Qualifications & Training

 

Professional Registrations

  • BACP Accredited Counsellor & Psychotherapist.

  • Fully insured: Towergate

Publications & Awards

  • Exploring self-disclosure between the survivor-therapist and survivor-clients: An autoethnography of the value of ‘sisterhood’ between female survivors of sexual violence https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/capr.12573

  • BACP New Researcher Award 2023

  • Dean’s Prize Award 2021: Leeds Beckett University


Qualifications

  • MA Psychotherapy: Leeds Beckett University

  • Post Grad Diploma Counselling & Psychotherapy: Leeds Beckett University

  • Post Grad Certificate Interpersonal & Counselling Skills: Leeds Beckett University

  • BSc Nutrition: University of Leeds

Recent Training & CPD

  • Live Case Supervision Masterclass with Dr. Jonathan Shedler (Oct 2023)

  • Personality Styles in Psychotherapy: A Roadmap for Deep and Lasting Change: Dr. Jonathan Shedler (Apr 2023)

  • The Medicalisation of Distress: Diagnosis, Formulation, and Relational Psychotherapy: Dr Nancy McWilliams, James Barnes, James Davies, & Lucy Johnstone Confer (Mar 2023)

  • Working with Women Sex Workers: Basis Training & Education [Basis Yorkshire] (Oct 2022)

  • Fragile Selves: The Role Of Echo or the 'Thin-Skinned' Narcissist in the Problematic Dynamics that Couples Encounter: Susanna Abse & Jenny Riddell: Confer (Aug 2022)

  • Fragile Selves: Transforming Isolating Perceptions and Affects in Narcissistic Patients whose Self-Sufficiency Developed as a Protection from Malignant Parenting: Neville Symington: Confer (Aug 2022)

  • Fragile Selves: Borderline Personality Disorder a disordered relationship with self, other and the body, arising from neurobiological or relational deficits and psychodynamic defences: A Relational Affective Hypothesis: Dr Susan Mizen: Confer (Aug 2022)

  • Fragile Selves: The link between early attachment style and personality disorder presentations: Dr. Diana Diamond: Confer (Aug 2022)

  • Fragile Selves: Working with Narcissistic Vulnerability, Grandiosity, Shame, and Alienation: Dr Phil Mollon: Confer (Aug 2022)

  • Culture Wars? Intersectionality, Identities and Psychotherapy: Confer (Apr 2022)

  • Working with Depression: An Integrative and Creative Approach with Dr Barbara Dowds: Confer (Mar 2022)

  • A Biopsychosocial View of Attention Deficit Disorder and other Childhood Developmental Disorders: Dr Gabor Maté: Confer (Feb 2022)

  • Queering Therapy Spaces and Working with Gender Diverse Clients: BACP (Feb 2022)

  • The Trauma Series Part IV: Working Through Pandemic Shock with Dr Janina Fisher, Dr Ruth Lanius & Dr Pat Ogden: Confer (Nov 2021)

  • The Trauma Series Part III: Overcoming Dissociation with Dr Janina Fisher: Confer (Nov 2021)

  • The Trauma Series Part II: Implicit Predictions, Resilience, and Sociocultural Considerations with Dr Pat Ogden: Confer (Oct 2021)

  • The Trauma Series Part I: Resilience, Dissociation, and the Body Restoring Regulation, Balance, and a Sense of Self After Trauma: Confer (Oct 2021)

  • Practice beyond the pandemic - considering a blended approach to delivering therapy: BACP (Jun 2021)

  • ADHD in the Therapy Room: Aspire Autism Consultancy (Jun 2021)

  • Separation Sickness in a Post-Industrial World: Healing the Intergenerational Disconnection from Ourselves and the Land: Confer (May 2021)

  • A Matter of Death and Life: Irvin Yalom (March 2021)

  • Uncertainty: An Existential Perspective: Ernesto Spinelli (Jan 2021)

  • The Hungry Ghost: A Biopsychosocial Perspective on Addiction, from Heroin to Workaholism: Dr Gabor Maté (Jan 2021) 

  • What Every Psychological Therapist should know about working with psychiatric drugs: BACP (Nov 20)

  • Me, You and Us: A New Model for Understanding Transference in Couples Counselling workshop with Rosalind Sharples and Nathan Gould (Sep 20)

  • Growing Through Discomfort: A mental health professional’s guide to helping clients cope during Covid-19: Esther Perel (Sep 20)

  • A Reflective Guide to Gender Identity Counselling: Madison-Amy Webb (Jul 20)

  • Goals in Therapy: Actualising Our Deepest Directions: Dr Mick Cooper (Jul 20) 

  • Creative Therapeutic Interventions when working with Couples Online: Dr Kalanit Ben-Ari (Jun 20) 

  • Young People & Gender Identity: Madison-Amy Webb (Jun 20) 

  • Gender & Transgender Identity: Madison-Amy Webb (Jun 20) 

  • A Study in Trauma and Somatic Memory: Dr Janina Fisher  (Jun 20)

  • Counselling Online: A Coronavirus Primer: BACP & OU (Jun 20)

  • COVID-19 Telehealth Course: Moving Your Practice Online: Online Therapy Institute (Apr 20)

  • Existential Contributions to Counselling and Psychotherapy: Dr Mick Cooper: (Jun 20)

  • Relational Depth in Counselling & Psychotherapy: Dr Mick Cooper (May 20)

  • Using Neuroscience in your Practice: OnlineEvents (May 20)

  • Our Relationship with Things & Stuff: OnlineEvents (May 20)

  • A Pluralistic Approach to Therapy: Dr Mick Cooper (May 20)

  • A Polyvagal Perspective on the Pandemic: OnlineEvents (Apr 20)

  • Existential Courage: Emmy van Deurzen (Apr 20)

  • Working with Shame: Carolyn Spring (Apr 20)

  • Therapy & Suicide: Time to Talk (Feb 20)

  • Working with Risk: The Hub CPD (Jan 20)

  • Certificate in Relational Couples Therapy: Time to Talk (Nov/Dec 19)

  • Practical Counselling: The Hub CPD (Oct 19)

  • Societal Rape Myths & Traumatic Reactions: BACP (Oct 19)

  • Transactional Analysis 101: UKATA (Jun 19)

  • Mental Health in the Workplace: BACP (Jun 19)

  • Counselling Clients on the Autistic Spectrum: Aspire Autism Training (May 19)

  • Workshop: Eating Disorders: Battle Scars (Apr 19)

  • Workshop: Self Harm: Battle Scars (Feb 19)

  • Relational Therapy: Time to Talk (Jan 19)