My background

I grew up in Devon but spent a lot of my childhood in Glastonbury and London. I come from a spiritual family made up of different cultures and backgrounds. Since I was a child, I have always loved fashion and have a strong connection to healing, nature and the seasons. 

I have wanted to be a Therapist since the age of 16 when I first studied Freud in A'Level Psychology!  However life took me in a different direction and after completing my degree, I lived in the States for a short time. I ending up 'falling' in and out of different Jobs until I landed and settled in the corporate world of HR.
On my last 'big' birthday, It felt like the right time to make the change. 

Moving away from home to university at 18 was a difficult adjustment for me and this was the first time I accessed Counselling. Since then I have accessed support for various life events including loss, bereavement and for the development of my own self awareness.

I have a range of experience working for a local mental health charity and with the NHS.
I bring over 20 years professional experience in Corporate HR advice coaching roles in both private and public sector. 

• Advanced Diploma in Integrative Counselling  - Iron Mill
• Certificate in Counselling - Iron Mill
• I am a fully qualified and registered member of the BACP (British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists).  I adhere to their ethical framework and professional standards. 

•  BA Second Class Joint Honours Degree - History & Victorian Studies - University of Wales. 
• Psychometrics in Occupational settings  (SHL) Behaviour and Personality. 
• Certificate in Personnel Practice - CIPD 

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As a Therapist, I am required as part of my registration with a professional  body to complete regular ongoing professional development. This is to ensure I provide the best possible support to clients through building knowledge and expertise. 

• Psychodynamic Theory: The fundamentals
• Relational and Integrative Psychotherapy: Healing the wounds of childhood
• Boundaries somatic exercises
• Psychodynamic Counselling in Action
• Breaking through repetitive patterns
• Matryoshkas in Therapy
• Self Esteem and TA workshop
• A Creative Approach to Confidence for Coaches and Counsellors workshop
• No Bad Parts  (Richard C Schwatz)
• Exploring life scripts creatively using fairy tales
• Transforming trauma-shame into self compassion workshop
• Training in Bereavement counselling (6 part course)
• No bad parts:Understanding and befriending your shadow with parts theory workshop
• Embodiment Practices for Relational Trauma and boundaries Workshop
• Working creatively with timeline
• Managing Shadow Archetypes :The Saboteur
• Creativity as a Therapeutic Technique:working with shame Workshop
• Treating shame: Tools and Techniques
• Somatic resources; safety, stabilisation and self regulation workshop
• Impact of Anxiety and stress in your personal and professional life and how to manage it workshop
• From anxious to resilence using breathe work and embodiment practice workshop
• All parts welcome: the skills dialoging with parts
• Boarding School Trauma Workshop Part 1 & 2  
• The pleasing to fawning continuum:when relationships are threatening Workshop
• Relationship coaching 'calling in the one.' workshop

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