Additional Training

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As part of my membership with the BACP I undertake 30 hours training a year. I also watch relevant TV programmes and read books and counselling journals throughout the year. 

In 2025 I will be taking the following training:  

Working with adult adopted clients and adoption related issues (4 hours)

Empty nest syndrome and other life transitions (15 hours)

Post traumatic growth (4 hours)

Navigating Family Estrangement (6 hours)

Mental Health and the body: Treating Trauma (6 hours)

In 2024 I will be taking the following training:

West Sussex Independent Visitor Scheme (20 hours)

Working with Relational Trauma (6 hours)

Increasing Inclusivity (6 hours) 

Single Session Therapy (6 hours)

Sibling Issues (6 hours)

I attended the following courses in 2023:

Bridging the divide of psychodynamic theory (50 hours January-June)

Dissociation and DID: The fundamentals (6 hours)

Safeguarding refresher (4 hours)   

I attended the following courses in 2022:

The Art and Science of Couples Therapy

Certificate in Nature Based Practice and outdoor 1st aid course

Suicide Prevention Training

Certificate in Working with Families

In previous years I have taken short course in: Solution Focused Therapy,  Transactional Analysis, working with young people, communication skills at end of life care, trauma and recovery, poor body esteem, mindfulness, working with attachment and depression and disordered eating.