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ABOUT ME

I am a qualified and experienced counsellor and psychotherapist, providing a safe, supportive and professional environment for people to explore their difficulties and ultimately make positive changes in their lives.

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I am a pluralistic practitioner, meaning I draw on a variety of therapeutic approaches, which enables me to effectively meet the individual needs of the clients I work with. I am experienced in working with a wide range of issues, and have a specialist interest in eating disorders, including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa & binge eating disorder, and all forms of addiction, including substance abuse as well as process addictions such as gambling, pornography, sex, work, gaming etc. I also work with all forms of trauma and utilise a trauma-informed approach in my work.

Qualifications, Training and Continuous Professional Development

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  • Post Graduate Diploma with Distinction, Addiction Psychology and Counselling (London South Bank University, 2014)

  • Master Practitioner training course in Eating Disorders (National Centre for Eating Disorders, 2017)

  • The Voyage - 16 week Trauma Informed Training (Trauma Thrivers, 2023)

  • Working with Complex Trauma: Untangling Somatic Wounds (Trauma Solutions, 2023)

  • The Voyage - 2 Day Trauma-Aware workshop (Trauma Thrivers, 2022) 

  • Maudsley Model of Anorexia Nervosa Treatment for Adults (MANTRA) core workshop (Priory Group, 2018) 

  • Cognitive Remediation Therapy for Anorexia Nervosa (Kings College London, 2019)

  • Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) skills for workshop (Blueskies/UKAT, 2016)

  • How to do counselling online: A conornavirus primer (Open University and BACP, 2020)

  • Mindfulness for Wellbeing & Peak Performance (Monash University via FutureLearn, 2016)

  • Caring for People with Psychosis and Schizophrenia (Kings College London via FutureLearn, 2016)

  • MA (Oxon) Chemistry (University of Oxford, 1995)

 

I am a registered member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and an Advanced Practitioner member of the Addiction Professionals network, and adhere to their ethical frameworks.

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Experience

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I have worked in the mental health field for over 11 years and started my private practice in 2016. Alongside this, I have also worked at The Priory's Lifeworks hospital in Woking for six years. During my time at Lifeworks, I occupied the roles of Senior Therapist and Eating Disorder Programme Lead, where I helped to deliver comprehensive programmes for eating disorder and addiction treatment, working with individuals, groups and family members.

I have previous experience in both private and community based settings in the addiction treatment field.

I have recently started working with Lou Lebentz's online Trauma Thrivers community, with whom I am looking to promote using a trauma-informed approach to mental health issues.

As well as my work in mental health, I am also able to draw on my considerable experience working as a commercial professional, during which time I held a variety of senior management roles, working with and leading teams of people to achieve change and growth targets in industry.

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