
Training & Experience
Employed Mental Health, Counselling & Psychotherapy Experience 2002 - 2018:
(I stopped all employed and insurance work in 2018, to concentrate on providing for my private clients)
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Official Government Departments - mental health assessments, short term therapy/counselling
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The Priory - Therapist/counsellor - adults & young people, short to long-term work
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Third Sector Organization - Anger & Trauma, Adults counsellor - funded by NHS/CCG - short to long-term work within community clinics, and a NHS hospitals' psychological therapies department
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Schools Counsellor, primary, secondary, pupil referral units (PRU) and social educational mental health schools (SEMH Schools) (Over 50 schools around the North West) - Inc. pupils, parents/carers, teachers & staff
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7* Employee Assistance Programmes (counselling employees nationwide) - Adults counsellor/therapist - short-term work (6 weeks), mental health assessments & crisis work. Also completing, assessments for NHS services and GP's
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Looked After Children's (LAC) Counsellor Inc. parents/carers - funded by Wigan local authority
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Substance Misuse Counsellor- funded by Liverpool NHS/CCG
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Suicide Prevention Practitioner- PAPYRUS UK - national charity
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Counsellor & Mental Health Practitioner - Forty Second Street - Manchester - specialist support for young people (11-25 year olds). Funded by NHS/CCG
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Online Counsellor
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Relate - North & South Manchester - counsellor
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Face to Face - charity counsellor for those on low/no income
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NHS Bereavement & Palliative Care Service & Macmillan- bereavement & life-threatening illness
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Mental Health Advisor/support helplines
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Online Advice & Support for concerns around self-harm - TheSite.org
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GP's Surgeries-counselling & mental health assessments
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Therapeutic residential units, residential homes & schools for people of all ages with Epilepsy, learning & social difficulties including ASC/Autism
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Residential/Assessment units, Leaving Care Units - Bury, Wirral, Wigan, Manchester, Alderley Edge
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The Samaritans- 2 years 2002 - voluntary
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Brainspotting UK -training assistant for Phase 1,2,3 in Manchester, London & Brighton
Qualifications
Also check where your therapist trained, was it an accredited, reputable, specialist training establishment, and tutors?
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Post Graduate Certificate Lv7/Masters Level in 'Critical engagement - Person Centred & CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) Therapies' at Temenos - Sheffield, UK
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AEDP Immersion: AEDP Lv1 Therapist (Accelerated Experiential-Dynamic Psychotherapy) AEDP Institute, Dr. Diana Fosha
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Certificate in Supervision- National Counselling Society (NCS Accredited & Approved). Training approved by British Psychological Society. Manchester, UK
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Certificate in Ego State Therapy with EMDR-Robin Shapiro, London, UK
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Certificate in EMDR1, 2 & 3- Approved EMDR-UK training. Dr. Derek Farrell, Liverpool, UK
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Certificate in IFS Lv1 -IFS-UK Dr. Osnat Arbel, Sheffield, UK
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Certificate in IFS Lv2 -INTENSIVE TRAINING PROGRAM DEEPENING AND EXPANDING IFS - IFS Poland/IFS Institute Dr. Osnat Arbel
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Certificate in IFS Lv3 - IFS Portugal with Dr. Dick Schwartz (this is the highest level of IFS Training currently)
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Certificate in IFS Masterclass - Dr. Frank Anderson
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Certificate in IFS Informed EMDR - Bruce Hersey LCSW
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The Further Reaches of IFS - Unattached Burdens - Robert Falconer
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Diploma Lv4 in Theory & Practice of Counselling (This course focused solely on the Person Centred approach, and was Accredited by British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy/BACP, founded by Pete Sanders) - Person Centred Counselling Services (PCCS) Training Partnership - Manchester. With thanks to Tracey Walshaw and Frances McDonnell.
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Diploma in Clinical Hypnotherapy - CECCH. Birmingham, UK
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Brainspotting/BSP Phase 1-approvedby the British Psychological Society a heavy Person Centred and neurological approach to process trauma, and other concerns. Dr Mark Grixti. Birmingham, UK
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Brainspotting/BSP Phase 2-approvedby the British Psychological Society treatment for trauma, and many other concerns. Dr Mark Grixti. Brighton, UK
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Brainspotting/BSP Phase 3 - technical BSP training. Complex trauma, sports trauma, and EGO state work. Dr David Grand -Barcelona, Spain.
