Qualifications
I am a fully
qualified counsellor holding an Advanced Diploma in Counselling, a Diploma
in Expressive Therapy, a Diploma in Casework supervision, a Diploma in
Hypnotherapy and Psychotherapy and am a British Association of Counselling
and Psychotherapy (BACP) accredited counsellor and United Kingdom Register
of Counsellors (UKRC) Independent Registered Counsellor, an accredited member of the Counselling Society and an associate
member of the National Register of Hypnotherapists and Psychotherapists (NRHP).
I have in excess of 9000
counselling hours and over 1500 hours experience in supervising.
Family
I have been
married over 30 years to a very patient, supportive and caring guy. We have two grown up sons (one still lives at home!).
My Background
I was born in
Chicago,
Illinois
though have lived in
England
since I was 14. I am told, by some,
that I still have my accent. I
trained, initially as a teacher, and then went into business for a
while. I came back into teaching for
in excess of twelve years, worked as an Emotional and Behavioural Support teacher,
working with young people who were Statemented as having Emotional and
Behavioural Difficulties (EBD). I
taught in a specialist
EBD
School and also
supported other pupils in mainstream schools. It soon became evident to me that the
students were not having any appropriate therapeutic intervention to help
with their emotional difficulties. I
trained as a therapeutic counsellor, in part, to help address this need. I believe my heart has always been in
some form of therapeutic work.
In the American
system we already had child guidance counsellors in schools and I was
fortunate enough to have had positive experience of this to help me through
my childhood difficulties. I again
experienced benefits of counselling during and after my counselling training which
has helped me develop my own philosophy of counselling. I walk alongside my clients with the aim
to empower them to their own growth and development. The warmth and value I felt from my own
therapist enabled me to start to value myself and to grow in confidence and
self-esteem.
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