• MSc/ PGDip/ PGCert in Professional Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP accredited) – the University of Salford
• BSc (Hons) First Class/ Grosvenor Prize for Best Final Year Student – Leeds Beckett University
• ILM Level 7 in Coaching and Mentoring
• Graduate Certificate in Counselling
• Higher National Diploma – Distinction (The University of Salford)
• PRINCE2™ Project Management Foundation and Practitioner Practical Project Management (Directory of Social Change)

Experience

• Author, The Autistic Survival Guide to Therapy (2014, JKP/Hachette)
• Accredited Psychotherapist (2013 – 2025)
• Associate and Neurodevelopmental Diagnostician, Axia-ASD (2023 – 2025)
• Founder of The Autistic Professional Network
• Director of MIND Manchester
• Director of Healthwatch Oldham
• Director of Community Networks 4 Manchester
• Deputy Manager and Lead Counsellor at Oldham Carers Centre
• Family Support Lead at Willow Wood Hospice
• Bereavement Counsellor for AGE UK
• Counsellor at the Manchester and Salford Counselling Service
• Board Member of Manchester City Council’s Domestic Violence Management Group
• Lancaster University’s Activism and Governance Research Committee
• Course author and lead trainer on Mindfulness, Introduction to CBT, Stress Reduction, Bereavement, Grief and Loss programmes delivered across the UK

Certificates and training

• Counter Transference and Object Relation Theory – The Horsforth Centre
• Level 7 CBT – The University of Salford
• Transactional Analysis – Manchester Institute for Psychotherapy
• ADHD in Women – Misunderstood and Misdiagnosed
• Single Session Therapy – College of Cognitive Behavioural Therapies
• Certificate in Couples Psychotherapy
• Certificate in Coaching
• Advanced clinical diagnostic training in Autism Spectrum Disorder, Attention Deficit Disorder and Dyspraxia
• Training in ADOS-2, ADI-r, AQ-50, DIVA 2, Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS) and CAT-Q
• Institute of Leadership and Management – First Line Management Practical
• Project Management (Directory of Social Change)
• Understanding Autism – The Open University
• Understanding Adult ADHD – The Open University
• Certificate in Online Working – Online Therapy Institute
• Certificate in Panic Attacks
• Certificates in Bereavement, Grief and Loss (multiple providers including former ABSCo membership)
• Certificate in End of Life and Palliative Care (Macmillan Cancer Support)
• Qualified Reiki Practitioner (first degree and second degree)
• Diploma in Exploring Connection and Sexuality Through the Lens of the Soul (Love Serve Remember Foundation)
• Diploma in Reawakening The Mind of a Child: Loving Kindness (Zen Buddhism Course)
• Certificates in Safeguarding Adults/ Children
• Certificate in Equality and Diversity
• Certificate in Information Governance
• Certificate in Clinical Audit
• Certificate in Business Management

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