Qualifications and Professional Development
Qualifications and Professional Status
BACP Accredited and Registered Counsellor - MBACP (Accred)
CPCAB Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
CPCAB Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Studies
CPCAB Level 2 Certificate in Counselling Skills
I also have a BSc in Physical Geography (1st Class)
Current Specialist Training
• Currently undertaking the four-year Diploma in Body Psychotherapy at the Cambridge Body Psychotherapy Centre (2024- )
• Certificate in Biodynamic Massage (2026)
• EMDR (2026 - ) EMDR Academy - EMDR Course approved by EMDR UK & EMDR Europe for the delivery of accredited training
Relevant Continuing Professional Development
Body Psychotherapy and Embodied Practice
• 19th International Congress of the European Association for Body Psychotherapy, Body Psychotherapy on the Edge: Moving through Polarities, 3-6 September, 2026 | Cork, Ireland
• Trauma and Attachment in Practice: Embodied Healing Conference - Onlinevents, 2026
• Breathwork for Anxiety and Trauma Recovery - Kate Williams, Onlinevents, 2024
• Biodynamic psychotherapy online workshop, 2024
• Dance of Soma and Psyche I: Foundations in Working with the Body - Institute of Embodied Psychotherapy, 2023
• Biodynamic Psychotherapy: A Therapy for Soul, Mind and Body - London School/Centre for Biodynamic Psychotherapy, 2023
• Healing from the Bottom Up, 2022
• Vagal Toning for Therapy(ists) - Andrea Davies, 2022
Attachment, Relational and Psychoanalytic Practice
• British Psychoanalytic Association Introductory Lecture Series - 20 lectures, 2024
• Avoidant Attachment - Anne Power, The Bowlby Centre, 2025
• How to Fail at Psychotherapy - Rosalind Grainger, The Bowlby Centre, 2025
• Attachment Theory in Practice, 2022
• Understanding Child Development and Relational and Developmental Ruptures, 2022
• An Exploration of the Core Conditions Offered to Young People with Behavioural and Attachment Issues, 2022
The British Psychoanalytic Association series included psychoanalytic approaches to:
• Attachment
• Trauma
• Anxiety
• Depression
• Eating disorders
• Narcissism
• Borderline functioning
• Sexuality and gender
• Working with children and young people
• Transference and countertransference
• The work of Freud, Klein, Winnicott and Bion
Trauma, Abuse and Risk
• The DICES Risk Assessment and Management System - APT, 2023
• Specialist Counselling for Female Survivors of Sexual Violence, 2023
• All You Need to Know About Assessments When Working with Trauma, 2022
• Evidence-Based Psychological Treatments for Trauma: A Cognitive Approach to PTSD and Complex Grief, 2022
• Working with Survivors of Domestic Abuse and Violence, 2022
• Creative Ways of Healing the Trauma of Domestic Abuse and Violence, 2022
• A Thematic Analysis of Practitioners Working in the Field of Domestic Violence, 2022
• Domestic Violence, 2022
• Working with Survivors of Domestic Abuse and Violence - 2022
• Creative Ways of Healing the Trauma of Domestic Abuse and Violence - 2022
• A Thematic Analysis of Practitioners Working in the Field of Domestic Violence - 2022
• Domestic Violence Awareness - 2022
Humanistic and Person-Centred Practice
• The Tribes of Person-Centred Therapy - Mick Cooper, 2021
Safeguarding and Professional Practice
• Level 2 Safeguarding Children, 2022
• Working Together to Safeguard Children and Adults at Risk - Foundation, 2020
• Adult Mental Health First Aid Two Day Course - MHFA England, 2019