Qualifications & Professional Training

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     Bachelor of Counselling, University of Notre Dame, Fremantle, Western Australia – 2015

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     Bestowed "The Gerty Ewen Award", University of Notre Dame, WA - 2015

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     Gottman Method Couples Clinical Training Level 1, Gottman Institute, Seattle - 2020

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     WANADA Management Training Program, Perth, Western Australia - 2017

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     Certificate of Counselling Skills, Level 7, Maynooth University, Kildare, Ireland - 2012

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     Challenging Behaviour Strategies & Techniques that work with Teenagers, Children’s Therapy           Centre, Ballymore, Co Westmeath (30 hrs) - 2011

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     Play Therapy – Play & The Expressive Arts, Children’s Therapy Centre, Ballymore, Co Westmeath       (28 hrs) – 2011

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     Professional Registrations

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     Accredited Counsellor - (IACP) Irish Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy since 2018

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     Approved Registered Therapist - Laya Healthcare Ireland since 2020

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     Vendor Approved Therapist - Tulsa, Child & Family Agency since 2020

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     Professional Membership - (IIBN) Irish International Business Network since 2020

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     Professional Member - (ACA) Australian Counselling Association since 2016

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     Professional Member - Perth Complex Trauma Network since 2016

     

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     Professional Training Workshops

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• Knowing me, Knowing you, An exploration of intimacy & sex in relationships (IACP) – 2019

• Counselling/Psychotherapy & The Law (IACP) – 2019

• Parental Involvement with Adolescent Psychotherapy (Blackfort Adolescent Gestalt Institute) – 2019

• Media Training for Darkness Into Light, Pieta House, 2019

• Pieta Way various inhouse Training for prevention of suicide & self harm, Pieta House, 2017/19

• Eating Disorders in Modern Society (St Patrick’s Mental Health Services) – 2018

• Primary Care CPR & AED (Emergency First Response) – 2018

• Self – Harm Awareness Conference (St Patrick’s Mental Health Services & Pieta House) – 2018

• Chemsex Awareness (Aidswest) – 2017

• Childrens First Training (HSE) – 2017

• Professional Supervision for HSCP (HSE) – 2017

• Domestic & Family Violence Alert Training (Lifeline Australia) – 2017

• Working effectively with regular amphetamine using clients (Government of Western Australia) – 2017

• Cultural competence in working with Aboriginal people effected by complex trauma (Mental Health Professionals Network) – 2016

• Harmonious Workplaces – preventing & managing unhealthy workplace behaviour (Worksafe WA) – 2016

• Narrative Therapy & working with AOD clients (Ian Percy Narrative Therapy) – 2016

• Perpetrator Informed Practice & Dynamics of Child Sexual Abuse (Statewide Protection of Children Co-Ordination Unit, WA) – 2016

• Trauma Informed Care & Practice (Blue Knot Foundation) – 2016

• CaLD Awareness - Engaging Culturally & Linguistically Diverse Communities (Government of Western Australia) - 2016

• Opening Closets – LGBTI Mental Health Training (Living Proud, WA) – 2016

• Engaging Families in therapeutic work – practitioners in mental health & substance abuse (Government of Western Australia) – 2015

• Working with clients with AOD and complex trauma – 3 days  (Government of Western Australia) – 2015

• Enablement Training (Melville Cares Inc) 2015