Employment - 10 years Reclaim - Self-employed Counsellor - current Bristol Mind – Trainee Counsellor (2022-2023) Cruse Bereavement Support – Trainee Counsellor (2020-2022) Southmead Development Trust – Social Prescribing Link Worker (2020-2021) Bristol Mind – Mindline Telephone Volunteer (2016-2020) Southmead Development Trust – Mentor (2018-2019)
Qualifications MA Counselling and Psychotherapy – University of the West of England (2023)
Membership and Insurance BACP: Individual Towergate Professional Indemnity Insurance
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) - 5 years International Conference of Autoethnography: 2 days; presented research, “A Collaborative Autoethnographic Investigation into Female Identity in Middle Age”; Bristol [June 2023] Student Conference; 1 day; BACP; Online [February 2023] Working with Mental Health: ½ day Workshop: Karl Gregory; Cruse Bereavement Support; Online [March 2022] Bereaved by Suicide: 1 day; Cruse Bereavement Support: Online [March 2022] What is the UK’s “Mental Health Crisis” Trying To Say to Us?: ½ day; Paul Atkinson; The Analytic Network; Bath [November 2021] Working at Relational Depth: 1 day; Mick Cooper; Cardiff City Stadium [October 2021] Trauma Awareness: ½ day; Cruse Bereavement Support; Online [July 2021] Working with a Suicidal Client: ½ day; Cruse Bereavement Support; Online [July 2021] Self Care: ½ day; Cruse Bereavement Support; Online [July 2021] Bereavement Foundation Course: 6 days; Cruse Bereavement Support; Online [December 2020] Motivational Interviewing: 2 days; Freespace; Phil Harris; Bristol [2020]