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Qualifications

Along with my formal education I am always doing additional continuous professional development. I believe that as a professional my 'job' of learning is never done and so, this list will be continuously added to.

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  • NAOS Institute, Advanced Diploma in Relationship Psychotherapy - currently studying

  • Abertay University, MSc Counselling - I achieved a Merit classification master’s degree.

  • Heriot Watt University, BSc Psychology (Honours) - I achieved a 2:1 classification honours degree.

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Memberships

I am a member of three professional bodies who's main purpose and goals are to make sure that therapeutic professionals are fit to work, are fit to hold space for their clients, and are working ethically and within their professional capabilities.

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I hold membership with:​

  • British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) - Registered Member - MBACP

  • British Infertility Counselling Association (BICA) - Member - MBICA

  • College of Sexual and Relationship Therapists (COSRT) - Student Member

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Other Courses/Qualifications

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General Mental Health:

  • Borderline Personality Disorder, Neuroscience and Psychotherapy – Greenwood Events

  • The importance of resourcing and how to do it – Trauma Training in Scotland

  • Shame, Addiction and the Loss of Self – Physis Scotland

  • 'The Silent Scream' - Working with Clients who Self-Harm – Physis Scotland

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Relationships and Couples:

  • All change all change: Couples responding to the transition to parenthood - COSRT

  • Autism and Relationships - COSRT

  • The Impact of ADHD on Relationships and Sex - COSRT

  • The Science of Being Dad: Understanding & Supporting Fatherhood - COSRT

  • After the Affair: Rebuilding Relationships After Infidelity - COSRT

  • Working with Porn Addiction and Compulsive Sexual Behaviour Disorder - COSRT

  • ​Pornography, Shame, and Relationships: Clinical Tools for Modern Therapeutic Practice - NScience

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Infertility and Childlessness:

  • When You're Not A Mother But Wanted To Be: Childless By Circumstance - First Psychology

  • Social Infertility: The Road to Solo Motherhood - Fertility Network UK

  • Fertility Counselling Foundation Course - British Infertility Counselling Association (BICA)

  • 2023 and Me: Are We Ready? Informing Implications Counselling into the Future - British Infertility Counselling Association (BICA

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Pregnancy/Child Loss:

  • Pregnancy and Infant Loss Accredited Practitioner Training - The Foundation of Infant Loss

  • Assisting Clients with Subsequent Pregnancies after Loss Accredited Practitioner Training - The Foundation of Infant Loss

  • ​Pregnancy loss and the death of a baby - supporting parents and families - Child Bereavement UK

  • When a child dies -supporting parents & families - Child Bereavement UK

  • TFMR (Termination for Medical Reasons) Therapist Training - TFMR Psychologist

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Perinatal and Parenting Mental Health​:

  • Understanding Perinatal Mood Disorder Training – Bluebell Perinatal Services

  • Birth Trauma Training – Make Birth Better

  • Paediatric First Aid – Daisy First Aid

  • Understanding Postpartum Psychosis - Action on Postpartum Psychosis

  • Existential Crisis of Motherhood - Existential Academy

  • Tokophobia and Birth Trauma for Practitioners - Easibirthing

  • Hyperemesis Gravidarum Workshop for Healthcare Professionals - Pregnancy Sickness Support

  • Hyperemesis Gravidarum Workshop for Counsellors - Pregnancy Sickness Support

  • ‘I Don’t Want this Child!’ – when Attachment doesn't stand a chance - NScience

  • Understanding the Hostile Mother and her Shame: Insights from 1 evolutionary science, anthropology, forensic psychology, and the myth of Medea - NScience​

  • Maternal Jealousy: Breaking the Chains of Toxic Emotional Inheritance - NScience

  • Breastfeeding Peer Supporter Training - Association of Breastfeeding Mothers

  • Babywearing Consultancy Training - School of Babywearing

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