PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND AND QUALIFICATIONS

Throughout the last 17 years, I have worked in the charity sector, private practice and for the NHS.

Having started as a frontline practitioner working therapeutically with people affected by addiction and social marginalisation, I later gravitated towards volunteer management, training and coaching, eventually working nationally as a learning lead for a large mental health and drugs and alcohol charity.

In service of working with such a broad range of people and contexts, I have studied extensively, both because of my personal love of learning and so that I can offer a flexible range of integrative approaches to help resolve different problems. Below is an outline of my most relevant trainings:

Diploma in Integrative Counselling (Re-Vision)
MSc Leadership and Management (Coaching & Mentoring) (University of West England) (Distinction)
Certificate in Group Practice (Gestalt Centre)
Accredited Yoga Teacher (Yoga Alliance Professionals)
BA Hons (Open) (Critical Social Psychology and Systems Approaches to Managing Complexity), 2.1 (The Open University)
Level 3 Certificate in PTLLS (Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector) (BACES)
Level 3 Certificate in Management (Intraining Workforce Development)
TAQA Certificate (Crescent Training)
Healing NLP Master Practitioner (Society of NLP)
NVQ Level 3 Health and Social Care
Advanced Motivational Interviewing (Steven Rollnick)
CBT - Key Knowledge & Skills (APT)
Leadership Embodiment Foundations (Centre for Embodied Wisdom)
What Lies Beneath Yoga Teacher Training (John Stirk)
Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)
Diploma in Anatomy, Physiology and Body Massage (ITEC)
Thai Massage Levels 1 and 2 (ITEC)

In addition to the qualifications listed above, I have attended many more brief courses as part of my continuing professional development. If you would like further information, please feel welcome to ask.