Training and experience

Education and Qualifications

Diploma in Eating Disorders (NCFED 2021)

Diploma in Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy (Northern Guild/UKCP) (2018)

MSc in Psychotherapy (Newman University, Birmingham) (2018)

PG Certificate in Counselling Supervision (WCC, Nottingham) (2018)

Certificate in Relationship and Couples Counselling (2019)

PG Diploma in Psychotherapy (2016)

Diploma in Person-Centred Counselling (Metanoia Institute) (2015)

PhD in Sociology (University of Salford) (2005)

Registered Member UKCP (2018 - present)

Registered Member BACP (2015 - present)

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2011)

Experience

• Psychotherapist at an NHS Eating Disorders Service (2021 to present)

• Psychotherapist at a Cancer Care Centre in Stockport supporting children and adults who’ve been bereaved or those who are experiencing life limiting and/or terminal illness and their families (2018-19).

• Integrative Psychotherapist at a local hospice counselling bereaved adults and children or those with life-limiting illness for four and a half years (2013-2017).

• School Counsellor in a primary school for two years. My clients, who presented with a complex range of mental health issues ranged in age from 5 years old to 11 years old (2015-2017).

• Counsellor at a busy GP practice in south Manchester counselling adults with mild to moderate mental health difficulties, including anxiety, depression and low self-esteem (2013-15).

• Counselling Supervisor at a women's centre in Stockport (2019-2020)

• Counselling Supervisor for counselling students at two universities in the North of England (2018 - to 2021)

• Counselling Supervisor for an NHS Trust (2021- present)