With over 17 years
of experience in social support and counselling, it is
my aim to help people find more clarity in their lives,
become more self-aware, and take ownership of their work
and life with more empowerment and resilience. I work in
English with individuals and groups facing a wide
variety of life challenges. If French is your native
tongue, please know that my French is fairly limited,
but if you speak slowly, I believe that we can find a
way.
As a dual national expat, it has been my experience that
living in different countries has taught me of the
difficulties we face, and of the inner strength we learn
in order to adapt to foreign cultures, languages and
society.
Having been in France throughout the duration of the
global pandemic, I would like the opportunity to provide
services to help people through the unique set of
challenges that life has thrown at us with the pandemic
and the more recent situations abroad. We are all a part
of this collective trauma in France and around the
world.
I provide counselling/ coaching online to anyone
experiencing isolation, loneliness, struggling to
integrate into a new country, low self-esteem, stress,
anxiety, career direction, amongst other areas. I work
to create a safe and caring environment, creating goals,
enhancing self-confidence and self-awareness one on one;
as well as building meaningful relationships in a group
setting.
Over the years I have worked on several continents with
varied experiences, and cultures. This work included
working as a counsellor, working within prisons,
community home care, social support, residential
programmes, hospitals, helplines.
My work in counselling
Running a private practice where I provided counselling
services to a wide range of people from diverse
backgrounds. Focussing on areas such as depression,
anxiety, trauma, bereavement, carers, eating disorders,
PTSD, personality disorders, schizophrenia, and those
experiencing violence/ abuse. I have also worked closely
to support people struggling with eating disorders,
cyber bullying, complex trauma; via telephone, email,
web-based live chat, face-to-face support groups &
face-to-face consultations. Assisting with support
groups for eating disorder sufferers and carers.
My work in community care
- Community service dementia
specialist within a multidisciplinary team at St
Vincent’s hospital in Sydney, Australia. Assisting
with at home support as well as educational groups
for dementia sufferers and carers
- Mental health residential
worker for a psychosocial residential care programme
in Melbourne, Australia
- Mental health support
worker in the city of Perth, Australia
My work in the USA
- Project Prove, Virginia
Commonwealth University - In a minimum-security
prison for women assisting with basic life skill
groups
- In the Forensic unit of a
Federal Prison in Petersburg, Virginia - In a
maximum -security prison for men and women, creating
groups
- “CASA” Henrico County,
Virginia, Richmond Virginia
- Juvenile Domestic Relations
Court, Court Appointed Special Advocate
investigating child abuse cases on behalf of the
judge.
Training and experience
- Masters degree Counselling
& Psychotherapy (MCAP) at the Jansen Newman
Institute of Counselling & Psychotherapy
- 2 years of group therapy in
the Master's program, DBT, CBT, Sandplay, Art,
Narrative, Person-centred, Existential,
Psychodynamic, Family systems, Mindfulness, PTSD,
Solution Focussed, etc.
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