Penny Bould MBACP Appears as Expert on BBC - Warm Adult, Couples, Child & Family Psychotherapist / Counsellor, Psychosexual Therapist & Lifecoach - Unusually Extensive Training.
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Working with adults, couples, children, young people, families and organisations, because of her unusually broad range of training, Penny, who has appeared on the BBC as an expert many times, whatever your challenges, problems, difficulties or goals, can bring an integrative approach tailored to your needs as a unique human being, with warmth, empathy, unconditional positive regard and genuineness, whether for short, medium or long term work, to address any issue.
Saying it aloud and being really heard in therapy means, to quote artist Grayson Perry, that you are "the star in the room" in the safe and confidential space. With an extensive toolbox of techniques gleaned from helping people for decades, using innovative research based approaches Penny has helped to empower positive change for clients of all ages. Committed to continual professional development Penny has attended dozens of courses.
I am professionally qualified and registered. A former school safeguarding governor my background has been checked and declared clear by the local authority for any criminal records.
If you scroll down this page after the A to Z list of issues you will find my extensive list of QUALIFICATIONS AND TRAINING.
Creative but down to earth, Penny has been commissioned to write about counselling ethics for The Guardian and about issues such as trauma for professional journals. She often uses symbolic objects, unless a client prefers not to use them and also depending on the issues and the individual client sometimes uses drawing, role play work and psychological education.
Former law court and BBC reporter, producer, presenter Penny originally read psychology at university aged 18 and since then has studied psychology at two universities and a number of other institutions in addition to qualifying in counselling and undertaking post graduate studies in areas such as couple, family and psychosexual studies, Neuro Linguistic Programming and Hypnotherapy.
Having interviewed people for many years from across society as a journalist, especially when later training people in presentation and media skills Penny became particularly aware of people's challenges and barriers to happiness and so returned to studying psychology and moved on to psychotherapy.
With clinical experience in a hospital, centre for abuse survivors, school, training centre for young people and with older people prior to private practice Penny has often undertaken multi-disciplinary work as well as working alone with clients.
A former member of the University of Warwick Medical School Advisory Board, Penny has lectured or run workshops and seminars at the University of Oxford Department of Psychiatry, Warwick University Medical School, Coventry University teaching doctors, counselling /psychotherapy students, clinical psychologists and social workersand ran courses at what is now Manchester Metropolitan University in assertiveness and negotiating skills.
She has been a member of the state Warwickshire Psychological Group for post-disaster and critical incidents work since 2007 and undertaken many training courses in working with people who have been traumatised using the very latest research.
Penny is also a trained actor, has compered and entertained people at festivals and events and has a reputation as a talented public speaker including addressing national and international conferences, better enabling her to help clients to boost their confidence.
Previously managing director of her own public relations company for nine years and having been on contract as the external relations manager of a FTSE 250 company and editor and public relations officer of a national Quasi Non Governmental Organisation (QUANGO) she is an experienced manager.
As a student she also worked in factories, shops and a hospital laundry and has worked in Switzerland and Denmark with a particular awareness of cross cultural issues having worked with people from every continent and of most religions.
She has taught on subjects such as equality and diversity with particular expertise in disability awareness and has worked with clients from the LGBT community especially including bi-sexual dilemmas and clients on transsexual journeys.
Her additional training has included helping clients with issues around abuse, addiction (including internet social networking, games and porn addiction) and 12 Step Programmes, eating disorders, bereavement and leadership.
Penny says of her work with clients: "Whatever your challenges I can be along-side you to empower you on your life's journey and some of the exciting research based techniques I use will probably surprise and delight you. Therapy is a serious matter but I have yet to meet a client where we did not also at times appropriately laugh in the therapy room."
I am an integrative practitioner using:-
* CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy)
* Couples Therapy - a nuts and bolts approach based on in-depth research with thousands of couples
* Hypnotherapy
* Person-Centred Rogerian Psychotherapy
* Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP)
* Systemic & Family Therapy
* Psychosexual Therapy
Issues with which I have worked include for example:-
Abandonment,
Abuse,
Addiction to Gambling,
Addiction to Sex,
Addiction to Substances,
Addiction to the Internet,
Addiction,
ADHD,
Adoption,
Ageism,
Ambition,
Anger Management,
Anorexia,
Anxiety,
Appearance Issues,
Asperger's,
Attachment,
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder,
Autism,
Bereavement,
Bipolar,
Bisexuality,
Blindness,
Body Dysmorphia,
Borderline Personality Disorder,
Bulimia,
Bullying,
Cancer,
Career Problems,
Chronic Fatigue,
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome,
Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome,
CFS,
CFIDS,
Coaching,
Colitis,
Communication Problems,
