Training, qualifications & experience
During my counselling training, I gained experiences at The Cellar Trust, in Shipley; at UK Counselling Network (UKCN) in Drighlington and Free Your Mind, in Leeds.
As a midwife working in the NHS, I developed special interests and skills in supporting those who have experienced difficulty conceiving, childbirth anxiety, birth trauma and people who have experienced pregnancy loss.
I am also experienced in supporting those who have had a late pregnancy or stillbirth loss and have completed stage two of specialist training with the Pregnancy and Neonatal Loss charity Petals to develop my skills and expertise further in this area. Additionally, I have completed advanced infertility counselling training with the British Infertility Counselling Association (BICA).
My role as a genetic counsellor has given me extensive experience in working with people and families, who are concerned that they have an inherited condition within the family, and may benefit from additional psychological support.
Qualifications:
- Supporting Parents Following Baby Loss-Stage 2, October 2024
- British Infertility Counselling Association advanced course, September 2024
- Level 4 Diploma in Counselling Skills, Leeds City College, July 2024
- Supporting Parents Following Baby Loss – Stage 1, July 2024
- Level 3 Diploma in Counselling Skills, Leeds City College, July 2022
- British Infertility Association foundation course, 2021
- Registered Genetic Counsellor, Genetic Counsellor Registration Board, 2010
- Certificate in Adlerian Counselling, Bottisham Village College, Cambridge, October, 2009
- AQA Intermediate Certificate in Psychodynamic Counselling (Level 3), 2007
- MSt, Primary & Community Care, University of Cambridge, 2006
- BA Hons, Midwifery, Homerton School of Health Studies, Cambridge, 1999
- Diploma in Nursing, Oxford Brookes University, 1997
Professional membership:
- British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) (Ref: 00988055)
- British Infertility Counselling Association (BICA)
- Academy for Healthcare Science (AHCS) (Ref:17011)
- Royal College of Nursing
- The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)