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)