Work Experience
- Freelance Psychotherapist & Trainer (current)
- Associate Therapist with Tiptoes Child Therapy Services
- Addiction & Trauma Psychotherapist with KeyRing Living Support Networks
- Psychotherapist with the Health Psychology Service at Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Trust
- Child Psychotherapist/Counsellor with Xenzone Ltd
- EMDR (Eye Movement Desinsitisation & Reprocessing) Therapist with Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Psychological Therapist / Counsellor with Resolve Staff Support Service at Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Trust
- Volunteer Lecturer in Trauma Counselling in Sri Lanka with Challenges Worldwide
- Volunteer Counsellor with BeatBullying
- Volunteer Play Therapist with Ludworth Primary School
- IAPT High Intensity Therapist Trainee with the NHS at Tameside & Glossop Primary Care Mental Health Team
- Therapist at Ivydene Children’s Home
- Well Being Centre Manager with The Big Life group
- Drug Treatment Manager at HM Prison Styal 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
- Gardener at BBC Aberdeen (Beechgrove Garden)
I also used to work as a zoo-keeper, lab assistant, adult education tutor and a ghost-writer!