Key Qualifications and CPD

Clinical Supervision, Leadership, & Psychological Practice

• Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Supervision of Psychological Therapies (University of Exeter)

• Postgraduate Diploma in Evidence-Based Psychological Therapy Practice. LI Cognitive Behavioural Interventions for Young People & Caregivers. (BABCP-endorsed)

• Care Coordination, Leading Healthcare Teams Through Change, and Systems Thinking for Healthcare. Hometown Health University.

• Certificate in Counselling (Gloucestershire Counselling Service)

• Transformational Leadership. (University of Bristol)

• Leadership and Management. (Level 4, Pearson)

• Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST, Life Works Education)

• Brief Solution Focused Therapy (Training Exchange)

• Functional Family Therapy (University of Exeter)

• Leading and Motivating Different Personalities. (Project Management Institute)

• 5 Steps to Successful Change Management. (University of Bristol)

• Motivational Interviewing (Phil Harris)

• Navigating Employee Relations. (Society of Human Resource Management)

• Being a good mentor. (Project Management Institute)

• Influencing without authority and influencing skills for managers. (University of Bristol & Project Management Institute)

• Borderline Personality Disorders. (ITC Consultancy / National Counselling Society and Psychotherapy.)

• Emotional Experience and Self-Integration. (University of York)

• Trauma-Informed Practice and Workplaces (Rockpool / Centre for Health, Humanities and Science)

• Risk Management. (University of Bristol.)

Neurodiversity & Inclusion

• Working Effectively Online with Autistic People. (National Association of Disability Practitioners.)

• Supporting Students with Dyslexia. (Beacon)

• Understanding and Supporting ADHD People into and through the workplace. (Society for Human Resource Management)

• Autism, Stress, and Anxiety; Supporting families; Women and girls on the autism spectrum, Autism and Communication; Autism and Sensory Experiences. (National Autistic Society.)

• Supporting Autistic Students (University of Bristol)

• Autism Awareness & Supporting Neurodiverse Young People (West of England Centre for Inclusive Living)

• Supporting Neurodiversity in the Workplace (Rowan Kinsella)

• Disability Equality & Working with People with Learning Disabilities (WECIL)

• Understanding Autism & Learning Disability (Oliver McGowan & NHS Gloucestershire)

• Inclusive Tutoring & Intercultural Awareness (Kynfolk)

• Transgender Awareness. (Gendered Intelligence)

• Person-centred Practices. (Milestones Trust)

Mental Health, Wellbeing, and Service Excellence.

• UMHAN Accredited Practitioner (University Mental Health Advisers Network)

• Mental Health First Aid (MHFA England)

• Working with Distressed Students (Plinth House)

• Supporting autistic students with their mental health. (Kingston University London & UMHAN)

• Supporting the mental health of male student victims of sexual abuse. (Phil Puttock, Royal Holloway, University of London & UMHAN.)

• Loneliness, Shame, and the Body. (Centre for Health and Humanities Science)

• Supporting Bereaved Students (UMHAN & Kaplan International)

• Introduction to Prolonged Grief Disorder. (University of York)

• Responding to and Managing Disclosures of Sexual Violence. (University of Bristol)

• Building Community and Belonging in a Changing World. (Bristol Institute of Learning and Teaching)

• Is illness ineffable? (Epistemic Injustice in Healthcare: EPIC)

• Supporting the Mental Health of Male Student Victims of Sexual Abuse. (Phil Puttock, Royal Holloway)

• Critical Approaches to Like and Dislike in Medicine, Law, and Society. (University of Bristol.)

• Developing Effective Coaching Conversations. (University of Bristol)

• Taking a leading role in pastoral support provision. 

• Gaming & Gambling: Harm Reduction. (City & Guild)

• Domestic Abuse and Violence Awareness. (Next Link)

• Safeguarding Adults & Children. (Milestones Trust / Mandy Parry / Training Express [Level 3])

• Working with Challenging Behaviour and Trauma-Informed Practice. (NAOS)

• LGBTQ+ Aware. (Diversity Trust)

• Addressing Unhelpful Perfectionism (Beacon)

• Motivating Across Cultures & Mastering a Global Mindset. (RW3CultureWizard.)

• Working with resistance to change. (UoB)

• Virtue & Wellbeing. (University of Bristol)

• Death, Dying, and Disease. Philosophical Reflections. (University of Bristol)

Professional Memberships

• Accredited Member, University Mental Health Advisers Network (UMHAN)

• Member, Society for Existential Analysis

• Affiliate Member, UK Advising and Tutoring Association (UKAT)

• Associate Member, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)

Research Output

Towards Inclusive Personal Development. Elevating Knowledge Co-creation. UKAT, 2025.

Supporting Parents of Children with Separation Anxiety: Reflections on Supporting Families and Shared Decision-Making in Health Education. University of Exeter, 2021.

On the Theories of Disability: biological dysfunction, undesirable difference, or 'mere difference'?On the Theories of Disability: biological dysfunction, undesirable difference, or 'mere difference'? Sheffield Journal of Philosophy, Issue 3, Vol. 2 · Jul 19, 2019

HIV & Suffering in Post-AIDS Geographies. University of Bristol Thesis, Distinction

Parentless Children, Overpopulation, and Environmental Degradation: A Duty to Adopt? Adoption and Family Ethics. University of Bristol. 

A Modern form of Eugenics? The Bioethics of Pre-natal Screening and Selecting against Disability. Medical Ethics. University of Bristol.

Illness-as-lived: the relationship between Phenomenology and the experience of acquired chronic illness. Univerzita Karlova.

Therapeutic and Self-Development Services

Online psychological help, professional supervision, and life coaching for personal growth and neurodiversity support.

Psychological Support, Personal Development and Capability Building.

Evidence-based interventions and advanced self-regulation practice adapted to you to help you overcome personal and professional barriers, look to a future of constructive change, and find stability in a changing and challenging world.

Life Coaching and Mentoring

Guidance to help you focus on what truly matters in your life.

Exam access arrangements (EAA) training and coordination.

Study skills coaching (specific to neurodivergent learning styles)

Assistive technology consultation and training (note-taking apps, text-to-speech, organizational tools)

Transition support (school →college university→employment)

ADHD/Autism life management executive function coaching

Mental health crisis support training or wellbeing coaching

Workplace accommodations and reasonable adjustments consulting

Clinical Supervision of Psychological Therapies and Education Practice

Training for Professionals and Organisations

Neurodiversity Support

Advanced training for organisations on topics including: Introduction to Mental Health and Wellbeing in the Workplace; Working with Differences; Crisis Management, Team Building, Communication, and Collective Decision Making.

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