About me
Welcome, I’m Jamie. I work with clients online and face-to-face (indoors and outdoors). I offer a free 30 minute consultation so that we can get a sense of what it might feel like to work together.
It seems to me that much of our suffering in life comes from the difficult experiences we have and how they separate us from ourselves and others and from being able to fully listen to our body, mind, emotions and spirit and give them voice. If this has been your experience, you may feel lost, alone and unsure where to turn for help. Perhaps the only way it feels like you can manage is to keep busy and disconnect from yourself. This was my experience growing up and through my working life and my experiences of finding my way home to myself is fundamental in how I work with others to support them.
Whatever has brought you here, I can offer you a space where you are accepted for who you are and where you can have time and space to be heard. I’m here to help you find your way back to yourself. I do this through listening and coming alongside you to really understand what you are going through so that you can process and work through things that have perhaps become stuck. I also do this using mindfulness to help you become more aware of what is going on in your experience and the habits that cause unnecessary suffering. I see you as a whole person and all parts of you are important.
I have experience supporting people going through different things such as depression, anxiety, mental health, physical health, trauma, exploring spirituality, isolation, relationships, work transitions, exploring neurodivergence, studying and bereavement. I offer a free 30 minute consultation because I see it as important to offer space where we experience what it might feel like to work together without the pressure of cost. It also gives you the opportunity to talk about what is going on for you and ask any questions you might have about working together.
You are really welcome to get in touch to find out more. I will always respond to emails and aim to do this within a week. Please check your spam or junk email folder as replies may be there.
Training, qualifications & experience
My experience:
As well as the life experiences I bring to my practice, I have several years’ experience as a volunteer listener with Samaritans and also volunteered at a cult recovery charity, a bereavement service and a cancer support service. I have been a member of the Non-Religious Pastoral Support Network and volunteered for a few years with Mersey Care in the chaplaincy team. Currently I'm researching people's embodied experience of recovery from spiritual trauma. My experience prior to counselling was in education as a teacher and leading a team of student support where I offered coaching to students and staff. I also have experience of community advice work with young people.
My professional qualifications:
- Master of Arts in Clinical Counselling with Distinction (BACP Accredited) University of Chester
- Certified Hakomi Practitioner and Trainer (Hakomi Education Network)
- Certified TRE (Tension and Trauma Releasing Exercises) provider
- Institute of Leadership and Management Certificate in Coaching and Mentoring Liverpool John Moores University
- Master of Arts Advanced Educational Practice (Mentoring and Coaching) with Merit Liverpool John Moores University
- Post Graduate Certificate in Education (Secondary Science) Edge Hill University
I love to learn, and here are a selection of additional courses I have attended:
- Mindfulness for Neurodivergent People - delivered by Dr. Emma Bede
- Defining Gender, Sex and Relationship Diversity Therapy (GSRDT) - delivered by Pink Therapy
- Tension and Trauma Release Exercises - delivered by Cheda Mikic
- LGBTQ Mental Health - delivered by MindOut
- Suicide Awareness Training - delivered by Rethink Mental Illness
- Introduction to Wild Therapy - delivered by Jayne Johnson and Leonie Guest
- Understanding the Trauma of having been a member of a High Demand Group - delivered by Dr Gillie Jenkinson
- Introduction to Taking Your Therapy Practice Outside - delivered by Dr Ruth Allen
- Practising Existential Therapy - delivered by Ernesto Spinelli
- Privilege and Otherness: Developing a Language for Practitioners - delivered by Dr Dwight Turner
- Ecotherapy walk and talk - delivered by Tanja Sharpe (Director of Creative Counsellors)
- Contemporary Grief Theory - delivered by Joanna Williams (Head of Counselling at Professional Help)
- Counselling and Psychiatry Workshops with Professor Mary Boyle, Rachel Freeth, Helen Kewell and Joanna Moncrieff
- Moving Your Practice Online – delivered by the Online Therapy Institute
- Staying compassionate with hidden disability – delivered by Elizabeth Turp
- Starting out in Healthcare Chaplaincy – delivered by Keith Munnings and Meg Burton
- Intercultural Competence – Unconscious Bias – delivered by Femi Otitoju
- Pastoral and Spiritual Support team day at Merseycare – delivered by Psychiatry, Psychology, Occupational Therapy and Ward Management
- Counselling Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse – delivered by Jo Ridley
- Accredited Non-Religious Pastoral Care Volunteer – delivered by Humanists UK
- Loss and Bereavement Training Course – delivered by Liverpool Bereavement Service
- Sexualised Trauma Training – delivered by Zoe Lodrick through Trust House Lancashire
- Introduction to Existential Therapy – delivered by Emmy van Deurzen through Northwest CPD events for Counselling & Psychotherapy
- Dreams - A Gestalt Approach – delivered by Alan Leach through Northwest CPD events for Counselling & Psychotherapy
- A Pluralistic Approach to Counselling and Psychotherapy – delivered by Mick Cooper through Northwest CPD events for Counselling & Psychotherapy
- Understanding Self-Injury and Self-Harm – delivered by Andrew Reeves through Chester University Counsellors' Community
- Counselling former members of abusive groups and relationships – delivered by Gillie Jenkinson through BACP
Member organisations
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
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£60.00 - £80.00
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