Having trained and qualified, in 2019, as a person-centred/ integrative Counsellor (Level 4 CBCAP) I came across the wonderful Internal Family Systems (IFS) approach and simply had to retrain in this modality. I have had the privilege of attending training with some of the giants of the IFS world. This includes Osnat Arbel, Alexia Rothman, Anibal Henriques and Cece Sykes. I have also attended group case consultations with Cece Sykes as well as Alexia Rothman's skills and supervision group.

IFS has helped me in my own personal growth in ways I could barely have dreamed of and really did not expect. I have found it quite an extraordinarily effective way of engaging with, understanding better, valuing and healing different parts of myself. Similarly, in my work with clients, I have been astounded at how this model has supported people to befriend different parts of themselves, or at least get to understand and appreciate why these different parts of us do what they do for us; then, when they have permission from all their protective parts, they are able to go to the parts that carry the hurt and help them heal. Once this happens and their protective parts can see this, as mentioned previously, it can be such a relief for these parts that they no longer have to protect the person in the extreme roles that they often felt they had to take on at the time and again, often felt stuck in.

I am a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and I am bound by their ethical framework.

Prior to retraining as a counsellor, I was a senior social worker in adult social care for many years. 

Other training that I have attended includes:

Using Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy With Autistic Clients: Sarah Bergenfield, Phd.  

Direct Access, An Essential IFS Skill. Dick Schwartz,Phd, Fran Booth, LICSW

Integrating Internal Family Systems Therapy and Polyvagal Theory, Alexia Rothman, Phd

Using Internal Family Systems To Heal Trauma and Addictive Processes, Cece Sykes LCSW

Treating Trauma with Internal Family Systems Therapy. Alexia Rothman, Phd,Nancy Sowell, LICSW and Frank Anderson, MD

Training with Martha Sweezy, Phd, on Shame and Guilt.

Trauma Conference: The Body Keeps the Score-Trauma Healing Through the Senses with Bessel van der Kolk, MD

To Be Loved Summit: A Discussion of Truth, Trauma, and Transformation; Frank Anderson, MD

Working at relational depth in counselling and psychotherapy. Dr Mick Cooper

An introduction to the Internal Family Systems Model: Step-by Step Procedures for Healing Trauma, Anxiety, Depression, Addiction & more; Alexia Rothman, Phd

 Intensive Workshop: Treating Complex Trauma with Internal Family Systems (IFS); Frank Anderson, MD

Mastering IFS Therapy...Resolving Trauma, Anxiety, Attachment Injuries, Addiction & More; Dick Schwartz,Phd, Deran Young, LCSW, Frank Anderson, MD

Opening up the Conversation: Race and Culture in  the Therapy Room: The Wounds of Oppression; Psychic Colonisation and Liberation; led by Lucia Sarmiento Verano.