Training, Qualifications & Experience

 

I began my training in 2006 and qualified in 2009, from there I went on to study further for my masters degree and gained a first class (A) pass in 2011. 

I have been in private practice since 2013 and before then worked for a local charitable agency seeing a wide variety of clients on a one to one basis. I also have experience facilitating therapeutic groups and teaching counselling skills and eating disorder workshops at The University of Abertay Dundee. 

 

I hold the following qualifications:

 

Masters Degree (MSc) in Counselling (1st class) University of Abertay, Dundee.

Post Graduate Diploma in Counselling University of Abertay, Dundee.

Certificate in Counselling Skills, University of Abertay, Dundee:

N.C Criminology, Angus College

Introduction to Arts and Humanities, Open University

H.N.D Communications, Aberdeen College

 

Research and Publications

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Author -

The Effectiveness of a Psycho-Educational Intervention for Emotional Eating Problem, MSc in Counselling, University of Abertay Dundee, 2011.

 

Helping Clients Address Eating Problems (in The Handbook of Pluralistic Counselling and Psychotherapy, Sage Publications 2016) 

 

Co-Author-

 

Factors influencing student nurse decisions to report poor practice witnessed while on placement,R. Ion, K. Smith,S. Nimmo, A.M. Rice, L. McMillan, Nurse Education Today, Feb 2015.

 

 

Other Recent Training and Experience

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- Child Sexual Abuse - Hope for Healing (www.pods-online.org.uk)

- Dissociation & D.I.D: The Fundamentals (www.pods-online.org.uk)

- Treating GAD and Panic Disorders (mindbodyrecovery.co.uk)

- Treating Intrusive Thoughts and the Inner Critical Voice (mindbodyrecover.co.uk)

- Introduction to TRE (Trauma Release Exercises)

- Introduction to Compassion Focused Therapy for Shame and Self-Critical Difficulties with Prof Paul Gilbert

- Deaf Action - Deaf Awareness Training

- Assist, Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training.

- Advanced group leader training, Understanding your Eating programme with Prof Julia Buckroyd

- Group leader training, Introduction to Understanding your Eating programme with Prof Julia Buckroyd

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