
• I’ve been holding yoga, relaxation & meditation groups for nearly 20 years

Qualifications

• Advanced Counselling Diploma ~ Heartwood College of Counselling & Psychotherapy
• OCN level 4 ‘Working with Sexual Violence’ ~ Womens Center Cornwall
• Yoga Therapy Diploma ~ Yoga Campus
• Yoga Teaching Diploma (3 years dip) ~ British Wheel of Yoga
• Level 4 Safeguarding Certificate
• Philosophy & Literature Degree BA Hons ~ University of Hertfordshire

CPD & Additional Trainings Include

Professional Accreditation

• Dissociation & Somatisation
• Understanding DID
• PTSD
• Eating ‘Disorder’
• Understanding Sexual Violence
• Mindfulness
• Meditation
• Deep Relaxation Techniques
• CBT

I am an accredited member of the National Counselling Society.
The NCS holds Accredited Register Status with the Professional Standards Authority. This means that it’s members have achieved a recognised and required level of training and adhere to the NCS’s code of conduct.

This provides you with the reassurance that my training has reached a recognised standard of proficiency and that I comply with the guidelines of a governing body. I have regular supervision for my work in accordance with NCS guidelines. I also hold an enhanced DBS certificate.

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