Professionally I have over 25 years of extensive experience in working therapeutically with people from diverse backgrounds . As a mental health nurse and psychotherapist  I work across private, charitable and statutory  services delivering specialist training and supervision to those in the counselling and healthcare professions..  I hold fellowship of the Higher Education Academy  and lecture  on university counselling /health science courses and am currently undertaking  research into psychotherapy and the digital world

The combination and synergy of these professional areas  brings greater richness and knowledge to my  therapeutic relationships and work. Professionally I abide by the ethical codes of conduct of my regulating bodies-the BACP, NMC and ACTO and receive supervision from a highly experienced psychotherapist where any client work is presented anonymously.

Qualifications

I am specialist mental health nurse registered with the nursing and midwifery council and and accredited  psychotherapist with the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy, meaning my practise meets high standards of ethical and professional  practise.

I hold the following academic and professional qualifications.

Fellow of  the Higher Education Academy (PgChep).
Bsc mental health nursing and public health.
BACP gold standard accredited integrative counselling diploma. 
BACP approved Creative therapies certificate.
Coaching utilising mindfulness and CBT .
BACP approved therapeutic supervision diploma.
EMDR trauma processing model.
Clinical and analytical hypnotherapy.
Medical hypnotherapy. 
Audio and visual online therapy training.

Professional bodies

British association of counselling and psychotherapy ( accredited) 
Nursing and midwifery council
Association of counsellors and therapists online.
Higher education academy

I have benefited enormously in my own life through engaging with each of the approaches I offer. 

Professional development is  important to me and I have trained with prestigious practitioners in specialised therapy and coaching  approaches since qualifying 

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I continually seek to understand how we are as human beings ,discovering inspiration and insight from the arts, philosophy and psychology, nature and the relationships  I engage in throughout my daily life.