Qualifications, Continuous Professional Development (CPD) courses and Conferences

Core Qualifications

• “Deep Brain Reorienting” (DBR)- Dr Frank Corrigan, November 2023-February 2024

  • Level 1: DBR Introduction

  • Level 2: DBR for Attachment Shock and Wounding

  • Level 3: DBR for Dissociative and Other Complex Trauma Disorders

• "Sensorimotor Psychotherapy , Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute

  • Level I: Affect Dysregulation, Survival Defenses, and Traumatic Memory", 2017 (advanced treatment of psychological trauma and psychosomatic conditions)

  • Level II: Emotional Processing, Meaning Making, and Attachment Repair”, London, March 2019-May 2020

• “EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)” , London, February-December 2018

• "Certified Transactional Analyst (Psychotherapy)" (CTA-P), EATA (European Association for Transactional Analysis), 2017

• "MSc Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy", Middlesex University, London, 2017

• "Clinical Diploma in Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy", Metanoia, London, 2017

• “Diploma in Transactional Analysis Psychotherapeutic Counselling”, Metanoia, London, 2014

• “NLP Master Practitioner”, John Seymour Associates Ltd, Bristol, 2009

• “NLP Practitioner”, John Seymour Associates Ltd, Bristol, 2008.

In progress

• I am currently enrolled in a Clinical Psychology degree

• I am currently completing a Diploma in Supervision course

• I am currently attending the Foundation Year of Group Analysis.

  All Completed Training and CPDs

• IARTA Webinar-Deconstruction of theory and practice through an intersectional lens Facilitated by Victoria Baskerville (She//Her), 15 February 2024

• Deep Brain Reorienting (Level 3: DBR for Dissociative and Other Complex Trauma Disorders), Dr Frank Corrigan, February 2024

• Deep Brain Reorienting (Level 2: DBR for Attachment Shock and Wounding), Dr Frank Corrigan, January 2024

• IARTA Webinar-LIMINALITY, facilitated by Carole Shadbolt, 5 February 2024

• IARTA Webinar-Nourish: Eating, Shape and Weight Through the Relational Lens Facilitated by Mandy Atkinson 16 and 30 January 2024

• ESTD Webinar, first webinar for Published Research, 16 January 2024

  • The use of innovative drugs in the treatment of (severe) PTSD: New findings and perspectives. Reviewing matrix of psychedelics in PTSD treatment, Prof. Col ret’d Eric Vermetten, MD, PhD

  • MDMA-assisted therapy and Somatic - Acceptance based therapy (SEA-IT), shared and differential mechanisms of change. A new study into treatment for veteran PTSD and moral injury.; Dr. Anna Harwood-Gross

• IARTA ANNUAL CONFERENCE, “MUTUALITY” - Deepak Dhanajaya, Karen Minikin, Katherine Murphy, Carole Shadbolt and Charlotte Sills (Chair), 10 December 2023

• IARTA-Queer identities and GSRD inclusive practice, facilitated by Victoria Baskerville, 16 November 2023

• IARTA Webinar-Ego States – A Round Table Discussion Heather Fowlie, Adrienne Lee, Charlotte Sills and Keith Tudor, 9 Nov 2023

• Deep Brain Reorienting (Level 1: DBR Introduction), Dr Frank Corrigan, November 2023

• IARTA Webinar-Radical-Relational Perspectives: Oppression, Alienation, Karen Minikin, 17 October 2023

• ESTD Webinar, 10 October 2023

  • Dr. Giulia Di Fini, Ph.D. - Adverse Childhood Experiences and Dissociation of Adults with Gender Dysphoria.

  • Andrea Zagaria, Ph.D. - Clarifying the concept of Attachment Trauma 

• EATA Webinar Series 2023 - Diversity, 29 September and 19 November 2023

• Virtual Intro Weekend in Group Analysis, The Group Analysis Institute, 16-17 September 2023

• IARTA Webinar “The Ethics of Self Disclosure - A Panel Discussion” with Ray Little, Karen Minikin and Carole Shadbolt, 1 July 2023

• “Group Work Training” - Mick Landaiche, 18 January 2023 - 29 March 2023

• IARTA Webinar “Relational Transactional Analysis – A Conversation” – Helena Hargaden and Charlotte Sills, 4 March 2023

• Transactional Analysis Cumbrian Conference, “The Personal and the Political”, 25th February 2023

  • Keynote address - “The Personal and the Political” - Karen Minikin - TSTA

  • Sudha Thimmaiah - “The Personal is political”

  • Romy Graichen & Cheryl (Yi Mei) Leong - “I+U+ for Neurodivergent Folks - addressing Neurotypical bias in therapy”

