About

I am just a regular bloke, with a big heart helping incredible people realise their abilities and who is massively, forever grateful to my teachers past and present.

I am absolutely dedicated to providing the most effective ways to help you resolve your problems as quickly and as safely as possible to achieve not only healing but continued growth.

Experience

I am an experienced Europe Accredited EMDR Practitioner on a background of being a Dialectical Behaviour Therapist (DBT) and Advanced Solution Focused Therapist (SFT).

I am also a fully accredited Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist (CBT) and have completed comprehensive training in the use of Developmental Needs Meeting Strategies (DNMS) ego state therapy.

All of these modalities inform my approach when working with clients.

I have worked as a High Intensity therapist and supervisor within IAPT services and have a wealth of experience delivering therapy within Adult Services (Community Mental Health Teams and Primary Care) and in Child and Adolescent Specialist Community Teams).

Prior to becoming a psychotherapist I earned my stripes working as a locum mental health nurse within multiple services in the NHS and private sectors including; forensic facilities, acute wards, psychiatric intensive care units, rehabilitation centres, crisis home treatment teams, community mental health teams and primary care/GP surgeries.

I established a private practice in 2014 and have successfully worked with numerous categories of psychological problems, many of which have been considered `complex’.

I continue to work in the NHS as a specialist therapist and clinical supervisor as well as run my own private practice.

Qualifications

MSc. Degree with Distinction in Professional Clinical Practice

Post Graduate Diploma (Pg Dip) in Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapies

Europe Accredited EMDR Practitioner

EMDR Advanced Child and Adolescent Therapist

BSc. Degree with First Class Hons in Mental Health Nursing

Dialectical Behaviour Therapist (DBT)

Advanced Solution Focused Therapist (SFT)

DNMS Ego State Therapy (DNMS)

Professional Memberships

EMDR UK association

British Association fo Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP)

Society for DBT (MSfDBT)

United Kingdom Association of Solution Focused Practice (UKASFP)

Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)

Charity Work

I am a Trustee for the Trauma Response Network UK (TRN). TRN is a Registered Charity who provide free, immediate emergency support and therapy for up-to eight sessions for those who have suffered mass trauma such as terrorism, organized violence, natural disasters and systematic institutional racism. If you are impacted by mass trauma, are registered with a UK GP visit our website and complete a referral form to see if you are eligible for support: https://www.traumaresponsenetwork.org