Areas of Interest and Experience
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Anxiety and depression caused by work related stress or significant life events such as trauma, loss, bereavement, and transitions in life.
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Depression, anger and loss experienced while adapting to life-long physical and emotional changes for example, following stroke, living with a chronic disability.​
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Carers looking after a close family member. When dedicating one's life to care for a loved person's needs there is little time to address personal issues such as changing family dynamics and relationships, stress, mental and physical fatigue.
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Mental health well-being issues suffering with Long COVID
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Feelings of burnout working in challenging, high pressured work especially in light of COVID 19, such as working in the NHS, schools, and social care
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Environmental Art Therapy creating art with natural materials in an outside private space
Training, Qualifications and Experience
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MA Art Psychotherapy (South Wales University, 2019)
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RGN / RMN Integrated Nursing Training (The Royal London Hospital)
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I have a wide variety of experience including community mental health NHS teams, and in the charity sector working with adults experiencing depression, anxiety, addiction and bereavement / loss.
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I offer individual and group work at The Recovery Tree Charity in the art room and garden space at TWIGS.