Amy Durden Email & Phone Number

Manchester, Gb

I am responsible for the delivery of psychological support within a clinical trials investigating safety, feasibility and efficacy of psychoactive substance. This includes the PsiDeR This includes providing psychological support on the PsiDeR - Psilocybin in Depression Resistant to Standard Treatments trial and others.

London, United Kingdom

Working online and based in London, I see adult clients for 1:1 therapy short and long term.

London, United Kingdom

As a contractor for Empathy Ltd - Employment Assistance Programme I provide the following services:1:1 counselling for staff (short term 6-12 sessions)Group support and debriefing following a crisis or bereavementTraining packages for front line staff such as:Mental Health Awareness (for staff and managers)Resilience at WorkWorking with Bereavement, Loss and GriefBespoke training upon request

London, United Kingdom

As an EbyE consultant I co-facilitated focus groups for mental health service users, carers, staff and the public as well as running training (lectures and seminars) on mental health awareness, stigma, dual diagnosis, co-facilitation and service user involvement.�

Greenwich

In this role I was responsible for organising and leading community outreach events to raise awareness of the needs of LGBTQ+ young people and running training sessions for health professionals.�

Hackney

In my role as counsellor at CBH I worked with long and shorter term clients presenting with issues including (but not limited to) depression, anxiety, substance misuse, stress and bereavement.I offered integrative counselling

Newham

My role included working with children, young people and their families, providing a variety of interventions, to identify needs and achieve positive outcomes.Making initial home visits, providing ongoing 1:1 therapeutic support, group work and activities provision for young carers.Working in partnership with parents/guardians to empower them and enable them to achieve better outcomes for their children.Reducing the caring duties of the young carers within the service through inter-agency working with children’s services, health agencies and other community based services.Contributing to service development.Applying safeguarding and child protection procedures. Producing handwritten and electronic reports on client’s progress Advocating for young carers within school to ensure they get the best possible support.

London, United Kingdom

• Ensuring clients are engaging in meaningful and purposeful activities, in accordance with their therapy program. • Contributing towards assessment and treatment of individual’s engagement in daily living skills, productive and leisure activities.• Providing a confidential listening ear • Supporting individuals with meal preparation and supervision• Producing handwritten and electronic reports on patient’s progress

London, United Kingdom

Job role/duties:Ensuring patients are engaging in meaningful and purposeful activities, in accordance with their therapy program. Managing a caseload of clients; contributing towards assessment and treatment of individual’s engagement in daily living skills, productive and leisure activities. Devising and implementing individual and group activities for patients with an aim of increasing their independence. Producing handwritten and electronic reports on patient’s progress and taking responsibility for co-ordinating some outcome measures.

London, United Kingdom

Supporting the existing digital department in the upkeep and renovation of several magazines’ digital platforms.Writing, building and uploading content using CMS systems including but not limited to WordPress (including the use of HTML to format and design.)Using Photoshop to edit and resize images for the web.Researching and writing news stories and features articles for online publication including sourcing images.Responsible for managing and uploading two major projects. One for Yachts & Yachting.co.uk and one for Racecar Engineering Magazine as well as working on the Olympic website for Y&Y, and Artists of the Year Competition for Artists & Illustrators Magazine.

London, United Kingdom

Supporting the editor in the running of the websiteInterviewing including preparation, transcribing and writing up into editorial piecesResearching and sourcing contentWriting articles, website reviews to deadline. Building and uploading content using CMS system including use of HTML& using social media sites to increase site traffic

London

Course Modules:Creative non-fictionText and contextShort story and proseWriting the short filmWriting for performanceWriting poetryWriting the novelCultural memoryRadio dramaResearch into writingProfessional writing practiceInteractive fictionAdaptation and dramatisationLiterary magazineMedia law and ethics

Pgdip, Counselling And Psychotherapy

This course is fully accredited by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). It followed an integrative approach.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Creative Writing, First Class Honours

Activities and Societies: Class Representative for years 1&2Won the Course Director's Prize for Creative Writing