About Me
My BA is in Developmental Psychology, I have a Postgraduate Certificate in Education, MA in Special Educational Needs and MSc Psychology. I have further qualifications in Autistic Spectrum Disorders and a research interest in sex-related differences in cognition, specifically the theories of Professor Simon Baron-Cohen of Cambridge University.
I began counselling training prior to studying for a Postgraduate Diploma in Hypnotherapy and Psychotherapy. I sought further qualifications in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, having found myself drawn to this theoretical orientation, taking Primary Certificates in CBT, Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy, Multimodal Therapy and a higher Certificate in CBT. I am a great fan of Albert Ellis, the founder of REBT, who rejoices in individual diversity but maintains that we are all, by nature, irrational creatures.
For 6 years I was helpline volunteer and then committee member for a national charity, providing telephone counselling for those suffering from anxiety related illnesses, phobias and obsessive compulsive disorder.
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