D r C a r y l S i b b e t t (PhD)

Current roles:

• BACP Senior Accredited Supervisor;

• BACP Registered Senior Accredited Counsellor / Psychotherapist;

• Art Psychotherapist (HCPC Registered);

• Teaching on a Level 5 Post-Qualifying Diploma in Counselling Children & Young People (CPCAB);

• Teaching on a Level 6 Post-Qualifying Certificate in Creative Supervision of Practice Across the Age Range (CPCAB).

• Teaching on the core teaching team of the MSc Art Psychotherapy at the Belfast School of Art, Ulster University.

• Member of the BACP's School and college counselling expert reference group.

• Vice Chair of the British Association of Art Therapists (BAAT), the UK professional body for Art Therapists / Art Psychotherapists.

• Committee member of BAAT NI, the NI regional group of BAAT.

• Life member of the Northern Ireland Group for Art as Therapy (NIGAT).

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Past roles include:

• Founded Art Psychotherapy qualifying training in Northern Ireland. Designing the MSc programme from the late 1990s, I led its initial CPSM / HCPC approval and University validation. I led the programme from its establishment in 2002 in Queen's University, later in the BHSCT, and then in Ulster University until I retired as a Senior Lecturer & Course Director of the MSc Art Psychotherapy.

• Immediate past Deputy Chair of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), having also served as a Trustee for nine years.

• Member of the Executive Committee of the BACP's Children, Young People and Family Division.

• Member of the steering group of the BACP's Children and Young People Practice Research Network.