Experience:

Voluntary

Cruse Bereavement Care - Offering 1 - 1 Counselling to children and adults within their own home, working with issues around grief and loss. Later Supervision training leading to supervision of other volunteers.
Checkpoint (Children's Society) Working in outreach destinations such as GP surgeries and Brixham Youth Enquiry offering 1 - 1 counselling to young adults with varying issues from bullying, abuse, alcohol & drug use to relationships.
South Devon Women's Aid offering 1 - 1 counselling to women with varying issues around loss, bullying and domestic violence.
Checkpoint group work "Esteem" with young adults exploring and building confidence and self-esteem.
South West In Grief (SWinGS) - Working with families that have experienced a significant loss.

Qualifications & Training:

BTEC D32 33 Assessors Award
NEBS Management Certificate 1998/9
Cruse Bereavement Care Bereavement Counselling Skills February 2001
Advanced Diploma (Level 4) Therapeutic Counselling 2005 - awarding body CPCAB.
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy level 2 October 2007. Devon Counselling College
Cruse Bereavement Care Accreditation certificate 20th May 2008
Diploma in Hypnotherapy July 2008
Sand Play Therapy September 2008
Attending - Level 6 Diploma Body Psychotherapy beginning November 2008
Level 3 Award in Preparing to teach in the lifelong learning Sector 27th July 2009


My working background has been in health and social care and presently I work with people who have disabilities one day a week. I trained in Gestalt; Person centered counselling, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and Sand Play Therapy. I am a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and work to their code of ethics. I have been counselling since 2001, beginning with bereavement, moving on to working with groups, adults and young adults exploring issues such as anger, self esteem, anxiety and confidence. I worked voluntarily as a counsellor for adults & children and a then a supervisor with Cruse Bereavement Care for eight years.
I work supporting bereaved families with an organisation called SWinGS. And more recently for Torbay care trust supporting carers, within the carers emotional support scheme and in a carer evaluator role.
I also have a small private practice where I offer 1-1 counselling.

I am registered as a carer and attend Brixham Management Team meetings when required as a carer representative. In September of 2009 I took on the facilitation of Brixham Carers Support Group Meetings.

I believe in continuing my own development in all areas of life and attend therapy, workshops and courses which keeps my way of working fresh and current.