About Me
I have 30 years' experience as a psychotherapist, currently work as a counsellor and am an internal moderator for a national counselling training organisation. I am a Trustee of space2grieve a charity offering bereavement support.
My work draws on many different models including:
I co-facilitated adult personal development groups (a type of therapy group) at Richmond upon Thames College for over twenty years (these now take place online). I also taught counselling students at the college and taught the theories of groups, transactional analysis, emotional literacy and positive psychology to MA students at Brunel University. Husband, father and grandfather, I live and work in Strawberry Hill, Twickenham. I am passionate about yoga, mindfulness and healthy living & ageing intelligently. I am a former Independent Chair of the British Wheel of Yoga Qualifications awarding body and am also an environmentalist with an interest in Deep Ecology (considering the interdependent nature of human and non-human life). PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Doctor of Education - My thesis concerned therapy groups & criticism of the main psychological theories Diploma in Therapeutic Hypnosis & Psychotherapy Certificate in Transactional Analysis Certificate in MBSR (Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction) Certificate in Personal Performance Coaching Certificate in Further Education Teaching MSc Environmental Change - Social & Physical Aspects MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES Accredited Member of the National Counselling Society Fellow of the Institute for Learning Member of the International Association of Positive Psychology |