Qualifications, Professional Membership and Experience
Qualifications
- BSc (Hons) Psychology
- MSc Psychology
- Diploma in Gestalt Psychotherapy - 5 year training
- Diploma in Counselling Supervision - 2 year training
- (2010) Research dissertation in progress for MSc in Psychological Trauma.
- Qualified EMDR Therapist Completed levels I and II (EMDR is a recognised psychological therapy for trauma and is also effective for anxiety, phobias and grief.
Professional Membership
- Accredited Gestalt Psychotherapist UK Association for Humanistic Psychology Practitioners (UKAHPP) - My professional body and 'home'. Sets standards for good practice and continuing professional development.
- Registered Psychotherapist UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) - National registering body holds directory of registered psychotherapists in UK.
- Graduate Member of British Psychological Society (BPS) - open to holders of academic psychology qualifications.
- Member of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD) - Specialist organisation promoting research and good practice in the field of psychological trauma.
- Member of EMDR UK and Ireland.
- Member of Register of Trauma Specialists.
Experience
- 2000 to date - Psychotherapist and Clinical Supervisor Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (CWP). Assessment and treatment of complex trauma in adults.
- 1991 to 2000 - Private Psychotherapy Practice, London.
- 1992 to 1995 - Social Researcher and Executive Officer, The Bishops of London Social Responsibility Committee (The London Churches Group).
- 1990 to 1992 - Director, Islington MIND.
- 1987 to 1990 - Deputy Director/Training CoOrdinator, St.Martin of Tours Specialist Housing Association for Ex- Offenders.
- 1985 to 1987 - Project Manager, Therapeutic Community for Recovering Alcoholics, The Richmond Fellowship.
- 1983 to 1985 - Trainee Scholar, Therapeutic Community for Adults, The Richmond Fellowship.
