Employment - 10 years Penny Brohn - Volunteer Therapeutic Arts Group Co-facilitator (2022) Gloucestershire Counselling Service (GCS) - Staff Counsellor (2019-2022) University of the West of England (UWE) - Specialist SpLD Study Skills Tutor (2018-2019) Gloucestershire Counselling Service (GCS) - Associate Counsellor (2018-2019) Bristol Mind - Volunteer Counsellor (2017-2018) Oasis-Talk - Freelance Psycho-Educational Facilitator (2018) Contact Associates - Specialist Mentor/Specialist SpLD Study Skills Support Tutor (2017-2018) Cancer Support Yorkshire - Trainee Counsellor (2016-2017) University of Bradford - Trainee Counsellor (2015-2016) Clear Links - Specialist Mentor/Specialist SpLD Study Skills Support Tutor (2013-2017)
Qualifications MA Psychotherapy and Counselling - University of Leeds (2015-2018) Dip HE (Open) inc. Psychology, Counselling and Mental Health - Open University (2008-2014) PG Dip Visual and Verbal Representation in Britain (1840-1940) - University of Reading (1999)
Membership and Insurance BACP: Individual, Accredited Group Analysis South West: Associate Towergate Professional Indemnity Insurance
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) - 5 years Integrating Artwork into your Counselling Practice; 1/2 day; BACP; Online [April 2024] Postgraduate Certificate in Therapeutic Arts, University of South Wales [September 2021 - August 2022] Foundation Course in Groupwork; 1 year; Group Analysis South West; Online [October 2020 - June 2021] A Mind-Body Approach to Race-based Stress and Trauma; Webinar; Dr Gail Parker; PESI-UK; Online [April 2021] Shame and Self-Loathing in the Treatment of Trauma; 1 day; Dr Janina Fisher; PESI-UK; Online [July 2020] Neurobiology and its Applications to Psychotherapy; 3 days; Confer; Online [July 2020] Taking Therapy Outside; 1/3 day; Annie Robinson [July 2020] Academic paper publication: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03069885.2020.1772461 [June 2020] A Study in Trauma and Somatic Memory; 1 day; Dr Janina Fisher; Confer; Online [June 2020] Online Therapy: How to make the transition to Working Online; 1/2 day; Tavistock Relationships, Online [April 2020] Short-term Psychotherapy; 3 days; GCS, Stroud [January-February 2020] Secret Agent of Shame; 1 day; Gestalt Centre Wales, Chepstow [December 2019] Working with the Body in Counselling and Psychotherapy; Margaret Landale; 1 day; GCS, Stroud [June 2019] Suicide and Suicide Ideation; 1 day; BACP, Bristol [June 2019] Let's Talk Groups: A Group-Analytic Approach; 1 day; GCS, Stroud [June 2019] BACP Research Conference, 2 days; BACP, Belfast [May 2019] (Paper presentation) Adolescence; Margot Waddell; 1 day; GCS, Stroud [May 2019] Working Effectively with Autistic University Students; 1 day; UWE [Jan 2019]