I am a HCPC State Registered Art Psychotherapist working with adults, young people and children who have experienced complex trauma. In 1990 I completed training in Psychodynamic Counselling. I went on todo the postgraduate training in Art Therapy at the University of Hertfordshire, and later on to complete the Master of Arts Research degree in Art Psychotherapy (1994).I moved up to Lincolnshire from London in 1998 and worked for 16 years as the Lead Art Psychotherapist in NHS CAMHS and Adult Mental Health Services in North East Lincolnshire. Within my CAMHS work I developed a specialist role in the Looked After Children Team providing Art Psychotherapy for children and young people who had complex attachment and developmental trauma. Aa part of this work I ran an Art Therapy Bereavement groups for children and young people experiencing childhood traumatic grief. I was funded by the NHS Trust to do further training in Psychotherapy for Dissociative Disorders due to developing a specialist role in working with post traumatic stress disorders and complex trauma. I was also responsible for planning and leading closed time limited Art Psychotherapy for adult survivors of child sexual abuse for 15 years .After leaving my NHS job in 2014 I have been working part-time as an Associate Therapist for Foster Care Associates. My role is to offer consultation and support to carers. I am also responsible for facilitating a programme of training for foster carers on attachment developmental trauma, therapeutic communication and complex bereavement for children in care who have experienced multiple losses.I have a small private practice providing Art Psychotherapy Assessment and programmes of Art Psychotherapy within Education and the Lincolnshire Post Adoption Team.I have been in the role clinical supervisor since 1993. Since January, 2017 I have been working as a Clinical supervisor for Share Psychotherapy in Sheffield, a registered charity offering long term Psychotherapy to adults with mental health needs.Since July 2022 I have been an independent Clinical supervisor for IMARA , a registered charity that provides therapy for children and young people following disclosures of child sexual abuse. I work predominately from a psychodynamic, systemic and humanistic framework, facilitating individual self growth within the context of developing meaningful relationships with others. In my work with children I work collaboratively with families, carers and key professionals in formulating a shared understanding of all aspects of the young person’s life.