Career History

All my school-based work has been exclusively supporting students experiencing social, emotional & mental health challenges within specialist settings including prison, special needs schools, pupil referral units and mental health programmes in mainstream school.

2020-date Psychotherapist in private practice​

2013-2020 School based Mental Health Counsellor

​2007-2012 Head Teacher​

1999-2007 Special Needs Teacher

Education

MA in Psychology with an emphasis in Marriage & Family Therapy & School Counselling, Phillips Graduate Institute, California

National Professional Qualification in Headship, University of London

B Ed. Education, Leeds Metropolitan University

Additional Training

Behavioral Therapy Training Institute, International OCD Foundation

Supportive Parenting for Anxious Child and Emotions (SPACE) Program, Yale Child Study Center 

DNA -V Acceptance & Commitment Therapy and positive psychology for teens

Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Collaborative & Proactive Solutions

​DBT skills for adolescents​

Unified Protocol for children and teens