Work Experience
- Freelance Emotional Health Consultant, Psychotherapist & Trainer (current)
- Psychological Therapist / Workplace Mediator with the Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Trust / Resolve Staff Support Service (current)
- Volunteer Play Therapist with Ludworth Primary School
- IAPT High Intensity Therapist Trainee with the NHS at Tameside & Glossop PCT
- Therapist at Ivydene Children's Home
- Well Being Centre Manager with The Big Life group
- Drug Treatment Manager / Drug Worker with Phoenix House
- Community Education Manager with WEA
- Accredited Programme Tutor with National Probation Service
- Horticultural Instructor at HM Prison Standford Hill
- Research Assistant at the University of Aberdeen
- Freelance horticultural author & journalist
- Gardener at BBC Aberdeen (Beechgrove Garden)
I also used to work as a zoo-keeper, lab assistant, adult education tutor and ghost-writer!