I am honest and open and want to provide a warm welcoming space for you to come and be you.  There are no expectations, just time to be,  some sessions are about getting to know each other and building up trust,  I will always move at your pace and you will always be in control.           

I have extensive experience of working with children and young people and adults.  I have worked within schools supporting young people to communicate their needs, feelings and emotions in ways that work for them.  I have worked with additional support needs and behavioural issues among many other things.

I have worked within the fields of addiction, homelessness and the criminal justice system working within prisons and within the community.  I have the ability to adapt my skills so I can work with children and young people from the age of 5 to 18 years and adults.  Moving forward I will be undertaking further training in Sex Therapy and Relationships.

I have provided a list of qualifications below and additional training I have completed.  It has all been important learning but the one place I gained the most learning is from the person I am with.

Qualifications

• Professional Development award – Counselling: Children and Young people SCQF Level 11                                   
• Diploma Person centred counselling and psychotherapy               
• SVQ level 3 children and young people                                           
• Supporting teaching and learning in schools, NCFE level 3   Certificate
• Level 2 in drug awareness
•  Liverpool community college, certificate in counselling  And communication skills
• Leeds metropolitan university, psychology/social science degree   

Additional Training

• Counselling people towards behaviour change
• Scottish mental Health first Aid training
• Trauma skilled
• Gender and sexuality
• Into to NLP
• CBT
• Focusing skills
• Micro skills
• PC expressive arts
• Addiction
• Me too! Supporting children with additional support needs
• Working with ADHD and the autism spectrum
• Child protection training
• First aid training
• Positive behaviour support 2-day course
• Picture exchange communication system (PECS)
• Vulnerability training and project management
• Diversity training and personal safety
• Dealing with violence and aggression training, self-harm training