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Brainspotting for Addictions (known as The Crocodile Setup)- Works with your nervous system, to help recovery and regulation. Dr Roby Abeles (Australia)- London, UK
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Brainspotting Masterclasses - 4 days Barcelona, Spain, Dr David Grand.
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Eye Movement Integration Therapy Lv1 - a specialized neurotherapy designed to treat trauma & PTSD. Eva Pollani. Bath, UK
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Eye Movement Integration Therapy Lv2 & Supervision/advanced- a specialized neurotherapy designed to treat phobia and deep-rooted trauma & PTSD. Eva Pollani, Bath, UK
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Sensorimotor Psychotherapy - Lv1 Trauma Themes - This course included live tutor contact hours, self learning, experiential learning/teaching sessions, personal therapy, and supervised practice. Dr. Pat Ogden's Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute. With Esther Perez
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Dialectical Behaviour Therapy/DBT Essentials-Lane Pederson, PsyD, LP, C-DBT
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Certificate in NLP Professional Coaching -Central College, England. Birmingham, UK
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Diploma in NLP(Neurolinguistic Programming)
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Certificate in Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapy- Central College England
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Certificate in Solution Focused Counselling - Central College England. Birmingham
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Certificate in Solution Focused Hypnotherapy - Central College England. Birmingham
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Certificate in Ericksonian Hypnotherapy - Central College England. Birmingham
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Counselling Skills LvII (now level III) - Manchester
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Counselling Concepts LvI (now level II) - Manchester
Further training & Certificates
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Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (A.S.I.S.T) - Livingworks
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Adoption Training
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Attachment training
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Awareness of Child Abuse & Neglect
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Bereavement & palliative care counselling- NHS/Trafford Bereavement & Palliative Care Service
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Child & Adult safeguarding
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Child trafficking training
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The Neurobiology of Compassion: Clinical Applications for Therapists
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Conflict resolution
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Counterterrorism training (WRAP)
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Counselling young people - Relate
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Data protection/GDPR
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Domestic violence - Relate
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Family support training- Beechwood cancer care
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Gestalt Therapy Dream Work
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Group work - NHS
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Epilepsy training -The David Lewis Centre - Alderly Edge, Manchester
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Healing Broken Bonds: The Consequences of Traumatic Attachment with Dr Janina Fisher, London, UK
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Intro to Existential Psychotherapy - Dr. Emmy Van Deurzen
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Integration of Mind, Brain and Body in the Treatment of Trauma - with: Dr. Bessel van der Kolk
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The Integrated Trauma Therapist:Incorporating IFS with EMDR, SP, CPT, AEDP, and DBT, for Treating Complex Trauma and PTSD
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Returning to Wholeness - Understanding and Integrating Trauma - with Dr. Gabor Maté
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Revolutionizing Trauma Treatment - Babette Rothschild
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Intro to Gestalt therapy
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Intro to Hakomi - Hakomi Mallorca
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Intensive Interaction
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Health & Safety - QCF
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Supporting mental health of LGBTQ
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Stabilizing the Unstable - With thanks to Dr. Janina Fisher (CPD Cert)
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Mental Health - NHS
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Person Centred sand tray work - PCCS training partnership - Manchester
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Person Centred couples counselling
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Polyvagal Theory, Oxytocin, and the Neurobiology of Love- Dr. Stephen Porges - London, UK
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Self Harm - Teaching School Alliance
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Suicide TALK - Living Works
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Timian certificate (challenging behaviour) - BILD
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Treating Complex Trauma with Internal Family Systems (IFS) 1 2020: Intensive with Dr. Frank Anderson
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Treating Complex Trauma with Internal Family Systems (IFS) June 2022: Dr. Frank Anderson
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Treating Dissociative Disorders (with EMDR & Parts/Ego States) - Dolores Mosquera & Kathy Steele (CPD Cert)
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Young people, sex & the law - Brook