Publications & Presentations (selection)

• July 9th 2006 European Perspectives on Trauma & Dissociation: UKSSD conference Norwich; presented on The 24/7 approach to helping those who have experienced trauma: social milieu and the CARE model (Cross, 2006)
• 14^th March 2006 Young Lives Today – Conference Glasgow: The Links between Trauma and High risk offending behaviour in children and adolescent.
• October 2005 High Risk: the need for effective interventions, assessment and treatment of juvenile Psychopathy: the possible link with trauma; publication Community Care magazine.
• Invitations to Change (ITC Programme) for which I was the co-author, subsequently published by New Zealand Government as an training manual and therapeutic programme for use with all youth held within Correction facilities in New Zealand,
• 2003 Rotorua New Zealand - Paper presented at National Psychological Service conference. “Communication the key to responsivity in therapeutic interventions with children” e.g. using innovative techniques in the therapy process.
• 2003 – Seeding a technique of Milton Erickson published in the NCH newsletter,
• 2004- Severe Conduct Disorder: the need for early assessment and intervention; paper published in BPS Scottish Bulletin,
• November 1998: A support structure for those experiencing critical incidents. The Prison service journal
• Publications in European Society for Traumatic stress newsletter, Open University Psychological Society, The Psychologist ….etc.

Qualifications, Training & relevant information :

• 2006 - Present: Member of the Training Faculty for the Dissociative Disorders Psychotherapy Training Programme - ISSTD,
• October 2007 - The Sanctuary Institute leadership 5 day training programme @ The Andrus Children's Centre, New York with Dr Sandra Bloom (Trauma informed systems approach for residential child care)
• June 2007 - Treatment of complex trauma in children: dissociation with Fran Waters
• January 2007 - Broken Bonds: healing attachment at trauma with Janina Fisher,
• 2006 - Present: Member of National Hypno-Psychotherapy Council Executive Committee,
• February 2006 – August 2006 – Advanced Dissociative Disorders Psychotherapy Training Programme (A-DDPTP),
• 2005 - European certificate in Psychotherapy (ECP), awarded from European Association for Psychotherapy,
• December 2002: BSc (Hons) Psychology, Granted Graduate Basis of registration and membership of British Psychological Society,
• August 1998 - 2002 : Completed with credit Diploma in Hypnotherapy and Psychotherapy with Centre Training School which lead after 4 years to United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy registration,
• December 1997 – April 1999: certificate, diploma and advanced diploma in stress management training which was accredited by Sheffield Hallam University. Member of International Stress Management Association until 2003.
• October 2004 – June 2005: DDPTP - International Society for the Study of Dissociation (Currently a full member) Psychotherapy Training for Dissociative Disorders / trauma e.g. treatment, assessment etc
• 2003 – Present: attendance at various training events e.g. CORE system assessment training, attachment disorder and treatment, conducting a mental health examination, personality disorders assessment / treatment, server conduct disorder, supervision training etc.
• 1991 – 2001: COSCA counselling skills course, groupwork skills, critical incident debriefing, training for trainers (suicide risk management), risk and needs assessments, Brief psychotherapy and hypnosis for PTSD by Jeffery Zeig, using drama Geese Theatre Company etc.
• June – August 2002: 21 days training in therapeutic groupwork and use of advanced role play techniques in therapy, training in use of adapted techniques for use with children and learning disabilities e.g. pictures, gestures, drama, games etc, Adapted SOTP and CORE SOTP training..... etc

Practice Profile

• Glasgow: I see clients at consulting rooms, which are in the centre of Glasgow and very close to good car parking and the British main line rail stations of Queen Street and Central. The rooms are also adjacent to the Subway,
• Stirling: I can see clients in rooms very close to the city centre and a few minutes walk from the train station (car parking also available),
• I can also arrange to see clients in different areas and also undertake Critical Incident Stress Management for organisations at short notice.
• I currently also accept clients from various Employee Assistance Programme provides as an affiliate.

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