About Me / My Career so far

Who am I?

I am an individual like you. I am different. I am neurodiverse and I have lived through my own experiences. But I am aware, I am centred, I have learnt. 

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My career

Parallel to my counselling roles, I have chosen to have a diverse career working in different environments, to enable me to support adults, young people and families from diverse backgrounds

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 These include

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• Children aged 6-18 who needed emergency accommodation

• Individuals aged 8-25 with significant learning and physical challenges

• Looked after Children aged between 5-21

• Adults with a diagnosis or traits of Borderline Personality Disorder/EUPD

• Young people aged 13-18 from psychiatric hospitals who needed specialist support to integrate back into society

• Young women and Adults aged 14+ who were detained in psychiatric hospitals

• Secondary school children (11-16) in a mainstream school. SEND requirements and emotional and behavioural needs

• Adult have suffered childhood sexual abuse and exploitation

• Children aged 8-18 who had suffered sexual abuse

• Males aged 11-21 who exhibit sexually harmful behaviours.

• Children aged 11-18 who had experienced, and were experiencing, being sexually exploited.

• Schedule one offenders aged 13+

Through my career I have progressed to management, have gained qualification in every different sector, and have an extensive portfolio of specialist training.

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My enhanced DBS and safeguarding training requirements have been continuously updated throughout my career and are both not due to expire until 2022. 

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My specialities (but not exclusively), are:

Neurodiversity. Autism. Asperger's. ADHD. 

Suicidal ideation and Self-injury

Eating disorders

Gender identity and sexuality

Abuse. Including historical.

Confidence and self-esteem

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Within our first telephone contact, we will explore what you would like to gain from Counselling, and explore whether we both feel we are a good fit for each other.  

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