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Training & Qualifications
Selected Training & Qualifications
Short (1-3 days) courses are marked with *
Live courses delivered online marked with **
Trauma Therapy
MSc Therapeutic Practice for Psychological Trauma – University of Chester
Pesso Boyden System Psychomotor (3 years) – Pesso Boyden Institute
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation & Reprocessing) Accredited Practitioner – EMDR Association UK & Ireland
EMDR for Children* (Level 1 & 2) – Dr Joanne Morris-Smith / EMDR Association UK & Ireland
Attachment-focused EMDR* – Dr Laurel Parnell
EMDR & Ego-States* – Dr Michael Paterson / EMDR Association UK & Ireland
Internal Family Systems for Complex Trauma* – Dr Frank Anderson / IFS Institute
Lifespan Integration (Level 1 & 2) – Dr Anandi Janner Steffan / Lifespan Integration
Comprehensive Resource Model (Basic) – Dr Ron Schwenkler & Dr Gordon Barclay / Comprehensive Resource Model
Somatic Experiencing (Year 1) – Dr Larry Heller / SOS Internationale
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Therapy (not accredited) – University of Chester / Salford Centre for Cognitive Therapy
CBT for Dissociative Seizures* – Prof Laura Goldstein & Prof Trudie Chalder / Institute of Psychiatry CODES Trial
Working with Neurobiological Legacy of Trauma** – Dr Janina Fisher
Critical Incident Stress Management* – Dr Liz Royle & Cath Kerr / Power to Recover
Trauma & the Body* – Carolyn Spring / PODS
Assessment & Treatment of Dissociation* (3 one-day workshops) – ESTD (European Society for Trauma & Dissociation)
Dissociation of the Personality: Chronic Traumatization and its Treatment* – Prof. Onno van der Hart
Risk Assessment & Treatment of Sex Offenders* (3 one-day workshops) – StopSO
Creative & Expressive Therapies
Certificate in Jungian Sandplay Therapy – Eunice Stagg / Association for Sandplay Therapy
Gestalt Dreamwork* workshops x 3 – Alan Leach
Certificate / Diploma in Integrative Sandplay Therapy – John Daly / Association for Integrative Sandplay Therapists
Certificate / Diploma in Therapeutic Art – John Daly / Association for Integrative Sandplay Therapists
Sandstory Therapy Level 1 – Lara Kasza
Advanced Alchemical Studies in Psychotherapy – John Daly / Association for Integrative Sandplay Therapists
Sound Healing Tutor Training* – Simon Heather / College of Sound Healing
Gong Practitioner Training – Sheila Whittaker / College of Sound Healing
Gongmaster Training – Don Conreaux & Aidan McIntyre
Singing Bowls* – Kat Bumbul / The Sound Mysterium
Sound Healing Practitioner Training (attended as CPD) – Paul Bentham / Simon Heather / Rhiannon Becque / College of Sound Healing
Sacred Drumming Practitioner Training (to be completed) – Steven & Renata Ash / College of Sound Healing
Animal Assisted Interventions in Therapeutic Practice – Society for Companion Animal Studies
Aura Soma Level 1 & 2 – Aileen Divine / Robert Brown / Aura Soma
Colour Therapy* (attended as CPD) – Joanne Lee / The Full Spectrum Centre
Mindfulness
Mindfulness for Life Teacher Training Programme (one year) – Youth Mindfulness
Mindfulness for Kids – Youth Mindfulness
Energy Psychology
EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) Practitioner and Master Trainer of Trainers – Gwyneth Moss /EFT International
Logosynthesis Basic** – Dr Willem Lammers
Identity Healing Level 1 & 2 – Andy Hunt / Practical Wellbeing
Matrix Reimprinting* – Prof Tony Stewart
Picture Tapping Technique* – Christine Sutton & Phil Davies
Child Psychotherapy
Postgraduate-level modules in Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy (2 years, portfolio not submitted) – Northern Guild for Psychotherapy
Assessment & Treatment of Dissociation in Children and Adolescents – Dr Renee Marks / Integrate Families
EMDR for Children & Adolescents* (Level 1 & 2) – Dr Joanne Morris-Smith / EMDR Association UK & Ireland
Infant Observation (2 years) – Northern Guild for Psychotherapy
Mindfulness for Kids Programme – Michael Bready / Youth Mindfulness
Hypnotherapy for Children* – Lynda Hudson
Postgraduate Certificate in Therapeutic Play (attended as CPD) – The Academy of Play and Child Psychotherapy / PTUK
Addictions & Eating Disorders
Working Successfully with Addictions – Pamela Gawler-Wright / Beeleaf Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy
Practitioner Skills for Eating Disorders – Deanne Jade / National Centre for Eating Disorders
Essential Obesity* – Deanne Jade / National Centre for Eating Disorders
Weight Management postgraduate diploma modules (attended as CPD) – University of Chester
Drug Treatment Programme Facilitator / Treatment Manager Training – HM Prison Service
Addressing Substance Related Offending Programme Tutor Training – Greater Manchester Probation Service
Motivational Interviewing Skills & Techniques* – Greater Manchester Probation Service
NLP, Hypnotherapy & Metaphor Work
Diploma in Neurolinguistic Psychotherapy – James Lawley & Penny Tompkins / The Northern School of NLP & Associated Studies
Metaphors of Movement (Levels 1, 2, 3) – Andrew Austin
Clean Language & Symbolic Modelling – James Lawley & Penny Tompkins
Working with Dreams: A Gestalt Approach* – Alan Leach
Certificate / Diploma in Hypno-Psychotherapy (attended as CPD) – National College of Hypnosis & Psychotherapy
Master NLP Practitioner – Fran Burgess / Derek Jackson / Judy Delozier / David Gordon / Bill O’Hanlon / Stephen Gilligan / The Northern School of NLP & Associated Studies
NLP Practitioner – John McWhirter /Sensory Systems Training
The Enneagram
Introduction to Enneagram* – Peter McNab / Excellence for All
Enneagram Intensive Growth Journey – Enneagram Training Ltd
Enneagram Foundations of Spiritual Awareness* – Enneagram Training Ltd
Enneagram Typing Practitioner (ongoing) – Enneagram Training Ltd
Coaching / Mediation / Supervision
Certificate in Executive Coaching – Sally Vanson / The Performance Solution
Certificate in Mediation / Mediation with Teams – Professional Mediation Resolutions Ltd
Certificate in Supervision – Northern Guild for Psychotherapy
Creative Supervision* – Pauline Andrew / Deep Release