Gill Blades

BACKGROUND

Since qualifying in 1998, I have worked for the past eight years in London for the National Health Service, the Wimbledon Guild Counselling Agency, the Merton Bereavement Service, and in a private practice. I moved to the Algarve in 2006 to continue working as an Accredited Counsellor.

TRAINING/QUALIFICATIONS

• Three year Diploma course with the Central School for Counselling & Psychotherapy in London
• In 2004 granted the status of Accredited Member of the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
• In 2008 granted the status of UKRCP Registered Independent Counsellor/Psychotherapist
• BACP approved courses taken include:
  • Cognitive Analytical Therapy
  • The Self and Its Uses in Counselling & Psychotherapy
  • Psychiatry and Counselling
  • Human Attachment & Counselling
  • Male & Female Gender Roles & the Inner World
  • Coming into Mind - Contemporary Neuroscience & Clinical Practice
  • Narcissism and Shame
  • Life Coaching
• Workshops attended include:
  • Counselling Young Children
  • Counselling bereaved Adolescents
  • Dealing with Personality Disorders
  • Identifying psychiatric symptons & diagnostic classification
  • Psychiatry in the Community