I qualified as a Integrative counsellor in 2011 and then went on to study a level 5 Diploma in CBT as well as qualifying as a clinical supervisor. Further studying has led to qualifying as a EMDR practitioner and a Rewind Practitioner focusing on trauma.

I work from a private office in Pioneer House, Ellesmere Port, which is easily accessible from Overpool Road or Junction 7 of the M53.

I have worked in a number of different roles during my career including working with families in Children’s Social care, in HMP prisons with prisoners and also with young people who were victims of criminal and sexual exploitation.

I have a special interest in working with survivors of narcissistic and domestic abuse after experiencing 15 years of what I believe was a relationship with a narcissist. I also came to the realisation that my father and also my sibling showed really strong signs of narcissistic behaviour, which I now understand led to me choosing a spouse with the same traits.

Through research and knowledge, I was able to understand what I had experienced, and I now work with others who are either still living with or in contact with their abuser in either a romantic relationship or as a family member, or they have left their abuser and are struggling to understand the distress they have experienced. 

Qualifications:

BA Hons Psychological Studies

Diploma in the Theory and Practice in Counselling – Level 4

Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy – Level 5

EMDR therapy modules 1 – 4.

Complex Trauma Certificate

Advanced Supervision Certificate

Solution Focused Training

Child Counselling Training

Rewind Technique

Suicide Training

Safeguarding Training

Accredited Critical Incident Debrief Facilitator