Professional Qualifications
Postgraduate Diploma in Psychosexual Therapy - Tavistock Relationships, London
Diploma Sex Addiction
Level 1 Sensorimotor Psychotherapy
Level 1, 2 & 3 EMDR
Certificate in Supervision
Cruse Bereavement training
Gottman Method, levels 1 & 2
Diploma in Relationship Counselling
Diploma in Life Coaching
Advanced Diploma CBT
Diploma Psychodynamic Counselling
QUB Certificate in Counselling
Accreditation
I am a Senior Accredited Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, and registered with the United Kingdom Register of Counsellors/Psychotherapists. I am accredited as both a Sex Therapist and Relationship Therapist with the College of Sex and relationship Therapists (COSRT). I adhere to the BACP and COSRT ethical frameworks, which means you can be confident that I abide by a strict code of confidentiality, that I undertake regular ongoing training and that I am appropriately supervised.
I was awarded a British Empire Medal in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for Services to Mental Health in 2019.
I have worked for many years as Trauma Counsellor, helping people process difficult things that have happened to them or that they have witnessed. I have completed trainings in EMDR, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy and Trauma Focused CBT.
I am a specialist in bereavement and loss having trained with CRUSE Bereavement Care and I have provided supervision to CRUSE counsellors in the North Down area.
Life Coaching
I m a qualified Life Coach, and often a coaching approach can be really beneficial., especially good for people who are in recovery from addiction and appreciate a co-active approach to the work so as to prevent them becoming addicted again. I have delivered life coaching for local NHS health trusts.
A coaching approach can also be effective for people who want to make changes in their lives, sometimes these are major changes such as career change or new relationship, but often it can be using coaching to improve your current personal and professional life.
