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What I offer?

• Training and consultancy work for organisations in the commercial, statutory and voluntary sectors
• A whole range of therapeutic and developmental resources, both to individuals and to groups
• Mentoring and coaching, both to individuals and to staff teams

My organisational work often examines and evaluates the ways in which the organisations themselves function, or the ways in which they may be relating to their customers or to other stakeholders, groups or organisations.

My experience

I have worked for organisations in various settings, including the voluntary, statutory and commercial sectors. I have held various posts, including management positions, in education and social work, and have trained social workers and counsellors.

I have gone into numerous industrial and commercial organisations to assist with specific projects, both under the auspices of my own consultancy practice, and on behalf of managed care companies and other consultancy organisations. I have worked in various capacities in response to major incidents, including the IRA bombing of Manchester in 1996 and the Ladbroke Grove Incident, more popularly known as the Paddington Rail Crash in 1999. In particular, I have developed a facility for engaging with situations – including those of a forensic nature – that require sensitivity, diplomacy and the utmost discretion.

Amongst the many committee posts that I have occupied, I have served as Co-chair to the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy's Counsellor Accreditation Scheme, and have appraised various organisations on behalf of the United Kingdom Register of Counsellors and Psychotherapists.

As well as public speaking engagements and media interviews, I have also undertaken international consultancy assignments.

My credentials

I have been an Accredited Counsellor of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy continuously since 1985, and am currently a Senior Accredited Practitioner and a Fellow of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.  I have also been a Registered Independent Practitioner of the United Kingdom Register of Counsellors and Psychotherapists continuously since the Register’s inception in 1996.

In addition to holding a Master’s degree in Counselling and Psychotherapy and the degree of Doctor of Counselling from the University of Manchester, I am currently pursuing research towards a PhD, also from the University of Manchester.

I have been  trained and published on both sides of the Atlantic.

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