Qualifications/ Experience

Prior Experience:

Director of MIND Manchester Mental Health Charity
Family Support Lead/ Bereavement Counsellor/ Counselling Co-ordinator at local hospice
Counsellor at the Manchester and Salford Counselling Service
Counsellor at AGE UK Tameside
Board Member on Domestic Abuse Management Group – Manchester City Council
Director of Healthwatch Oldham (Patient involvement/ advocacy)
Director of CN4M
Deputy Manager at Oldham Carers Centre (Adult Social Care)
Lead Trainer and Course Author of 6-week Mindfulness, Introduction to CBT and Stress Reduction course, The Link Centre
Lead Trainer and Course Author of 6-week Bereavement, Grief and Loss programme delivered across Tameside and Glossop
Member of the Association of Bereavement Service Co-ordinators (ABSCo)
10+ years of Senior Project Manager experience across a variety of sectors
Published mental health writer (Therapy Today, The Counsellors’ Cafe, Counselling Directory, KEIA Wellbeing, Sounds Magazine)

Qualifications:

Postgraduate Diploma (PgDip) in Counselling and Psychotherapy Studies – Professional training (University of Salford/ BACP-accredited course) including:
– Person-Centred Theory and Practice (Distinctions)
– Mental Health for Counsellors (Distinctions)
– Introduction to Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
– Research Methods in Counselling and Psychotherapy (Distinctions)
Graduate Certificate in Counselling and Psychotherapy (University of Salford)
BSc (Hons) – 1st Class honours degree including Grosvenor Prize Award for Best Final Year Student (Leeds Beckett University)
Higher National Diploma – Distinction (The University of Salford)
TA101 Transactional Analysis Training – Manchester Institute for Psychotherapy
Getting the Most out of Counter-transference (Object Relation Theory) – The Horsforth Centre
Holistic practitioner (including First and Second Degree in Usui Reiki)
PRINCE2 Project Management Foundation and Practitioner
ILM Level 3 in Management
Working with Bereavement, Grief and Loss (multiple training providers)
Safeguarding Adults
Safeguarding Children
Equality and Diversity
Essentials of Information Governance
Clinical Audit (Tameside & Glossop PCT)
End of Life and Palliative Care (Macmillan Cancer Support)

Assurances:

Enhanced DBS checked (annually)
Fully insured through Holistic Insurance
Registered Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP) and working towards further accreditations
Approved by Accredited Register Scheme (Professional Standard Authority)
I receive monthly casework support with a highly skilled and qualified supervisor
I work within the guidance expressed within the BACP Ethical Framework for the Counselling Professions 2018

Ongoing courses: