Mental Health & Wellbeing
for Workplaces and Individuals

Background and Experience

Originally from New Zealand, I moved to the UK in 1998 for work and life experience. I’ve lived here ever since, working in the retail and not-for-profit sectors. In 2018 I joined a facade engineering consultancy part time while I studied counselling and trained to deliver workplace mental health courses. I continue to work in this business and currently hold a senior management role with responsibility for operations and HR. 

I completed my counselling studies in 2020 and graduated with a Diploma of Higher Education in Integrative Counselling. In the same year I qualified as an Instructor Member for Mental Health First Aid England. I’m fortunate to be able to share my time between the business world and the world of mental health and wellbeing, with each helping to inform and compliment the other.

Qualifications

• Diploma of Higher Education in Integrative Counselling from Waverley Abbey College - 2020

• Level 3 Award in Mental Health First Aid from the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) - 2023

Recent CPD Training

• The Neuroscience of Happiness - Dr Jonathan Iliff (31/1/25, 1 hour, Seed Talks)

• Stress and Mental Health - Ivan Tyrrell (3/1/25, 1 hour, Human Givens College)

• Is it possible to build resilience to stress? - Julia Welstead (3/1/25, 30 minutes, Human Givens College)

• Porn addiction, a partner perspective - Sean Charlesworth (12/7/24, 1.5 hours, ACC Couples Network)

• Reflections on Fear, Anxiety and Depression - Michael Guilding (6/6/24, 1.5 hours, Complex Trauma Institute)

• Exploring the Varieties of Grief: A Reflective Workshop - Various speakers (30/11/23, 5 hours, Time Norfolk & University of York)

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