clinical experience
My interest in mental health began during early adolescence, and I am delighted to have developed a career in Counselling and Psychotherapy. During my career I have been a counsellor for the following organistions:
- Primary and Secondary Education Sectors
- Victoria Counselling and Training Service
- Employee Assistance Programmes
- Terrence Higgins Trust East
- Essex Counselling Service
- Mind Association for Mental Health
Throughout my career I have provided a personal counselling service for private clients. I have extensive clinical experience working with clients who's concerns and difficulties have included:
- anger management
- anxiety
- assertiveness
- bereavement
- co-dependency
- crisis management
- debt
- depression
- divorce and separation
- domestic violence
- drug and alcohol misuse
- eating problems
- emotional abuse
- employment difficulties
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- gay and lesbian sexuality
- incest
- infertility
- infidelity
- impulse control
- jealousy and possessiveness
- lack of confidence
- long term illness
- loneliness and isolation
- loss and grief
- low self-esteem
- miscarriage
- obsessive-compulsiveness
- panic attacks
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- personal development
- phobias
- physical abuse
- post traumatic stress
- rape
- relationship difficulties
- self-harm
- sexual abuse
- sleep disturbance
- stress management
- terminal illness
- termination
- victimisation
- work related issues
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