• IARTA Webinar “Trauma, disorganised attachment and dissociative identity disorder” - Dr. Valerie Sinason - 15 December 2022 & 16 February 2023

• The Science of Drugs: MDMA, Cocaine, Ketamine & 2C-B - Dr Jonathan Iliff - 23 November 2022

• EATA-ITAA workshop “Unconscious Processes In Self and Systems - A Group Relations Approach” - 22nd November 2022

• IARTA Webinar “A Relational Approach to working with Confusion and Deconfusion” - Heather Fowlie TSTA - 10 November 2022

• IDTAP (Interpretive Dynamic Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy) Training for Researchers - Ales Zivkovic PTSTA(P) - 22 October 2022

• IARTA Webinar "Sharpen your eye: roles, relations and responsibility in professional fields” – Maya Bentele - 19 October 2022

• “2022 Suicide Prevention Summit” - various presenters, 10-11 September 2022

• IARTA Webinar “Embodied Relational Therapy in TA: With and Without Touch” - Edward T Novak - 22 May 2022

• EATA Webinar – New Theory - Charlotte Sills, Mil Rosseau, Linda Gregory - 11 May 2022

• Transactional Analysis Cumbrian Conference - 26th February 2022

  • “Finding balance in an ever changing world” (Enid Welford, TSTA-P)

  • “I and We - Finding the balance” (Gunjan Zutshi, CTA-P)

  • “Standing up-moving your therapy out of your chair” (Daniel Weaver)

  • “Intersectional Healing: Find your inner balance with Jin Shin & Transactional Analysis” (Alexis Brink)

• IARTA Conference, “The Naked Self With Keynote Speaker Dr Zefiro Mellacqua“, online, 20 November 2021

• “Meeting the challenge of race in therapy practice”, IARTA online workshop, 14 May 2021

• "Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Level II: Emotional Processing, Meaning Making, and Attachment Repair”, London, 2019-2020

• “EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)” , London, February-December 2018

• "Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Level 1: Affect Dysregulation, Survival Defences, and Traumatic Memories", Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute, London, March- October 2017

• "MSc Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy", Metanoia, London, 2017

• "Certified Transactional Analyst (Psychotherapy)" (CTA-P), EATA (European Association for Transactional Analysis), 2017

• "Clinical Diploma in Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy", Metanoia, London, 2017

• "A personal crisis plan for therapists in private practice", November 2016

• "Safeguarding Adults", Sutton Uplift, South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust, October 2016

• "Safeguarding Young Adults", Sutton Uplift, South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust, September 2016

• IARPP (International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy) Conference about "The Arts of Time - Relational Psychoanalysis and Forms of Vitality in the Clinical Process", Rome, June 2016. Workshops I attended:

  • "The Relational School and the Art of Psychoanalysis", Hazel Ipp (Canada), Tony Bass (USA)

  • "Brandchaft’s Emancipatory Psychoanalysis: Working with Pathological Accommodation", Shelley Doctors (USA)

  • "Reclaiming Inner Freedom: a Relational Perspective", Avi Berman (Israel), Shoshana Breiner (Israel), Ytzhak Mendelsohn (Israel)

  • "Vitality Forms: Infant Research, Neurosciences, and Clinical Psychoanalysis", Nadia Brushweiller-Stern (Switzerland), Pierfrancesco Ferrari (Italy), Massimo Ammaniti (Italy)

  • "Temporality and Timing in the Arts and in the Clinical Process", Vittorio Lingiardi (Italy), Donnel Stern (USA)

  • "Analysis Outside the Lines: Creativity and Post-Traumatic Growth"

  • "Grief-Inspired Creativity: an Analytic Relationship between Two former Child Artists", Doris Brothers (USA)

  • "The Art of Survival: Restoring the Capacity for Creative Living after Trauma", George Hagman (USA)

  • "Walk with me so you can see what I see: Stepping out of the Frame to see the Picture", Karen Starr (USA)

  • "Vitality within Contexts of Destruction", Chana Ullman (Israel), Sally Swartz (South Africa), Andrew Samuels (UK), Alejandro Avila Espada (Spain)

  • "Creativity in the Clinical Exchange", Joseph Litchenberg (USA), Nino Dazzi (Italy)Relational Trauma from a Contemplative Perspective: Interweaving Contemporary Psychoanalysis, Buddhist Psychology and Enactive-Neuroscientifc Accounts

  • "Mindful Parenting: a path of healing intergenerational transmission of trauma", Pilar Mardones (Chile)

  • “Developmental Trauma: a Buddisth and Intersubjective integration", Sebastian Medeiros (Chile)

  • “Minding the body, emboding who we are: modes of being (with) the self and others, Trauma as a disruption of subjectivity and vitality", Simon Guendelman (Germany)

  • “Uncertainty, Bodily Experience and Clinical Wisdom”

  • “Let the Yoga do you: Clinical Decision Making, Ambiguity and Certainty", Christina Emanuel (USA)

  • "Figurability as a form of vitality: a clinical case discussion", Camila Junqueira (Brazil)

  • "The Low Spark of High Heeled 'Girls': Hyperdeadness and Hyper awareness with Eating DIsorder Patients", Jean Petrucelli (USA)

  • "Play and Improvisation in Psychoanalysis as an Art of Interactions", Jessica Benjamin (USA), Philip Ringstrom (USA), Boaz Shalgi (Israel).

