I have worked in people jobs all my life including in catering, education, support work, tutoring in adult education and youth work and relate well to people from different backgrounds and circumstances. I chose to train to become a counsellor, completing initial training twenty years ago and pursuing this further when family commitments allowed.
My original degree was in Social Sciences, gained at Glasgow University, I have a post-graduate certificate in Youth work from Edinburgh, and a teaching adults qualification from Swindon College.
I am a warm, compassionate, patient, empathic person with a sense of humour. I believe life experience has contributed to my becoming an understanding and tolerant person.
Qualifications and professional membership
I am a Humanistic counsellor, gaining a degree from Chichester University.
Importantly for you, I'm an accredited member of NCPS (National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society) and a registered member of BACP (British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy). I work to the ethical guidelines of both and have full insurance cover. Further short courses training includes Working with Couples, Online work, work with Adult survivors of childhood abuse, Bereavement, Suicide, Safeguarding, Creative therapy, and more.
I work within the ethical guidelines of NCS and BACP. One example of what this means, is that being a counsellor / therapist is different from being a friend.
Counselling training often (not always) requires students, to attend counselling sessions for themselves. My training did, and I have appreciated learning about myself and know that this enables me to be a better counsellor/therapist.
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