QUALIFICATIONS
Qualifications & Training
- Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR): EMDR European Association and EMDR UK Accredited Practitioner; EMDR Parts 1-4; further training in Advanced Flash Technique, Dream Completion Technique, dissociation/parts work, complex trauma, addiction and suicide. EMDR Consultant training 2025.
- Cognitive Therapy (CT): BABCP Accredited CBT Practitioner; PGDip Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (BABCP Accredited course; disorder-specific training in PTSD, OCD, depression, panic, social anxiety, health anxiety, generalised anxiety, BDD, specific phobias); further training in 3rd Wave CBT (see below), anger, sleep, habit disorders, developmental/multiple trauma, NET, suicide, 'personality disorders' and dissociation
- Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT): BAMBA Accredited Mindfulness Teacher; PGCert MBCT TT1 (MBI:TAC Oxford Mindfulness Centre Competence); MBCT-L trained; Group Skills (Mindfulnes Network)
- 3rd Wave CBT Approaches: Schema Therapy: Parts 1, 2a-c, Foundations Of Schema Therapy with Complex Cases; ST for Complex Trauma and Borderline Profiles; ST with Anxious, Avoidant, Dependent and OCD Presentations; ST Working with Narcissism (Schema Therapy Associates; ISST-approved Certification Programme). Dialectical Behaviour Therapy: DBT Essential Skills (British Isles DBT). Acceptance Commitment Therapy: ACT; Russ Harris. Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT): Advanced CFT Clinical Skills (Paul Gilbert); CFT for Trauma (Deborah Lee)
- Clinical Supervision: BABCP Accredited CBT Supervisor; IAPT HI/PWP CBT Supervision (Chester Uni); PGCert Person-Centred Supervision (Temenos); EMDR Consultant training (EMDR UK Assoc, Sandi Richman)
- Person-Centred Therapy (PCT): Dip Person-Centred Counselling (BACP Accredited course); Cert Counselling Skills; Cert Person-Centred Group Facilitation; PGAdvDip Cognitive Behavioural Practice for Person-Centred Therapists (PCT-REBT)
- Collaborative Assessment & Management of Suicide (CAMS; David Jobes): CAMS Trained status, evidence-based suicide-specific care
- BA (Hons) Philosophy - Manchester University
- Other: in receipt of ongoing supervision for EMDR, CBT, MBCT, and Schema Therapy; in receipt of supervision of supervision; former NHS Armed Forces Champion. Trainer and supervisor of trainee CBT therapists and supervisors.
Regulation
- British Association of Behavioral Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) Accredited Practitioner and Supervisor
- EMDR European Association Accredited Practitioner
- British Association of Mindfulness-Based Approaches (BAMBA) Accredited Mindfulness Teacher
