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About Me

Experienced. Supportive. BACP Registered.

I am qualified to work with a wide variety of problems and issues either short or longer term but I have particular training in; domestic abuse, bereavement loss and grief, spirituality/religion, sexuality and cultural issues.

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I also have experience working with anxiety, depression, low self esteem/confidence, family issues, cross-cultural relationships, relationship issues, separation and divorce, emotional abuse, sexual abuse and stress.

My History

 

I am a professional, fully qualified counsellor with over 5 years experience in providing counselling and over 4 years running a successful private counselling practice in Manchester.

 

My journey into counselling began with my own personal experience of therapy, which I found to be so supportive and eye-opening. I consider this work a privilege and a gift. 

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I have previous experience providing voluntary counselling for women in a charity based in Stockport, where I was lucky enough to further develop my working knowledge and see the positive outcomes experienced by women I have helped during that time.

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I am a registered member of the BACP and practice within their professional framework. I have professional liability insurance and regular supervision. These elements ensure that I work in a professional and ethical way.

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My core training and the way I work is person-centred. Find out more about about the way I work.

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How I Work

Qualifications

Working Online with Groups – OCST certificate

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Online Counselling, Guidance & Mentoring Skills – OCST 3 Certificate

 

Level 5 Professional Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling -

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  • Person Centred approaches, 

  • Comparative theories and approaches - CBT and Psychodynamic,

  • Human development - Sexual identity; spiritual identity, racial identity models,

  • Counselling for loss and grief - grief models, healthy attachment needs, attachment styles

 

Level 3 Counselling Skills Certificate

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Level 2 Introduction to Counselling Skills

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Additional Training

  • Adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse

  • CBT strategies

  • Focusing Skills

  • Psycho-pharmacology & counselling & psychotherapy

  • Assessment Skills Training

  • Creativity as a Therapeutic Tool in Counselling

  • Mindfulness & Meditation

  • Working with difference & diversity

  • Safeguarding children

  • Introduction to Clinical Supervision

  • Domestic abuse training

  • Safeguarding Adults; Level One

  • Telephone Listening skills

  • Working with Trauma