Qualifications & Experience
Professional Registrations
United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy: Registration number 015913
Full Clinical Member of Universities Training College
UCKP Registered Supervisor via Universities Training College
General Hypnotherapy Register: Senior Practitioner and Acknowledged Supervisor
Member of EMDR UK - Qualified Practitioner
Department of Education and Science
Integrative Psychotherapy Practice
My integrative psychotherapy practice draws on the therapeutic approaches I have trained in over the last thirty years. These include:
- Existential Psychotherapy
- EMDR Therapy
- Attachment-Focused EMDR Therapy
- Ericksonian Naturalistic Hypnosis & Clinical Hypnosis
- Ego State Therapies & Internal Family Systems
- Voice Dialogues
- Structural Dissociation & Chronic Traumatisation
- Sensorimotor Psychotherapy: Affect Dysregulation, Survival Defences and Traumatic Memory
- Relational Mindfulness
- Critical Incident Process Recovery
- Psychodrama, Dramatherapy & Therapeutic Arts
- Dance Leadership In the Community
- Tamalpa Life/Art Process
- Lifespan Integration Therapy
- Attachment & Emotionally Focused Therapy
- Twelve Steps Recovery
- Motivational Interviewing
Qualifications
Qualifications
2004-2008 Bournemouth University: Institute of Health and Community Studies
Doctor of Philosophy “Into Each Life
Face Therapeutic Arts
Shifting Awareness”
2001 New School of Psychotherapy and Counselling: Therapeutic Supervision Training
with Professor Emmy van Deurzen
1997-9 New School of Psychotherapy and Counselling (Sheffield University)
MA in Existential Psychotherapy & Counselling
1996-7 New School of Psychotherapy and Counselling
Post Graduate Diploma in Existential Psychotherapy & Counselling
1994-6 Regent's College School of Psychotherapy and Counselling:
Certificate in the Fundamentals of Psychotherapy and Counselling
Recent Continuing Professional Development
Recent Continuing Professional Development
2019 EMDR Therapy with Children and Adolescents (Ana Gomez 3 Days)
1. An Introduction to the EMDR Sandtray Protocol: The World of Stories and Symbols -
2. Intergenerational Trauma - An Attachment Based EMDR Programme to Work With Children and their Parents
3. Working with Complex Trauma, Dissociation and Failures of Integration in Children and Adolescents using EMDR Therapy
2019 EMDR Europe Child Accredited Training Susan Darker-Smith (Level 1 - 2 Days)
2018 EMDR Therapy – R-TEP/G-TEP Elan Shapiro (2 Days)
2019 EMDR Flash Technique Philip Manfield (Basic & Advanced (2 Days)
2018-9 Sensorimotor Psychotherapy: “Affect Dysregulation, Survival Defenses, and Traumatic Memory” (12 days)
2018 Attachment Focused EMDR Therapy (Advanced Level) Laurel Parnell (3 days) http://parnellemdr.com/members/zpool/
2018 EMDR - Unleashing the Magic - Attachment Focused EMDR Therapy Mark Brayne (2 days)
2017 EMDR Therapy Sandi Richman EMDR Levels 1, 2 & 3. (7 Days)
2017 Lifespan Integration Therapy Levels 1, 2 & Advanced Level 3 (Six Days Training)
Additional Qualifications
2006 Advanced Applications of Clinical hypnosis Dr. Michael Yapko – 5 Days Intensive
2003 Critical Incident Process Recovery (CIPR) Cranfield University Certificate (ICAS)
2002-3 London College of Clinical Hypnosis: Diploma in Clinical Hypnosis
2002 London College of Clinical Hypnosis: Certificate in Clinical Hypnosis (8 Days)
2001 Counselling Online Ltd: CPCAB Certificate in Online Counselling
1982-3 London University Institute of Education: (One Year full time)
Post Graduate Certificate of Education (Drama, Music, Special Needs)
1975-8 Ealing College of Higher Education: (Council for National Academic Awards)
BA (Hons) Humanities Music, Drama, Psychology, History of Art & Cinema, Stylistics
Other Continuing Professional Development
Other Continuing Professional Development undertaken includes:
2017 Working with Dissociation and Trauma Webinar Training Dr Janina Fisher Advance Levels 3 & 4
2016-20 Internal Family Systems – Online Training: 1st Series and Continuity Series
2017 Reiki 2nd Level Attunement Training with Erica Buckmaster Reiki Master (20 hours training)
2016 – DAA Conference “Compassion Focused Therapy with Adult Survivors of Childhood Abuse”
2016 ESTD Conference Amsterdam Dr Janina Fisher “The Body as a Shared: Somatic Interventions
for Trauma and Dissociation” (One Day Training)
2015 - 2016 TAMALPA Workshops: Movement Based Expressive Arts (Six Days Training)
2015 Dr Bessel van der Kolk (Khiron House Two Days Training)
2015 ESTD UK (York Conference) Dr Stephanie Howlett Medically Unexplained Symptoms
2014 ESTD Conference Copenhagen Dr Pat Ogden “Implicit Conversations: The Essential Role of Nonverbal Communication in the Treatment of Trauma & Dissociation”. (One Day Training)
2012 Dr Moira Walker “Surviving childhood abuse and parenting” (One Day Training)
2011 – DAA Annual Conference – Keynote Speaker Dr Valerie Sinason. (One Day Training)
“Themes in Abuse: Dissociative Identity Disorder & The Language of Trauma”
2006 Reiki 1st Level Attunement Training (Two Days Training)
2006 “How the Mind Creates The Brain” Dr. Ernest Rossi – (One Day Training)
2006 Clinical Hypnosis for the Treatment of Pain Dr. Michael Yapko (2006) (One Day Training)
2005 Creating Expectancy in Therapy Dr. Michael Yapko (One Day Training)
2004 Clinical Hypnosis for Comorbid Anxiety and Depression Dr. Michael Yapko (One Day Training)
2004 Ericksonian Five Day Congress (Five Days)
2004 Hypnosis for Addictions (LCCH One Day Training)
2004 Rapid Cognitive Hypnotherapy (LCCH One Day Training)
2003 Advanced Pain Control (Hypnosis) (LCCH One Day Training)
2003 Hypnotherapy for Eating Disorders (LCCH One Day Training)
2003 Hypnosis for Recovery: Victims of Crime (LCCH One Day Training)
1991 Chelsea and Westminster College Dance Leaders in the Community Certificate (12 Weeks)
1990-91 The Institute of Creativity (London): Mastery & Creative Leadership Training Programme:
1986-8 York University: – Dramatherapy Training Programme (Summer Schools)
