Qualifications & Professional Training
Background and Ethical Practice
I am a BACP-registered counsellor and integrative psychotherapist, with professional training across counselling, psychotherapy, mental health, health and social care, clinical hypnotherapy and trauma-informed practice.
My professional journey began in 2009 within support work. I later moved into wellbeing-focused coaching and commissioned public-sector programmes, supported by further training in coaching, NLP and personal development. These earlier roles provided an important foundation for my work while remaining distinct from my later counselling and psychotherapy training.
Since 2021, my work has developed specifically within the professional framework of counselling and psychotherapy. I progressed through formal therapeutic counselling training to foundation-degree and BSc degree-level study. Today, I work exclusively within my counselling and integrative therapy practice, supported by regular clinical supervision, continuing professional development and the BACP Ethical Framework.
Core Professional Qualifications and EMDR Training
Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
Click below to see the full expandable list Cert in EMDR Therapy (Eye Movement Desensitisation & Reprocessing) Complete Training (Levels 1-3) - EMDR Centre London Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT) – Level 1 (ICEEFT) EFT: Attachment Science in Practice – Psychwire (6 weeks) Motivational Interviewing (MI) Foundational-Psychwire (6 weeks) Certified Clinical Trauma Professional. EVERGREEN Certification Gottman Method Level 1 Training Workshop (John & Julie Gottman Institute) Person Centred Experiential-Counselling for Depression (PCE-CFD) - BACP CPD Event 3-Day: Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) PESI Certification Training 3-Day: Trauma Treatment Workshop PESI Arielle Schwartz & Stacy Ruce Somatic and EMDR Approaches Treating Trauma with Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS) - PESI CPD: Step-by-step procedures for healing trauma, anxiety, depression and more. The Resilient Heart: Trauma Sensitive Heart Math Course - Nervous System Regulation Techniques Neurodiversity Masterclass Cognassist NCFE Endorsed. Diversity Awareness & Skills Training Certified Master Practitioner in Neuro Linguistic Programming (MNLP) Certified Master Practitioner in Time Line Therapy (TLT)
Click below to see the full expandable list. EMDR from Start to Finish: (PESI, 43 hrs) Attachment-Focused EMDR: Separation & Loss (PESI) Attachment-Focused EMDR: Healing Relationship Trauma (PESI) Attachment in Adults: How Infant Attachment Affects Relationships (PESI) Traumatic Attachment & Affect Dysregulation – Janina Fisher (PESI) Treating Trauma with Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS) – PESI Complex Trauma: Parts Work, Somatic Psychology & EMDR – PESI 3-Day Trauma Treatment Workshop: Arielle Schwartz & Stacy Ruce (PESI) Trauma-Informed Yoga for Therapists: Dr Arielle Schwartz - PESI
Click below to see the full expandable list. Using CBT to Treat Menopause: Manage Symptoms & Empower Your Clients (PESI Course) Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) Certification (PESI, 20.5 hrs) DBT Essentials: Interventions for Trauma, Personality Disorders & Anxiety (PESI) CBT with Older People: UEA (3 weeks) Understanding Anxiety, Depression & CBT – University of Reading (5 weeks) Integrating Care: Depression, Anxiety & Physical Illness – King’s College London (3 weeks) Social Anxiety: Step-by-Step Techniques (PESI).
Click below to see the full expandable list The Resilient Heart: Trauma-Sensitive HeartMath (HeartMath Institute) Mindfulness for Wellbeing & Peak Performance – Monash University (4 weeks) Psychology & Mental Health: Beyond Nature and Nurture – University of Liverpool (6 weeks).