ABOUT ME
counsellING
– I have 30 years’ experience as a counsellor
– I work with adult clients from diverse backgrounds and cover a broad range of issues
– I am a Registered Member of the BACP
[one of the largest professional bodies for counsellors and psychotherapists in the UK, which ensures that all its members are appropriately qualified]
I have specialist training in –
- couple / relationship / marriage guidance
- parent and family issues
- anxiety, stress, low confidence or low self-esteem
- abuse
- boarding school syndrome for those who are struggling with their experience of being sent away from the family home
- I am DBS checked
- I have a private practice, and also work with a Community counselling agency, Employment Assistance Programmes [EAP’s] and GPs
- I am a SUPERVISOR with 26 years’ experience working with – qualified counsellors, trainee counsellors, parent mentors, parent facilitators, staff groups, and management teams
Parent Support
- I am an ACCREDITED PARENT EDUCATOR with over 25 years experience of –
- helping Parents, Carers both 1-2-1 and in groups
- working with Grandparents
- helping Step and Newly Formed Families
- working with parents living with ADHD and Autism
- supporting parents of young offenders, those involved with Children’s Services, CAMHS [Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service]
- working with Schools
- I am an ACCREDITED PARENT EDUCATOR with over 25 years experience of –
- facilitating parenting programmes, including evidence based SFSC [Strengthening Families, Strengthening Communities], Triple P [Positive Parenting Programme]
- running Workshops in Effective Communication, Motivating Teenagers, Anger Management, Sibling Rivalry, Divorce & Separation, Top Ten Tips for Parents
- I have chaired the local Parenting Forum for 20 years, providing vital information and networking across the Voluntary and Statutory sectors for the benefit of families
- I devised and deliver a Peer Mentor programme to older pupils
- I have chaired the local Parenting Forum for 20 years, providing vital information and networking across the Voluntary and Statutory sectors for the benefit of families
- I was a Children’s Centre Governor and Vice Chair of a local Home-Start

