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My
counselling qualifications and experience
My first degree is a BA in European Studies, for which
I studied French and German. When I got interested in therapy in my mid-thirties,
I first did an introductory course, followed by an RSA Certificate in
Counselling Skills, at the Swarthmore Centre in Leeds. I then trained
at Park Lane College and Leeds Metropolitan University and gained a Diploma/BSc
degree in therapeutic counselling. I also have a certificate in therapeutic
groupwork from Group Analysis North.
After working in industrial export sales and then in the music industry,
I started counselling in late 1992. I have worked at Burley Counselling
Service, often with people referred by their GP, at Leeds Metropolitan
University as a Student Counsellor, as a Divorce and Separation Counsellor,
and privately. I have also worked in conflict resolution as a mediator
for Leeds Family Mediation Service. From June 2001 I worked for two years
in the NHS as counsellor in primary care, and I now continue working in
private practice in Leeds.
I have taught a number of co-counselling personal development courses
in the Leeds area. Within the Co-Counselling International network I
have led many workshops on a variety of topics (eg death, loss, choosing,
rejection, men's groups, eating and feeding, here-and-now processes,
psychodrama, unfinished family issues, creating community and using masks).
books...
Here are some of the writers whose work has touched me:
Irvin Yalom
Sheldon Kopp
D.W. Winnicott
Fritz Perls
Habib Davanloo
Melanie Klein
Erich Fromm
Hermann Hesse
Codes of ethics and practice
I am a member of the BACP (British Association for
Counselling and Psychotherapy), and practice according to their codes
and ethical framework.
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