Category: Staff

Senior Social Work Practitioner / Counsellor 

Qualifications:  BSSc (QUB) Dip. Social Work (Edinburgh) 
Diploma HE in Counselling from the University of Ulster
AMBACP; AMBICA;
Member of the Irish Fertility Counsellors Association.

Experience:  I was employed as a Social Worker initially in a hospital setting and later in a Family and Child Care Team. On joining Family Routes I spent a number of years concentrating on Adoption and Post Adoption work.

Continuing in Family Routes I am now the lead for our Fertility Counselling Service and also Next Step.

More recently I have joined as a member of Family Routes Adoption Panel.  

What do you like to do in your free time?  I re-upholster old chairs, and thoroughly enjoy going for a walk while catching up on Podcasts.

All time favourite TV series? ER and The West Wing.

Counsellor

Qualifications: BA Business Studies, Fd Integrative Counselling, DcHyp, Certified CBT practitioner. RGN (retired).

How long have you been working as a counsellor? Since 2012.

What do you enjoy about your job?  You meet some really lovely people.

What do you like to do in your free time? Walk my dogs.

Favourite all-time TV show? Fraiser

Counsellor

Qualifications:
FD Integrative Counselling Ulster University, MBACP, BICA.

I am a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)and the British Infertility Counselling Association (BICA).

Special interest/experience
From personal experience of infertility, I have a deep understanding of the psychological and emotional impact of this diagnosis. I offer a safe confidential space for conversations aiming to address grief and loss as well as anxiety, work and relationship issues.
I am passionate about providing support and hope to individuals and couples through what can be one of the most challenging and emotionally difficult times in your life.

Additional information
More about me: I have more than twenty five years’ experience of working with people within diverse business, public and private sector environments. In my private practice, I work with individuals, couples and families facing a wide range of mental health and relationship issues.

For the last nine years, I have been an independent member of the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust Adoption Panel. More recently I joined the Family Routes Adoption Panel.

What do you like to do in your free time? Beach and forest walks with Lola our Springador.

All time favourite tv shows: MasterChef and Grand Designs.