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Sharon Nicholson
Counselling

Sharon Nicholson Counselling Sharon Nicholson Counselling Sharon Nicholson Counselling

Online Counselling & Rewind Trauma Therapy

Online Counselling & Rewind Trauma Therapy Online Counselling & Rewind Trauma Therapy

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Qualifications, Training, Experience

Safe & Ethical Practice


  • Professionally trained in London and the South West, my practice is long established (2007), and well respected locally.

  

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


  • I established my Private Practice in 2007, and alongside this, 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)   

   

   

Evidence-Based Therapy


  • During my work with IAPT in the NHS, I trained and subsequently specialised in Counselling for Depression ( PCE-CfD - Person-Centred Experiential Counselling for Depression)    


  • I then qualified as a PCE-CFD Clinical Supervisor.    


  • PCE-CfD is an effective, evidence-based therapy for low mood & mild to moderate depression, recognised by NICE (The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence).     




Clinical Supervision

I offer supervision to both trainee and qualified counsellors practicing locally and nationally.    


Professional Standards

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   

Professional Qualifications


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


  • Certified Bereavement Counsellor


  • Certified Online and Telephone Counsellor 

    

  • 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

      

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


  • CPCAB Certificate in Counselling Studies - Weymouth College   

  

  • CPCAB Certificate in Counselling Skills - Weymouth College   

  

  • CACDP British Sign Language Level 1 - Weymouth Adult Learning Centre 

Post-Qualifying Additional Training

I work in accordance with the BACP Ethical framework for Good Practice and I am committed to continuing professional development (CPD) and  on-going training - I undertake a minimum of 30 hours CPD per year in order to maintain my Accreditation status. 

  

      
My additional CPD training is extensive, and includes;  


  • The Rewind Technique (Trauma Therapy)
  • PTSD
  • Working therapeutically with Complex PTSD 
  • Codependency
  • Confidence in the Menopause      
  • Anxiety      
  • Depression     
  • Online Counselling      
  • Anxiety and Grief    
  • Imposter Syndrome & Low Self-Esteem     
  • Child Sexual Abuse
  • Trauma      
  • Polyvagal Theory   
  • Inner-Child 
  • Shame      
  • Perfectionism     
  • Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
  • Asperger's Syndrome Enhanced Skills Training      
  • Trauma and the Body: Dissociation & Somatisation     
  • General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)     
  • Compassion Focused Therapy     
  • Bereavement Counselling      
  • Bereavement by Suicide     
  • ACT (Acceptance & Commitment Therapy)     
  • Understanding Your Eating ~ Metaphors & Rituals as expression in Dissociative Eating      
  • Surviving Childhood Abuse & Parenting      
  • Domestic Abuse  


Professional Experience

Since qualifying in 2006, my counselling work has taken me across the public, private and voluntary sectors in Dorset.


  • Primary Care - Senior High Intensity Counsellor NHS (10yrs +) - specialising in Counselling  for  Depression  
  • 'Professional Help' - Specialist Bereavement Counselling Service   
  • 'Time to Talk' Initiative - Counselling for Carers    
  • Local Business - Counselling for employees     
  • National Organisations, Agencies and Charities     
  • RUSS - (Road User Support Service) - Road Traffic Accident Trauma related counselling     
  • Senior Counsellor in Further Education - Assessing and Counselling students at Weymouth College      
  • Higher Education - Counselling students at Bournemouth University
  • Employee Assistance Programmes (EAP's) - counselling for company employees     
  • Women's Refuge (4yrs) - Domestic Abuse counselling      
  • I also provide supervision for other counsellors in Dorset with a Humanistic, Experiential Practice



Previous Work    

  • In addition to my counselling work, I have lead 'Pattern Changing' personal development courses for women who have experienced domestic abuse - specialist facilitator training with Dorset County Council & BCHA.
  • Previous to my career as a counsellor, I held a portfolio lead position in The Dorset Youth & Community Service. I managed a county-wide team providing supervision for youth workers and 1:1 mentoring and coaching for 18-24 yr olds.     
  • I also designed and facilitated a personal and social development project for young people in further education - Children's Services, Dorset County Council (2005-2010)   
  • I offer online counselling in Weymouth, and across the whole of the UK, to people aged 18 yrs and over.


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