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DAVIS PORTERFIELD
MA, MBACP, LMHC
Psychopracticienne/counsellor
Child development ~ Child
Bereavement
Adolescent Development ~ Parenting
Crisis, Grief, and Trauma
Email:
davisporterfield@me.com
Website:
https://www.france-counselling.com
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I have a Master’s degree in Counselling
Psychology and I have worked in the fields of education and mental
health for over 20 years. I am trained and experienced in child
development, child bereavement, adolescent development and
adjustment, parenting, crisis, grief, and trauma.
My approach is Existential-Humanistic,
informed by attachment, modern psychoanalytic, and feminist
theories. I work with issues related to being an expat/immigrant in
France. I first came to France as a backpacker in 1994, then as a
student in 1997, and since then have returned multiple times as a
student, a volunteer cheese-maker, and finally as a self-employed
professional.
I have my own history of learning to
navigate daily life, administrative requirements, language
acquisition (and struggles!), learning the subtleties of relating in
a new culture, as well as the challenges of maintaining important
relationships across an ocean. This deep well of personal
experiences combined with professional training allows me to have a
true understanding of and empathy for clients dealing with struggles
in a different culture from that which they've come from.
US and UK trained, licensed and registered
NM CMH0219681, VT 068.0135764TELE, BACP no. 394650
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