Family and Systemic Therapist, Couple Therapist and Community Psychiatric Nurse.
Child/Adolescent psychotherapy – Adult psychotherapy – Training – Supervision
I am an accredited Family and Systemic Psychotherapist (UKCP reg) with 18 years experience working within the mental health service, intially as a registered mental health nurse, a community psychiatric nurse and more recently as a Family and Systemic Psychotherapist working within the child and adolescent mental health service in Devon.
Children and young people – I am passionately committed to the delivery of excellent therapeutic services to children, young people and their families. I have extensive additional training in Child Protection, Group Analysis and Dramatherapy, and a sound working knowledge of evidence based practice. I use an integrated approach with the children, families and couples that I work with; drawing on a number of different modalities.
Couple Therapy – I work part-time as a therapist in an innovative research-based couple clinic developing a treatment for depression in the Mood Disorders Centre, Exeter University and use many of these ideas in my private practice with couples.
Teaching and Supervision – I am one of the course leaders for the MSc in Psychological Therapies (the qualifying Family Therapy training) at Exeter University and am a visiting lecturer on the Clinical Psychology Doctorate training. I have completed a diploma in Creative Supervision through London Centre for Psychodrama and offer systemic and creative supervision to clinicians and groups.
