QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE AND SPECIALISMS
I hold the following qualifications
Postgraduate Diploma in Integrative Psychoanalytic Counselling
Metanoia Institute 2018
Postgraduate Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy 2021
Metanoia Institute 2021
MSc Integrative Psychotherapy
Middlesex University 2021
Further Training
Certificate in Integrative Embodied Psychotherapy 2025
( Institute of Embodied Psychotherapy)
I am accredited with The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP)
I have been undertaking clinical work since 2016 when I started my first placement with MIND in Kendal.
I began seeing clients in private practice in 2019.
I undertake separate work on a consultancy basis with The North West Inter-diocesan counselling service which works with Anglican clergy, lay ministers and clergy spouses in the dioceses of Liverpool, Manchester, Blackburn, Carlisle and Chester.
I have a special interest and experience working with:
Developmental trauma and CPTSD
Clergy and faith leaders
Spirituality of all kinds
Spiritual abuse
Attachment, including the experience of early life adoption
Workplace stress.
Trauma
Those who have committed online sexual offences .
You may want to be aware that for personal reasons I don’t work with clients who are in active addiction. Although I do work with those in established recovery.
I do take our work to supervision with a colleague and I undertake ongoing continuing professional development.