My main current roles include: 

• BACP Senior Accredited Supervisor, supervising Art Psychotherapists, Counsellors / Psychotherapists, Line Managers, CEOs, and other professionals. I supervise for diverse organisations in statutory, third sector and voluntary settings; and practitioners in private practice.

• BACP Registered Senior Accredited Counsellor / Psychotherapist. 

• Art Psychotherapist (HCPC Registered). 

• Appointed as Regional Representative for Art Therapy / BAAT on the Advisory Committee of the Allied Health Professions (ACAHP) to the Department of Health NI. Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) (Mar. 2024 - ). Nominated by AHPFNI.

• External Quality Advisor - University of Chester, for counselling, psychotherapy, psychological trauma courses.

• Core tutor - I am a core tutor and teach on several trauma-informed post-qualifying courses: 

  • A core tutor & curriculum designer on a Level 5 Post-Qualifying Diploma in Trauma Informed Counselling / Psychotherapy with Children & Young People (CPCAB) (2013-ongoing).
    I co-designed the course and I mapped the course to BACP's CYP competences & curriculum & to BAAT & HCPC guidelines. This PQ course is for registered counsellors / psychotherapists, arts therapists and similar.

  • A core tutor & curriculum designer on a trauma Informed Level 6 Post-Qualifying Certificate in Creative Supervision of Practice Across the Age Range (CPCAB) (2016/17-ongoing).
    I co-designed the course and I mapped the course to BACP's supervision competences & curriculum & to BAAT & HCPC guidelines. This PQ course is for registered counsellors / psychotherapists, arts therapists and similar.

• Trainer - I teach on other courses: 

  • A Trauma Education facilitator with Wave Trauma Centre.

  • A trainer teaching post-qualifying CPD short courses and seminars, such as: psychotherapy theories, eco-practice, fairy tales in psychotherapy, etc.

Other roles:

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