Upon my return to the UK after ten years away, I continued to practise Hypnotherapy and specialised in HypnoBirthing, however there was a need for my skills to be updated and to be recognised by UK standards and so I began the lengthy process of gaining my BABCP accreditation and BACP registration, first by gaining my COSCA certificate and SCOTACS Diploma in CBT and Groupwork & Advanced Clinical Skills. At that time my interest was still working with couples and families especially pre and postnatally, and I gained qualifications in Family Systemic Therapy.

More recently after over 35 years of studying and working in this field, there was a natural progression into teaching and training at course director and senior lecturer level. In relation to clinical work, I became a clinical supervisor and began supervising and mentoring therapists starting out on their own clinical practice. I also began managing and leading teams of other CBT therapists and Clinical Psychologists both clinically and operationally as well as working with the emergency services and government organisations.

To keep my brain working over lockdown, I completed my MSc in CBT specialising in trauma and complex trauma and re addressed my work life balance, with a move away from the fast pace of being and in house employed clinician back into private practice once more, working with private clients, private health insurance companies and EAP's.

More recently as an Accredited CBT Therapist I was able to complete my EMDR training as well as The Rewind Technique for Trauma. As personal and professional development never ends, I’m currently training in Schema Therapy, Narrative Exposure Therapy and Cognitive Processing Therapy this year.