Qualifications and Professional Development

Core Training

B A (First Class Hons) in Counselling - Hull University

Advanced Diploma (with distinction) in Counselling (level 5) - Ridgeway college

Diploma in the Supervision of Counsellors and Therapists (level 5) - Ridgeway college

Diploma (with distinction) in Counselling children and adolescents - Lindum college

Diploma (with distinction) in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy - Lindum college

Accredited Member of the BACP

Member of the DBS update service to work with children and vulnerable adults

Specialist trauma training

Prolonged Exposure for PTSD - 4 days (32 hours) - CTSA, University of Pennsylvania - David Paul Phd

Certificate in Counselling Adult survivors of sexual abuse – 3 day workshop (15 hours) – Understanding sexual abuse, Dissociative identity disorder, false/repressed memory as a result of extreme trauma - Ridgeway college

Certificate in working with PTSD and Complex Trauma – 3 day workshop (15 hours) - Ridgeway college

StopSo Foundation Course - Working with Sex Offenders - Andrew Smith - 3 days (15 hours)

Criminal Justice System - Stopso - Julie Newberry - 3 hour workshop

Sexual Abuse and Trauma - Zoe Lodrick - Blue door - 2 day workshop (13 hours)

Understanding Self-harm – day course with Nicola Wickstead

Working with suicide and suicidal ideation – day course with Antonia Murphy

Working with anger – day course with Josh Chandler

mindfulness and relaxation

Mindfulness Teacher Training level 1 - Mindfulness network - Bangor University - 8 days (60 hours)

Mindulness Teacher Training level 2 - Mindfulness network - Bangor University - 7 days (54 hours)

Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) specialist training for depression - 5 days (50 hours)

Mindful Inquiry Workshop - Bangor University - (2 days)

Group Process in Mindfulness - Mindfulness Network - (2 days)

Mindfulness Based Relapse Prevention Teacher Training - Devin Ashwood - Ser Integral - Portugal - (43 hours)

Mindfulness Based Compassionate Living Teacher Training - Erik Van Den Brink - Mindfulness Network - 6 days (48 hours)

Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness - David Treleaven - Oxford Mindfulness Centre - 4 days (12 hours)

Finding Peace in a Frantic World Teacher Training - Chris Cullen - Oxford Mindfulness Centre - 2 days (16 hours)

Yoga Alliance Breathing Coach - (15 hours) - Lucas Rockwood, Yoga Body, Barcelona

Dot B, Mindfulness in schools teacher (age 11-18) – 4 days (32 hours)

Paws B, Mindfulness in schools teacher (age 7-11) - 3 days (24 hours)

general

Exposure and Response Prevention for OCD- 4 days (32 hours) - CTSA, University of Pennsylvania

The Art of Existential Psychotherapy - Irvin Yalom - 8 hours

Jungian Archetypes - Diploma (with distinction) - 15 hours

Working with Porn addiction - BACP

Underlying causes of addiction - BACP

Working with Sugar addiction - BACP

Certificate in Safeguarding young people – day course with CASY Newark

Working with children and young people – day course with Katy Roberts

Play therapy – day course with Dr Virginia Ryan

Drama therapy - 3 day course (12 hours) with Emily Rhodes

Working with Bereavement - (8 hours) - BACP

Understanding Autism - NCFE 2

Principles of Dementia - NCFE 2

End of life - NCFE 3

Nutrition, Health and Eating Disorders - NCFE 2

Epilepsy Awareness - (3 hours) - Linkage