• "Working with Rape and Sexual Abuse", SCS, Sandhurst, May 2016

• "Working with Relational Trauma: Dealing with Disorganised Attachment", PODS, London, June 2016

• Mental Health Familiarisation Placement at the Cassel Hospital, Richmond (a Therapeutic Community for inpatients diagnosed with Personality Disorders), March 2016

• Ten-day residential mindfulness meditation course, IMC UK, December 2015

• “Archetypes”, SCS, Sandhurst, November 2015

• “Mental Health Act and Medication”, Metanoia, London, November 2015

• 1st EATA (European Association of Transactional Analysis) Conference about "TA Theory & Research", Rome, July 2015. Workshops I attended (TA stands for Transactional Analysis):

  • "Scientific Validation of TA Theory- Theory construction and scientific recognition of basic concepts", Prof. John McLeod (UK)

  • "Team Agility", Van Poelje, S. (Netherlands)

  • "Conflicts and Impasses", Alleysson, E. (France)

  • "TA and intense short dynamic psychotherapy: integration of models and comparison of techniques through [psychotherapy video", Sambin, M. (Italy) and Scotta', F. (Italy)

  • "Scientific validation of TA theory - How can basic TA concepts be empirically validated to reach scientific recognition?", Prof. Gelo, O. (Italy)

  • "'Alien in my body': an agonising integration path between sexual identity and gender identity.", Settanni, A. S. (Italy)

  • "Dialoguing with the hidden pole: a proposal for a new representation of Impasse.", Gerosa, S. (Italy)

  • Redecision process and states of consciousness: multidisciplinary connections and methodological developments in TA according to the bio-psycho-social-existential", Attanasio Romanini (Italy), S, Maggio, P. (Italy) and Sasso, R. (Italy)

  • "Borderline Personality and Trauma: an integrated intervention", Liverano, A. (Italy), Zedda, C. (Italy) and Aceti, T. (Italy)

  • "The Treasure and Tragedy of Script Protocol: the non-conscious foundations on one's personality.", Pierini, A. (Italy) and Cornell, W. (USA)

  • "Emergent Theory: the ongoing evolution of TA theory.", Cornell, W. (round table moderator)

  • "Thinking of somatic illness: a theoretical approach to Impasse Theory.", Tenconi, P. M. (Italy)

• “Trauma, Dissociation and Recovery”, PODS, London, 2015

• “Trauma and the Body”, PODS, Brighton, 2014

• “Diploma in Transactional Analysis Psychotherapeutic Counselling” , Metanoia, London, November 2014

• “Living and Working in Groups: How do we shape them and how do they shape us?”, Charlotte Sills, Metanoia Institute, London, 2014

• “Transactional Analysis Process Therapy Groups”, Adrienne Lee BA MPracNLP TSTA(P), The Berne Institute, Kegworth, 2013

• “Relational Psychotherapy: the Emergence and Development of a Tradition”, workshop by Dr Lew Aron (Director of the New York University Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis) at Metanoia, London, 2013

• “Sexuality Awareness”, No5, Reading, 2013

• “CAHMS Conference – Improving Effectiveness and Understanding the Evidence Base: Working with the impact of parental conflict on children and young people’s mental health”, The Tavistock Centre For Couple Relationships, London, 2012

• “Transference-Countertransference & Enactments: An Integrated Relation Perspective Workshop”, Ray Little at Metanoia, London, 2012

• “Certificate in competency in using psychological tests”, Metanoia, MCPS, London, 2011

• “Introduction to Universal Safeguarding Children”, Directorate Education and Children’s Service, Reading, 2011

• “Foundation year in Transactional Analysis” (part of MSc in TA Psychotherapy) from Metanoia Institute, London, 2010

• “Transactional Analysis 101” from Metanoia Institute, London, 2010

• “Diploma in Business and Life Coaching” from The UK College of Personal Development, Swindon

• “NLP Master Practitioner” from John Seymour Associates Ltd, Bristol, 2009

• “NLP Practitioner” from John Seymour Associates Ltd, Bristol, 2008