Clare Gridley MBACP Acc
Integrative Counsellor and Psychotherapist
Lecturer in Counselling
Clinicial Practitioner 
Qualified Supervisor

I am passionate about counselling and the profession!

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I am lucky enough to be working in, or have worked in, a variety of settings and roles, these include: 

Working as a clinical practitioner within a hospital setting. This has provided me with the experience in working with a vast variety of mental health conditions, from mild depression to psychotic episodes, personality disorders and much more.

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I am trained and have worked with trauma, specifically rape and sexual abuse (this includes young people). I can work with both post and pre-trial clients.

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I specialise in supporting anxiety, running workshops and presentation at local services encouraging understanding, normalising and managing anxiety; in both children and adults.

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I am an approved CPCAB Tutor of the Introduction level, Level 2, Level 3 & Level 4.

I am a Thames Valley Police approved Counsellor supporting Victims of crime and I work with a charity that support survivors of brain injuries.

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I have worked under the Royal Windsor and Maidenhead services as an approved advocate - providing a voice for young people.

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Experience and training has included: 

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Working with Autism

School transitions - Junior to Senior

Understanding the teenage brain

Living with Self Harm

Body Dysmorphia Disorder

Working with Bipolar Disorder

Working Creatively with young people

Transactional Analysis

NLP & EFT an introduction

Working Therapeutically with Eating Disorders

Psychosexual Training

Safeguarding (Both adults and children)

Pre-Trial Therapy Training

Experience and training in working with Trauma, Rape & Sexual Abuse (young people)

Working with personality disorders and patients admitted to a clinical setting