Professional Standards

• Professionally trained in London and the South West, my practice is long established (founded in 2007)

• I work with self-referrals and people recommended and referred to me from professionals and organisations across the whole of the UK.   

• Alongside my private practice, I ran clinics as a Senior High Intensity Counsellor and Clinical Supervisor in the NHS for over 10 years (IAPT - Improving Access to Psychological Therapies) 

• I am registered with the Professional Standards Authority Register - no. 019950

• This register lists therapists who have demonstrated high professional standards and is in place so that you can choose a counsellor who has been independently assessed and approved.   

• I am an ACTO Level 1 member - Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy Online   

As my professional training is extensive ( a minimum of 30 hours of continuing professional development (CPD) each year) I have listed my most relevant certifications for you here:

• Certified Narcissistic Trauma Informed Coach - ICF & CPD Accredited training (International Coaching Federation & Continuing Professional Development) - School of Trauma Informed Positive Psychology

• Clinical applictions of the Internal Family Systems Therapy Model (IFS)

• Trauma Informed Positive Psychology Coaching Method - Positive Psychology is essentially the study of how we can move towards a fulfilling & meaningful life, allowing us to flourish.

• Complex Trauma Certification Training Levels 1 & 2 (CCTP / CCTP - II ) with Janina Fisher, PhD

• Narcissistic Abuse Specialist TM - The School of Embodied Trauma Informed Living 

• Somatic Trauma Informed Coach - ICF & CPD Accredited training

• Certified Rewind Technique Practitioner - British Psychological Society Approved (BPS) International Association for Rewind Trauma Therapy (IARTT)

• Certified Bereavement Counsellor - with John Wilson, PhD  

• Certified Online and Telephone Counsellor - ACTO approved with Counselling Tutor 

• Certificate in Essential Supervision Skills - British Psychological Society approved (BPS) 

• Person-Centred Experiential Counselling for Depression Supervisor (PCE-CfD)  - Metanoia Institute, London   

• Person-Centred Experiential Counselling for Depression Practitioner (PCE-CfD) - Metanoia Institute, London  

• BACP Accreditation Status (continuous since 2009)     

• Diploma in Counselling Children and Adolescents - Iron Mill Institute, Exeter     

• Advanced Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling - Weymouth College, Dorset 

• VRQ Certificate in Youth work - DYCS, Dorset County Council