My journey to date:

Academic qualifications and accreditations

• I’ve got a PhD which looked at the impact of loss on boys and emotions
• I have an MA in psychoanalysis (my dissertation was on cannabis psychosis)
• Another MA in education with a focus on gender, class, race, child development and leadership
• I have an MA in Creative Writing (with distinction)
• I have a Post Graduate Certificate in Education and another in Coaching (with distinction)

Coaching

• I’m a fully qualified life coach and I am insured, supervised and a member of the National Council of Psychotherapists.
• I am an ICF coach with PCC credentials.
• I have over 2000 coaching hours and counting. I get supervision.
• For over 25 years I have been learning about, training in and experiencing various therapeutic approaches including Transactional Analysis, gestalt, person centred counselling, compassion based approaches, Somatic Experiencing for trauma, systems therapy at the Tavistock, emotional intelligence, solution focused approaches, positive psychology and stress management.

Yoga and mindfulness

• I first practiced meditation in India over 30 years ago and continue to practice mindfulness, meditation and yoga.  I draw on a number of spiritual traditions in my coaching and life
• I am a member of the British Wheel of Yoga and teach Yoga
• I have been teaching meditation for over 30 years.

Work in Education

• I’ve presented at National Conferences on Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning
• I am involved in Initial Teacher Training as part of the School Direct programme as a mentor and a social science lecturer
• I am a coach for the education body LLSE (Leadership Learning Securing Excellence)
• I teach English and Psychology A levels and the Extended Project Qualification to sixth form students
• I have been a Head of Year and and Head of Department
• I have facilitated leadership training for the National College of School Leadership
• I offer coaching and training to help people feel less stressed and have put together some free materials
• I’ve written academic materials, taught at three universities, worked in schools, coached company directors and CEOs.
• I have written and taught my own under-graduate module on Personal and Social Learning
• I work in schools and organisations coaching individuals and training groups 
• I work for the Open University delivering 3 undergraduate courses on Children and Young People and research
• I have level three Child Protection training
• I wrote loads for the educational press: SecEd,  Innovate Your School, SchoolWell and Staffrm

Writing

• I have written ‘Into the Woods‘ a book of fairy tales based on interviews with women who had escaped abusive relationships
• I have been on various radio shows talking about domestic abuse
• I have written Love Being Me, Relationship Recovery, How to be Less Stressed as well as Gender Deviance and Exclusion
• I blog for and have been a featured coach in Psychologies Magazine
• I have written academic chapters on ‘Communicating Quietly: Supporting Personal Growth with Meditation and Listening in Schools’ and how to find happiness

Other qualifications and experiences

• I have my Permaculture Design Certificate (72 hours)
• I have my own podcast called ‘What’s your thing?
• I have volunteered in a children’s hospice and have learned about bereavement and mourning
• I was the agony aunt and am a columnist on well being site MeMeMe.
• I have a level 3 qualification in Indian Head massage and am insured
• I have a level 2 qualification in Mental Health Awareness
• I have my Mental Health First Aid with Adults and Mental Health First Aid with Children and Young People qualifications and have undertaken short courses in self-harm and suicide prevention.
• I facilitate family community workshops at holistic venues.
• I am the mother of 2.