My credentials:

I am accredited by the BACP (British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy): so I follow their principles and guidelines. I completed postgraduate studies at Manchester Metropolitan University. I am registered with the ICO, to ensure I care for your data. I am insured to provide therapy.​​​​

​My main qualifications:​​

Postgraduate Certificate in Education (1995)

Counselling Level 5 Diploma (2006)

BACP Counselling Accreditation (2013)

Counselling Children Level 4 Certificate (2018)

​Diploma in Clinical Supervision (2024)
Other training I've completed:​​​​​

Introduction to Counselling (2001)

​Counselling Skills (2002)

​Awareness in Bereavement Care (2008)

​Understanding Attachment in Children (2012)

​Understanding DID (2014)

​Developing Resilience (2015)

​Understanding Autism (2018)

​Working with Suicide (2018)

​How to do counselling online (2020)

​Survivors of Childhood Abuse (2020)

Child Sexual Exploitation (2020)

​Responding to Domestic Abuse (2020)

​Adverse Childhood Experiences (2021)

​Trauma Matters (2021)

​Trauma Stabilisation Training (2021)

​Call it Out: LGBT+ awareness (2021)

​Mental Health 1st Aid for Young People (2021)

​Trauma Informed Empowerment model (2022)

​Art Therapy Placement Supervision (2023)

​Certificate in Clinical Supervision (2023)

​Child Abuse Linked to Faith & Belief (2023)

​Dissociative Disorders in Practice (2024)

​Drawing & Talking training (2024)

​Trauma Bonding (2024)

Online safety and child protection (2024)

​​Foundation in Art Therapy (2025)​​​​

Child protection: NSPCC introduction (2025)

The impact of racialised trauma (2025)

Rediscovering the spirit in counselling (2025)

Demystifying Pre-Trial Therapy (2026)

Working therapeutically with trans (incl. non-binary) people (2026)