Amanda qualified in 2000 as a counsellor
This was a two and half year course, accredited by the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) which ensured a very high level of professional conduct. CV available on request.
Amanda became an accredited member of the BACP in 2003 and a Senior Accredited member in 2010.
16+ years experience in Private Practice and working as a counsellor in the NHS. Amanda has worked with clients with mild to severe mental health issues and all types of depression and forms of anxiety. This has included time limited work (6 sessions) and long term work (6 years).
Breadth of experience; working with clients across all ages and with varied ethnic origins Amanda has extensive experience of working with clients in the age range of 18-30 through her work with clients on a University campus and her voluntary work for 3 years with the Youth Enquiry Service, a youth charity working in Colchester with young people aged between 11-25.
Clients wishing to work with more creative mediums can do this. Amanda offers Person Centred Art Therapy skills and access to various creative materials
Adoption is a legally regulated area of counselling and Amanda is a registered therapist with the LINK organisation which is part of Barnardo’s. This has included enhanced training in Attachment Focussed Therapy which is significant not only with adoption relationship issues but also in Amanda’s work with relationship issues and Couple Counselling
Experience and insight into work place issues.
Prior to becoming a counsellor Amanda worked in commercial business and for 12+ years as a Management Development Consultant. Gaining membership of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (MCIPD) in 1994 through experience and examination including her MA in Manpower Studies in 1990.
As a counsellor Amanda works with clients referred by EAP’s (Employee Assistance Programme providers) where the counselling is funded by the client’s employer. The work is usually time limited and focussed on any work issues the client is experiencing as well as personal issues that affect their capacity to work.
CLINICAL SUPERVISOR
Amanda qualified as an individual and group supervisor in 2004. She has worked as a clinical supervisor giving Individual and Group supervision with volunteer counsellors with the Age Concern Essex Counselling Service, and Amanda continues to offer Supervision contracts for individual counsellors.
Choosing a qualified and accredited counsellor, like Amanda, who is registered with a professionally recognised association (like the BACP), it is the greatest protection for you in choosing who you work with.
Counselling and Psychotherapy are currently not a regulated profession. The government and the key professional bodies working in this area have been trying for some time to find a way to make regulation work. If you do wish to find out more about this you can contact www.bacp.co.uk.