My Approach
The approach that I have to my work has evolved over the years.
In years prior, a large part of my time was spent in clinical practice with individual clients, nowadays the majority of my time is dedicated to working behind the scenes delivering the training I have created to fellow professionals, writing my upcoming books, and concentrating to the continuous development of my Fear Monster client packages.
Over time, I have realized that this way of working fits better with what it is I am trying to contribute and if I am honest with who I am. My aim has always been that my work reach as many people as is possible, and this way means that I get some way to achieving my aim.
My areas of contribution are:
- Early and/or Traumatic experiences (Child/Adult)
- The Safe and Ethical Professional Practice and Interventions with Children and Young People
- Domestic and Sexual Abuse (Child/Adult)
- Anxious and panic feelings, fears, phobias and intrusive thoughts (Child/Adult)
- Living, Death and Dying (Child/Adult)
Most, if not all of my work will be related in some way to the above subjects as this is where my unique expertise lies.
An Additional point with reference to my work with Children and Young People
The foundation of my training and my work centers around supporting adult wellbeing, however, I think it is important to refer to the work that I do, and the passion that I have, to advocate the safe and ethical practice and to improve professional responses, to children and young people.
It is important to me that I use my skill set in a way in which helps other professionals to understand children, to understand the child’s experience of the difficulty that they find themselves in, and then for them to be able to combine this knowledge with their professional skillset in such a way, that they are able to provide a more informed, safe and supportive response to the child and in contributing to a better longer-term outcome.
My passion is in helping children to have a voice. Given that the child is often unable explain their experience or to communicate their needs, I see it as my role to help them to be understood, and to get the right support to improve their future wellbeing and outcomes. It is my firm belief that prevention is always preferable to cure.
It is vitally important that children and young people are provided with the appropriate resolve at the time of their distress, leading to the sense of safety and security that is often lacking within their situations.
I believe myself to have a unique skill set that enables me to formulate and share my ideas with within multi-agency and single agency approaches to child intervention, therapeutic practice, schools and other wellbeing and social care services. I do not believe that there is anything like my training and I passionately believe in my ability to make a difference.
Please see a summary of my experience below:
- First and foremost, within my own life I came from a very dysfunctional and abusive home and suffered early traumatic experiences myself. A large proportion of my life has been spent in conditioned and controlled circumstances. As a child I received no intervention.
- I have studied extensively in child development, therapeutic practice and safeguarding. I have unique qualifications that enable me to work in therapeutic practice with children from aged four upwards.
- I am a qualified Clinical Supervisor and I have a number of years’ experience of supervising other therapists who are supporting children and young people within their work.
- I have studied extensively to master’s level and a large proportion of my study has been related to the experience of and in supporting children and young people.
- I have worked extensively with children and young people experiencing extreme emotions related to circumstances with early trauma, traumatic experiences, domestic and sexual abuse, anxiety, death, dying and loss (Hospice based child counsellor)
- I have many years of experience of working within multi-agency approaches
- I have many years of experience of working within the voluntary sector, as a therapist, as a bid writer, as a development/fundraising Manager
- I have significant experience of providing counselling and clinical supervision within schools. In addition, I have been responsible for the creating of counselling contracting and provision within schools
- I have significant experience of commissioning therapeutic services and of advisory work within voluntary sector organisations, relating to the areas of which my expertise lies.
I wish you to have confidence in my abilities to support you and to meet the needs of your service. I am wholly committed to continuous professional development.
For your reference, please see a full list of my achieved qualifications.
The People that I work with
Please find below some guidance on the people that I work with.
Individual Clients
Working with individual clients is very important to me. I do still offer one to one therapy in the form of EMDR combined Psychotherapy.
I am able to provide availability to a very limited caseload of clients at any given time. Do to this fact, I must inform you that there may be a waiting list, which I am happy to add you to by request.
My availability does vary, please submit a secure referral or contact me in the first instance for further information.
Practicing Individual Professionals
I work with individual therapists, wellbeing practitioners, school colleagues, other social care practitioners. I am able to offer individual supervision for the related to clinical work with adults, children and young people.
In addition, I am able to you offer a number of unique CPD courses related to my areas of expertise.
Multi-agency Services and single agency services
I offer my unique Child Window training to those services who wish to enhance their ability to effectively integrate their multi-agency approach, and to provide informed and improved intervention to child victims of domestic abuse.
This is unique training which will focus on uncovering the many layers of sustained abuse and the interpersonal challenges within responding services.
In addition, I am able to offer advisory contributions, limited availability for individual and group supervision, and unique individual CPD training to employees.
Please contact me to book a facilitated training day for your organisation or to make an alternative enquiry related to my work.
Schools
I offer my unique Child Window training to promote a greater understanding of domestic abuse, traumatized and dysregulated children within the school environment. I believe that this training with support educational colleagues to form a greater understanding of the child experience, and to provide informed and improved intervention to child victims of domestic abuse and/or early trauma.
The child’s window, is unique training which will focus on uncovering the many layers of sustained abuse and the interpersonal challenges within responding services.
In addition, I am able to offer advisory contributions, limited availability for individual and group supervision, and unique individual CPD training to employees.
Please contact me to book a facilitated training day for your organisation or to make an alternative enquiry related to my work.
Emergency Services and Legal Training
I offer my unique window training concepts to aid responses to those impacted by domestic abuse and early trauma as well as traumatic experiences.
I wish to support you in enhancing your knowledge of the above, to challenge your perspectives on these important subjects with the outcome being enhanced understanding and informed responses to the victim experience.
In addition, I offer advisory training related to the impact and presentation of responses to trauma.
Please contact me to book a facilitated training day for your organisation or to make an alternative enquiry related to my work.
