My Approach
My approach is grounded in Neuroscience research and Attachment Theory; I work on the premise that we are wounded within the context of relationship and we heal within relationship.
I integrate different theories and approaches as I seek to respond to the needs of each individual. I am particularly influenced by Internal Family Systems Theory (IFS), and Trauma-Informed Stabilization Treatment (TIST).
I am a certified NARM Master Therapist. NARM (The NeuroAffective Relational Model) is specifically designed for working with Complex Trauma by addressing the attachment patterns that cause life-long psychobiological symptoms and interpersonal difficulties.
‘The spontaneous movement in all of us is toward connection, health, and aliveness. No matter how withdrawn and isolated we have become... on the deepest level, just as a plant spontaneously moves towards sunlight is in each of us an impulse moving toward connection and healing' Laurence Heller
QUALIFICATIONS
Masters level DIPLOMA in ART THERAPY (Kutenai Art Therapy Institute, BC)
BA (HONS) in COUNSELLING (Roehampton University, UK)
DIPLOMA in TRAUMA THERAPY (Wealden Institute, UK)
NARM MASTER THERAPIST (NeuroAffective Relational Model)
CERTIFICATES IN:
Psychedelics and Art Therapy: Preparation and Integration
Working with the Neurobiological Legacy of Trauma (Janina Fisher)
Trauma Therapy (Wealden Institute, UK)
Social Care (Open University, UK)
Counselling Skills (Central School of Counselling Therapy, UK)
Counselling Theory (Central School of Counselling Therapy, UK)
Counselling Children (Counselling and Psychotherapy Central Awarding Body, UK)
Women's Trauma: EMDR, IFS, EFIT, Polyvagal Strategies for Treating and Empowering Survivors
CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COURSES:
Treating the Seeds & the Cycle of Self-Destructive Behaviours
Trauma in Children
Working with Dissociation
Trauma, Dissociation & Recovery
Shame in the Therapy Hour
The Obsessive-Compulsive Personality
The Borderline & Symbiotic Personality
Child Sexual Abuse: Hope for Healing
Impact of Child Sexual Abuse on Adult Survivors & their Relationships
Severe & Complex Trauma & Dissociation
Attachment, Attachment & Disorder, Trauma & Recovery
Exploring Issues on Counselling & Spiritual Accompaniment
Working with Narcissism
Working with Childhood Trauma & Dissociation
Trauma & Recovery
Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy
Healthy Mourning in a Grief Pandemic
Bereavement Support Group Facilitator
IFS and Spirituality
A Polyvagal Exploration of the Impact of Choice to the Experience of Safety
An IFS Lens on Women and Addictive Processes-A New and Empowering Approach
Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT) with Trauma Survivors: Coming Home to Yourself
Helping Women with PTSD: How Cognitive Processing Therapy Makes a Difference
Is This Person Borderline, Bipolar, Dissociative or Psychotic??? How to Differentiate These Disorders So You Can Treat the Patient According to Best Practices
Deconstructing Wonder Woman: Embodying our Trauma Bodies
Healing the incest wound
Working with perpetrator-imitating parts
Reproductive trauma and the unravelling of abortion care in the US and around the world
Honoring the Dissociative Mind in EMDR Therapy
Patriachy and Internalized Misogyny: Implications for Body-Oriented Treatment
To come as healers: the intersection of epigenetics, attachment and innate resources
Addressing women's trauma treatment in 2022: insights and implications for clinical practice
Nourishment for a woman's soul: mind-body interventions to support trauma recovery, resilience and post-traumatic growth
Building self-compassion after gender-based violence: toward reconnection of brain, mind, and body
Women, trauma, sex and pleasure
Father-daughter incest and clinical implications: manifestations of compounding, despotic patriarchal structures of coercive control
The future of women's trauma treatment
The Place of Justice in Recovering from Complex Trauma: A survivor’s perspective with Judith Herman M.D.
The Role of Shame in Sexual Abuse in Women
Borderline Personality Disorder as a Traumatic Attachment Disorder
EMDR, Women and Trauma: How Attachment-Focused EMDR Can Heal Trauma and Empower Women to Actualise their Potential
Examining the impact of racial trauma on BIPOC (Black indigenous people of colour): the assault on your mind, body and soul
Vicarious Trauma and Compassion Fatigue: Essentials for Therapists Working with Trauma