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If you are looking for counselling in North Yorkshire, it can be helpful to know not only what support is available, but also the training, experience and professional background behind that support. Alongside more than 23 years of qualified experience working one-to-one with adults face to face and online, I continue to update my knowledge through ongoing professional training in counselling, trauma and EMDR.
This commitment to continued professional development helps me offer a thoughtful, informed, approach tailored to support individual clients in York and across North Yorkshire.
Why Ongoing Training Matters in Counselling
Counselling is not static. New understanding of talking therapies continues to evolve around trauma, anxiety, nervous system regulation, grief, attachment patterns and the long-term impact of difficult life experiences.
Ongoing training helps ensure that counselling remains responsive, ethical and grounded in current therapeutic thinking. On this page, my existing training history already shows extensive continuing professional development in areas such as Polyvagal Theory, complex trauma, dissociation, mindfulness, OCD, chronic pain, bereavement and EMDR.
Experienced Counselling in North Yorkshire and York
Choosing a therapist is a personal decision, and many people searching for counselling want reassurance about experience, qualifications and professional standards.
I qualified with a Graduate Diploma in Counselling in 2003 and have more than 23 years of qualified experience. My accreditations and specialisms include counselling, EMDR and supervision. Read more about my background and professional experience.
- My Body Is a War Zone: Working Somatically with Internal Protectors and Exiles
- The Sweetness of Being Wronged – When Outrage Becomes Identity
- Foundations of Somatic Therapy for Trauma: The 9 Key Techniques for Effective Body-Based Therapy
- Emotional Alchemy : Positive Emotion Integration in Chronic Trauma Therapy
- EMDR Therapy – Advanced Tools and Techniques Workshop
- Polyvagal Theory: A Science of Safety
- Working with Disorganised Attachment and Developmental Trauma
- Polyvagal Theory & EMDR Through the 8 Phases
- Innovations in EMDR Therapy: for a Rapidly Changing World
- Can Insecurely Attached Mothers Have Securely Attached Children?
- The Vulnerable Narcissist
- Vagal Toning for Therapy
- Understanding Mother-Daughter Attachment
- Embodying the Unspoken Self
- The Roles of Conscious and Unconscious Fantasies in Complex Trauma
- The Supervisory Relationship – Difficulties and Delights
- Adv. Memory Reconsolidation, the Flash Technique and EMDR
- An Integrative Approach to Working with Traumatic Preverbal Memories
- Exploring EMDR with Parts and Complex Trauma
- Retiring the Inner Critic
- EMDR G-TEP Remote Individual and Self-care Protocol
- EMDR Therapy with Train Drivers
- How to Stop Nightmares
- Working with EMDR Online
- Intergenerational EMDR
- Memory Reconsolidation, the Flash Technique and EMDR
- Treating Attachment Wounds with EMDR Therapy
- Pains, Parts, Illness and Identity: Somatic Psychology and EMDR Therapy for Chronic Pain and Illness
- Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors
- Shame and EMDR
- Attachment Perspectives on Borderline Personality Disorder and Implications for Therapy
- Cognitive Interweaves in EMDR
- Working with Dissociative Disorders in Clinical Practice
- EMDR Therapy and Mindfulness
- Using EMDR to treat OCD
- Understanding Autism
- Healing Complex Trauma and Dissociation with Ego State Therapy and EMDR
- Losing Sleep, How Psychotherapeutic Techniques Can Help
- Trauma, Dissociation and Recovery
- How to use EMDR for long term Depression
- How to use EMDR with clients with Autism
- Trauma and the Body: Somatisation and Dissociation
- Certificate in Occupational Stress Management
- Refreshing Supervision
- Mind-body Preparation for IVF
- Living and Working with Dissociation
- EMDR with People who dissociate and/or have DID
- Developing Skills for working with Traumatic Bereavements
- Therapist to Coach
- Managing Stress with Mindfulness
- Attachment and Trauma
- Temporal Sequencing as part of EMDR treatment
- Flexible Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- A Primal Look at Attachment
- Diploma of Clinical Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy
- Diploma in Smoking Cessation Therapy
- Certificate in N.L.P. Skills
- Domestic Abuse Awareness
- Mindfulness Based CBT
- Graduate Diploma in Counselling
- Key Approaches to Working with Clients
- Counselling Certificate Diploma in Individual and Group Supervision
- EMDR Europe Training Parts 1,2 and 3
- EMDR and Bereavement
- Getting to Grips with the Pain Protocol (EMDR)
- The Phobia and Present Anxiety EMDR Protocol
- Overcoming Roadblocks in Trauma
- Brief Solution Focused Therapy
- Introduction to CBT
- Attachment Theory and Neo-natal Development
- Sleep Disorders and Mental Health
- Childhood Sexual Abuse and Adult Mental Health
- Creative Counselling
- Basic Training in Child Protection
- Working with Dreams
- Emotional Maturity
- EFT Workshop
- Supporting People with Eating Disorders
- The Essential Toolkit for Running Groups
- Working Therapeutically with Couples
- Family Constellations
Additional Training in Trauma, Anxiety and EMDR
Many people looking for a counselling service are seeking help with anxiety, overwhelm, trauma, relationship difficulties, grief, stress, low self-worth or the lasting impact of earlier experiences.
The training listed on this page reflects a strong commitment to deepening knowledge in exactly these areas including learning related to complex trauma, attachment wounds, dissociation, nightmares, chronic pain, autism, stress, mindfulness and a wide range of EMDR applications.
A Thoughtful and Individual Approach to Counselling Support
As previously mentioned, my sessions are tailored to individual needs. I drawn on my experience and understanding around knowing that people may come with recent difficulties, long-standing patterns or a general sense that something is not working in their lives.
I work at a pace that feels right for the client and build a therapeutic relationship in which my clients can feel safe, supported and able to move forward. I like my clients to feel that I am working alongside them.
services i offer
COUNSELLING
My sessions provide a prearranged time and place set aside just for you. You might want to talk about recent events which you are struggling to deal with, or past events which are still impacting on your life.
EMDR
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation & Reprocessing) works to harness our natural problem solving ability. We naturally process everyday information whilst we sleep during periods of REM
SUPERVISION
I am a BACP Senior Accredited Supervisor of individuals. From my own experience, I understand how isolating working as a counsellor or other caring professional can be and the important part supervision plays to lessen this.
Looking for Counselling in North Yorkshire?
If you are searching for a counselling service, you may be looking for a therapist with experience, recognised professional standards and a clear commitment to ongoing learning. This page reflects my continued professional development in counselling, trauma-informed practice and EMDR, alongside more than 23 years of qualified experience.
To make an enquiry, please visit the Contact page or explore the Counselling and EMDR pages to find the right starting point for you.