My journey through life and career thus far has included many years of counselling, helping and therapeutic experience, as well as many years of alternative and spiritual therapies, equipping me with (I believe) a fluid, open minded, compassionate, patient, dynamic, holistic and integral approach to positive change and healing, utilizing various aspects from many different models of therapy, yet never relying on just one. My counselling training and experience centres around Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Spiritual & Integrative counselling.
“We are all so different even in our similarities…so be aware of the man who sells just one belief and won’t offer you respect or humility until you believe his!”
My experience has been obtained whilst working within the roles, practices & guidelines below;
•Private practice working with individuals troubled with many different aspects of their life including; grief, negative self image, weight loss, smoking cessation, substance misuse, depression, anxiety, feeling of hopelessness, stress management, religious beliefs, relationships, physical ailments, depression etc. (9 years)
•Energ Field Healing Practitioner
•In being part of a skilled, experienced & dedicated small team whose target was to formulate, develop and manage a successful Therapeutic Community for individuals with assessed behavioural and/or negative thinking problems. (See below for an answer to; what is a Therapeutic Community?)
•Worked for the largest rehabilitation organisation in the UK, specialising in working with individual and groups suffering from a wide range of personal problems, including; depression, anxiety, addiction, anger, stress, hopelessness, shame, guilt and fear. (12 years)
•Assisting in the development, research and running of a major nationwide cognitive and behavioural therapy based programme for addictive behaviour that will eventually be used in virtually all prisons in the country. It is not far off that target now!
•Group facilitating & psycho dynamic therapy. (7 years)
•Extensive one to one client based therapeutic facilitation. (11 years)
•Group facilitating of an intensive 16 week (160 hours) therapeutic course covering many modalities and attempting to assist positive self change and increased self awareness in individuals.
•Instigating, developing and facilitating auricular therapy (ear acupuncture) sessions for offenders within the Criminal Justice System, Eastern region.
•Managing an auricular therapy private practice and collating personal research.
•Instigating, developing and facilitating meditation sessions, breath-work sessions, relaxation technique sessions as well as stress management/awareness courses.
•Reiki Practitioner (allowance of healing)
•Working with and facilitating music therapy for all age groups (15 years)
•Inner self, personal and spiritual development. (20 years)
What is a Therapeutic Community?
Often when other treatments are not working and there is considerable instability is a persons life due to mental illness, people contemplate the benefits of therapeutic communities.
Therapeutic communities offer group-based therapeutic treatment in a community setting. Staff and patients form a community in which the treatment takes place. Staff and patients work together, democratically and in a non-institutionalised approach.
The usual chain of command with staff at the top making the decisions and patients at the bottom does not exist and there is discussion and debate in making decisions regarding the community and individuals care. Their way of working is based on the principles of empowerment, democratic discussion, social inclusion and establishing a safe environment.
Therapeutic communities can be organised as a series of outpatient sessions, or make take the form of a day centre, a medium-long term residency or, in certain cases, a permanent home in the community
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Valued clients comments
(These are some of the comments that clients have specifically asked me to reproduce on this site, for that I am very grateful)
“After years of trying so many different techniques, methods and spending far too much on DVD’s and CD’s it still amazes me that the way you taught me breath work in conjunction with the acupressure you practice has quite honestly changed my life. I can deal with my anxiety and sleep problems with confidence now”
“Thank you for caring in the way you do. It is rare”
“Why isn’t your breath work and exercises on the NHS? I cannot believe the power your simple treatments and encouragement hold”
“Your knowledge, awareness and empathetic help and encouragement have helped, and continue to help me in ways that is impossible to write down. Therapists with your natural skills must be few and far between”
