Why I can Help

As a trained and qualified mental wellbeing practitioner with professional practice in Crisis Recovery with one of the UK’s leading mental health charities, and NHS Crisis Home Treatment Teams, Mental Health Liaison, Community Teams, secure and forensic in-patient services.  Having worked alongside clinical psychology, psychiatry and nursing, I have in-depth knowledge and understanding of working in a clinical setting as a non-clinical practitioner.  Above all else, I have empathy and understanding as to the complexities and challenges of mental health crisis through lived experience.

I help in a timely, effective, sensitive and caring manner without judgement. 

You will benefit from a compassionate regaining of emotional safety that aims to offer an improved sense of calm and grounding. Facilitating the nervous system to regulate and alleviate symptoms. You will begin to feel better.

I provide a discreet and easy to access service using therapeutic assessment* for tracking and monitoring progress, 5P formulation**, the latest research and psychological intervention techniques, strategies and skills, high level of confidentiality ***, de escalation, reassurance, family/partner support, collaborative working with other services/practitioners, post crisis recovery for return to wellness and signposting.

*therapeutic assessment - General Anxiety Disorder 7 item (GAD 7) Patient Health Questionnaire 9 item (PHQ 9) Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (WEMWS)

**Mental Health 5P framework; Presenting, predisposing, precipitating, perpetuating and protective

*** Confidentiality - follows Safeguarding principles that should a person disclose information that, in my professional judgement, highlights a person is at potential risk of harm to self or others and/or has engaged or considering criminal activity - this information WILL be shared to the relevant services and agencies. )

Qualification and Training :

  • BSc (Hons)  Counselling, Coaching and Psychological Interventions

  •  FdA  Health and Social Care 

  • NHS Tavistock & Portman Perinatal Mental Health Risk, Care and Treatment Certification 

  • BACP Counselling Skills  - Level 3

  • Birthbliss Academy Doula Certification 

  • Health & Mental Wellbeing Coaching (for Depression, Anxiety, OCD, Perinatal and Lifestyle)

  • Person-Centred Counselling 

  • Wellbeing Promotion /Public Health

  • Therapeutic Assessment

  • Behaviour Change Models and Approaches

  • Behaviour Activation

  •  Solution Focused Brief Therapy

  •  CBT Interventions

  • Motivational Interviewing 

  • Positive Psychology  

  • Safeguarding (UK)

  • GDPR

  • Equality and Diversion 

  • Professional and Ethical Standards in Coaching & Counselling  (Association for Coaching and BACP)

Enhanced DBS (update service)

ACRO International Police Certificate 

Registered member : EMCC UK  Ambassador, Special Interest Group, Health and Wellbeing   

Ongoing : MSc Public Mental Health