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• 2025 to date Elected Trustee of the Board of the EMDR ASSOCIATION UK
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• 2014 to date EMDR EUROPE Accredited Consultant & Facilitator
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• 2012 to date full time private practice offering psychotherapy, trauma counselling, EMDR, supervision and training.
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• 2018 to 2022 Consultant Facilitator with EMDR ACADEMY EMDR ACADEMY
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• 2019 to 2025 Director Brightstone Clinic, Sandbach, Cheshire, CW11 1BA. A clinic offering therapeutic spaces for psychological and complementary practitioners.
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• 2022 to 2025 Director of Hope Street Social CIC a social enterprise offering community events; women's therapy group for Ukrainian Refugees; Autism and ADHD Mentoring and low cost therapy to local community.
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• 2012 to 2016 Director of Brightstone CIC a social enterprise offering low cost therapy and placements for therapists in training.
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• 2000 to 2012 - Psychotherapist and Clinical Supervisor Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (CWP). Assessment and treatment of complex trauma in adults.
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• 1991 to 2000 - Private Psychotherapy Practice, London.
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• 1992 to 1995 - Social Researcher and Executive Officer, the Bishops of London Social Responsibility Committee (The London Churches Group).
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• 1990 to 1992 - Director, Islington MIND.
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• 1987 to 1990 - Deputy Director/Training Co Ordinator, St.Martin of Tours Specialist Housing Association for Ex- Offenders.
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• 1985 to 1987 - Project Manager, Therapeutic Community for Recovering Alcoholics, the Richmond Fellowship.
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• 1983 to 1985 - Trainee Scholar, Therapeutic Community for Adults, the Richmond Fellowship.
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• 1981 to 1982 – Work experience placements at The Priory Roehampton, Private Psychiatric Hospital
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Special Interests
• Regular contributor to the EMDR Therapy Quarterly Journal (ETQ) reviewing books and conferences, writing opinion pieces
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• Member of EMDR UK and Ireland North West Regional Committee from 2012 till 2014
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• Facilitator of South Cheshire and Stoke EMDR Support Group from 2012 to 2016
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• Member of EMDR UK & I Post Traumatic Growth and Resilience Special Interest group.
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• Member of UKAHPP Board of Directors from 2010 till 2012
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• Member of UKAHPP Ethics Committee from 2010 till 2014
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Qualifications
• EMDR EUROPE Accredited Consultant and Facilitator (2014). EMDR is recognised by NICE (The National Institute for Health & Care Excellence) as an effective psychological therapy for trauma and is also effective for anxiety, phobias, depression and grief.
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• MSc Psychological Trauma (Distinction) 2011
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• MSc Psychology 2004
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• Diploma in Counselling Supervision - 2000
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• Diploma in Gestalt Psychotherapy - 5 year training - 1991
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• BSc (Hons) Psychology 1983
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Professional Memberships
• EMDR Europe Accredited Consultant and Facilitator and member of EMDR Association UK.
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• Registered Psychotherapist UK Council for Psychotherapy UKCP - National registering body holds directory of registered psychotherapists in UK.
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• Graduate Member of British Psychological Society BPS - open to holders of academic psychology qualifications.
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• Professional 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.
