About Sarah
I am a Registered Psychotherapist, Registered Specialist Nurse, and founder of Nurture, Growth, Compassion - Therapy for All.
I, like you are only human and know from personal experience that taking the first step to receiving support is daunting. I would love to support you on your personal journey to help you gain insight to your emotional or mental health difficulties, or unrest that you are facing in your life.
This may involve taking the very first step, or you may have already started your journey. Wherever you are, l can help you navigate the right path for you for your future.
I have always had a natural affinity for working with people, and have 30 years of therapeutic experience working in the NHS with a diverse range of people who have experienced a wide range of challenges within their lives. I am also an accredited therapist with the Foundation for Infant Loss. This experience has been both in a GP practice and in the community.
Our relationships with others are often key to our wellbeing, and our difficulties are often rooted in patterns of behaving that we developed in earlier years. These help us to feel safe because they are familiar but are often out of our conscious thinking. This is particularly the case at times when we feel unsettled or distressed about something within out lives. Therapy can help to identify these so that you can make conscious decisions for your future.
Professional registration
I am Registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) to assure you of the high quality of my work. This means that as well as delivering a high standard of practice, l follow the BACP ethical practice code and have to prove that my practice is in line with current research and professional thinking Your wellbeing and safety is paramount. I am also an accredited therapist with the Foundation for Infant Loss.
Professional qualifications and Training
Counselling and Psychotherapy
- Post Graduate Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy (Leeds Beckett University)
- Level 3 Diploma in Counselling Skills (Leeds City College)
- Level 2 Certificate in Counselling Skills (Selby College)
- Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (Northern Centre for Mindfulness and Compassion)
- The Theory and Practice of Compassion Focussed Therapy (The Compassionate Mind Foundation)
- The Compassionate Mind Approach to Perinatal Distress (The Compassionate Mind Foundation)
- The Birth Trauma Training Programme (Make Birth Better)
- Foundation for Infant Loss Training: Rainbow Counselling - Subsequent Pregnancies After Loss
- Foundation for Infant Loss Training: Pregnancy and Infant Loss
- TA101 Introduction to Transactional Analysis (UKATA)
- Psychology and Mental Health: Beyond Nature and Nurture (University of Liverpool)
- Introduction Certificate in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) (Northside Training)
Nursing and parenting
- Post Graduate Diploma in Specialist Community Public Health Nursing - Health Visiting (Leeds Beckett University)
- BSc (Hons) Applied Health Care - Nursing
- Diploma in Health Studies - Nursing
- ENB A77 Pain and Pain Management
Other Training
As a registered member of the BACP l have a professional duty to ensure that l undergo ongoing training to maintain the quality of my practice and ensure that it is in line with current developments in the field. Here are some examples of training l have completed:
- Trauma Informed Practice
- Understanding Childhood Trauma (Institute of Child Psychology)
- Childhood Trauma, the Brain and the Social World
- Attachment Disorder and Adverse Childhood Experiences
- Babies, Brains and Bonding (Leeds Infant Mental Health)
- Understanding Your Baby (Leeds Infant Mental Health)
- Supporting Parents to Understand their Baby (Leeds Infant Mental Health)
- Leeds Early Attachment Observation
- Perinatal Mental Health
- Fatherhood Institute Training on Inclusive Parenting
- Level 3 Safeguarding (Leeds Safeguarding Children Partnership)
- Domestic Violence and Abuse (including specific trainings on coercive control, stalking awareness and MARAC)
- Sexual Exploitation, Criminal exploitation, Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking.
- Karma Nirvana Honour-based Abuse and Forced Marriage
- Female Genital Mutilation
- Autism Awareness: An Introduction to the Autism Constellation for Counsellors
- Breastfeeding and Relationship Building
- Drug and Alcohol Training
- Dementia Awareness
- Equality, Diversity and Human Rights
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