Kairos Consultancy: 

I have been teaching for over twenty five  years and have taught and led counselling and art psychotherapy courses at various levels, including Doctoral, Masters, Post Qualifying, Diploma and Certificate levels. 

I founded the first Master's level training in Art Therapy / Art Psychotherapy in Northern Ireland and led it since its establishment in 2002 at Queen's University where I was a Lecturer in Education (Special Needs), also teaching education and counselling. I further evolved the MSc and established it at the Centre for Psychotherapy, Belfast HSC Trust. In 2015 I redesigned my course as Pluralistic and Trauma Informed Art Psychotherapy.. I later established it at another university, leading this until l retired as Senior Lecturer and programme leader in Autumn 2019. Since I retired, that course has been significantly changed and led in another direction.

Other current teaching includes: 

• tutor on a Post Qualifying Diploma in Counselling Children & Young People (CPCAB level 5), run by Phyllis Coulter Training in Belfast;

• tutor on a Post Qualifying Certificate in Creative Supervision (CPCAB level 6), run by Phyllis Coulter Training in Belfast.

I offer significant experience teaching and designing programmes at the following levels:  Doctoral, Masters, Undergraduate degree, Advanced Diploma, Post Qualifying Diploma, Diploma, Certificate.

Topics I offer training in include:

• art psychotherapy / art therapy

• counselling / psychotherapy

• supervision praxis

• working therapeutically with children & young people

• creative reflexive practice

• education, adult education

• healthcare education

• qualitative research

• arts-based research approaches

• appraisal / performance development

• self-care for professionals

• bespoke workshops

For examples, see:

• Courses

• CPD - continuing professional development.