My Skills & Experience
I have skills and experience of working with a variety of issues, including:
- Alcohol & Drug recovery
- Depression
- Stress and Anxiety
- Relationship issues: 1-1 work and couples counselling
- Personal Development: making the most of who you are
- Grief and terminal illness
- Major life changes including redundancy
- History of physical, sexual, mental and emotional abuse
- Young People's issues: finding your identity, family and peer issues
- Personal Identify: including life choices, cross-dressing
- Working with counselling students to complete statutory counselling hours
- Telephone Counselling
Career History:
I currently work for RAPt (Rehabilitation of Addicted Prisoners Trust) part-time as a trainer, for their counsellors and counselling students. I deliver bespoke designed Continuing Professional Development training and work as a tutor on their L4 Counselling Diploma. I thoroughly enjoyed passing on my skills and knowledge, as well as learning from my students!Previously I worked as an Acting Senior Counsellor for RAPt in a Surrey men's prison offering drugs and alcohol counselling.
I have experience working in the field of bereavement and terminal illness. I have worked at the Sam Beare Hospice in Weybridge and the Fountain Centre in the Royal Surrey County Hospital. This work involved counselling those who lost their loved ones; those who had life-threatening illnesses, or loved ones who were affected by caring for someone who was terminally ill.
I studied for three years at Guildford College, and graduated with an Advanced Diploma in Humanistic Counselling. I ensure I undertake many hours of Continuing Professional Development to keep my skills up to date, and have been professionally accredited by the BACP, and am a member of the UKRCP.
I have also completed a Diploma in Clinical Supervision, meaning I can now help and guide other counsellors in their work with their clients.