About Me

I have been a mental health nurse for almost thirty years and have training and experience in almost every area including Child and Adolescent, Adult Acute and Older Peoples Care. My experience includes In-Patient Care and Community Practice as well as Crisis Intervention.

I have practised  complementary therapies for about twenty years. These include Solution Focused Therapy, Gut and Psychology Syndrome, Vitali-Chi and Progressive Kinesiology. In my practice I help prevent and treat mental health problems by working corroboratively with the patient through counselling, medication monitoring and lifestyle management using conventional and complementary therapies where appropriate.

I am currently training as an EMDR Therapist. EMDR (Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing) is recognised by NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) as being an evidence based treatment for PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder).

Qualifications:

Vitali-Chi Practitioner

Certified GAPS Practitioner (Gut and Psychology Syndrome)
Diploma Progressive Kinesiology

Solution Focused Brief Therapy

Certificate Progressive Kinesiology
MSc Psychodynamics and the Psychoses

ENB 998: Teaching, Assessing and Supervising in Clinical Practice

Diploma of Higher Education; Registered Nurse (Mental Health)
Bachelor of Arts (English and Philosophy)