2005 was my year of transition. After 4+ years of initial counsellor training, I reached a point where I was qualified, experienced and confident to practice as a counsellor/therapist. I had spent almost half a decade training in both person- centred and psychodynamic therapies in the UK.
Since then I have worked as a therapist and clinical supervisor in education, private practice, employee assistance programmes and healthcare - spanning across the UK, Indonesia, China & Vietnam....being online takes me across the globe on a daily basis! I have supported the very young; those in between; and the greyer haired variety too. All with one thing in common - to seek & create change to enhance their lives. These days I work only with those aged 18 years+ and who are no longer in high school. I consider myself to be an integrative therapist; believing that there is no 'one hat fits all' approach to therapy. Be vulnerable and share your story so we can figure it out together; you do not need to take this path alone. I meet both individuals and couples. I work with those aged 18+ years. The dilemmas that have been presented are wide and varied. We are all individual and no matter how similar the initial issue may be that is presented to me, I find that there is never one magical fix that fits all; if only it were so simple! I am an accredited member of the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP) and attend regular supervision; a Certified Hypnotherapist, having trained with the National Guild of Hypnotists (NGH); I have successfully completed the Hypnobirthing Works Teacher Training programme; and trained as an instructor to deliver Thomas Gordon's Parent Effectiveness Training. As a mum of two adult kids & a nonna to my beautiful granddaughter & grandson, I am aware of the wonderful... and also difficult times that accompany parenting and family life. I was fortunate to experience life as a third culture kid myself and am very familiar with expat life - from both a child and adult perspective. |
My learning never ends. Here are a few areas that I have attended additional training in:
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