Compering,
Confidence,
Control,
Couple Problems,
Criminal Record,
Cross Cultural Issues,
Cruelty,
Cutting,
Depersonalisation,
Depersonalization,
Depression,
Desire Differences,
Desire Excessive
Desire Lack of,
Desire Problems,
Dieting,
Directionless,
Disability,
Discrimination,
Dissociation,
Dissociative Identity Spectrum of Disorders,
Divorce,
Domestic Violence Female,
Domestic Violence Male,
Domestic Violence Perpetrator,
Domestic Violence Survivor,
Domestic Violence,
Drug Addiction,
Drugs,
Eating Disorders,
Epilepsy,
Erectile Dysfunction,
Family Issues,
Family Rows,
Fear,
Fostering,
Friendship,
Gambling,
Grief,
Hearing Impairments,
Homophobia,
IBS,
Ill-health,
Infidelity,
Internet Addiction,
Interview Nerves,
Irritable Bowel Syndrome,
Job Problems,
Kidnap,
Leadership Issues,
Life-coaching,
Looked After Children,
Loss,
Lost Feelings,
Management Problems,
Marital Issues,
ME,
Media Anxieties,
Media Skills,
Medical System Problems,
Medically Unexplained Symptoms (MUS),
Mental Ill-health,
Motivation,
Murder,
Murder of a Loved One,
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis,
Neurological Illness,
Neurological Impairments,
Obesity,
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder,
OCD,
Oppression,
Organisation Problems,
Over-Eating,
Panic Attacks,
Panic,
Personality Disorder,
Phobias,
Polio,
Post-Traumatic Stress,
Pregnancy,
Pregnancy Unwanted,
Prejudice,
Presentations,
Racism,
Rape,
Relationships,
Schizophrenia,
Script-writing,
Sectioning,
Self Esteem / Respect
Self Harm,
Sex Addiction,
Sexual Abuse,
Sexual Assault,
Sexual Attack,
Sexual Problems,
Shock,
Sleep Disorders,
Sleep,
Smoking,
Speech Making,
Stage Fright,
Stress Management,
Stress Related Headaches,
Stress Related Physical Ill-health,
Stress Related Tinnitis,
Stress Triggered Illness,
Substance Abuse,
Substance Addiction,
Suicidal Ideation,
Suicidal Thoughts,
Suicide Attempts,
Suicide of Someone You Knew,
Suicide,
Terminal Illness,
Transgender Issues,
Transgender,
Transsexuality,
Trauma,
Tricholomania,
Vaginismus,
Violence,
Virginity,
Visual Impairments,
Vomiting,
Wedding Issues,
Weight Issues,
Workplace Problems,
QUALIFICATION DETAILS
Because of her broad range of training, whatever your challenges, problems, difficulties or goals Penny can bring an integrative approach tailored to your needs as a unique human being, with warmth, empathy, unconditional positive regard and genuineness.
Penny explains: “I have appeared on the BBC many times as an expert on mental health and wellbeing. I am also a former BBC reporter and news presenter.
I am a mature experienced fully qualified and professionally registered counsellor / psychotherapist.
I am also a trained and experienced lifecoach, trainer and trained clinical supervisor of other counsellors / psychotherapists.
MBACP indicates that I have full membership of the professional body the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and that my qualifications were verified when I applied for that membership which means I can use the designatory letters MBACP after my name.
I have undertaken an unusually broad breadth of training.
My core qualifications & training undertaken:-
* DIPLOMA in The Theory & Practice of Counselling with DISTINCTION in ADVANCED COUNSELLING SKILLS (I also achieved marks if 95% to 100% in my clinical placements portfolio and Merit marks in all of my other assignments including the highest mark fo the year in my research project which was into men and counselling.) (Warwickshire College / ABC Awards)
This included my clinically supervised placements where I saw clients at: an NHS hospital; a school; a training centre for young people where I set up and ran a clinic; a centre for abuse survivors; and a charity for older people.
* GRADUATE CERTIFICATE in The Theory & Practice of Counselling (Coventry University)
* CERTIFICATE IN HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY: UNDERSTANDING MENTAL ILL-HEALTH (Coventry University)
* CERTIFICATE IN COUNSELLING (Intermediate) (OCN)
* CERTIFICATE IN WORKING WITH SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ABUSE (NOCN)
* CERTIFICATE IN BEREAVEMENT CARE
* I have also studied psychology at the University of Sheffield and with the Open University (Cognitive Psychology) and have 240 points with the Open University towards a B.A. degree.
* CERTIFICATE IN LIFECOACHING (incorporated Neuro Linguistic Programming)
* I also trained at Selly Oak Hospital Post Graduate Centre with British Hypnosis Research in Eriksonian HYPNOTHERAPY with Neuro-Linguistic Programming (1997)
* PSYCHOSEXUAL STUDIES: UNDERSTANDING THE SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP (Tavistock Centre for Couple Relationships)
Additional Training Has Included (in A to Z Order):-
12 STEP Programmes -working to empower clients (to conquer addiction)
ADDICTION: Drug Awareness (to DANOS Standards)
ADDICTION: Using 12 Step Programmes with Clients
ANOREXIA (see EATING DISORDERS)
ASSERTIVENESS SKILLS (National Union of Journalists)
BEREAVEMENT - 3 month course in counselling people with grief issues also useful in other forms of loss
BROADCAST JOURNALISM, ADVANCED JOURNALISM PRODUCTION & PRESENTATION (BBC)
BULIMIA (see EATING DISORDERS)
CAMPAIGNING SKILLS (FoE)
CHAIRING Meetings (WCC)
CHILDREN’S RIGHTS (Conference with former UK Commissioner for Children / WCC)
COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY (University of Sheffield ; Open University)
COUPLE & FAMILY COUNSELLING (Glasgow University)
COUPLES THERAPY (USA)
DEMENTIA: Working with People Living with Dementia (Seminar Professor of Dementia Studies Stirling University at Clinical Management Conference, Birmingham)
DIFFICULT PEOPLE: Handling Difficult People (Warwickshire Police)
DISABILITY: Working with Disabled Clients & Their Families (NHS Hospital Psychology & Counselling Department)
EATING DISORDERS (Latest research based technique)
EDITING – Super subbing (National Council for the Training of Journalists)
EQUALITY & DIVERSITY (National Centre for Information & Advice on Educational Disadvantage; Council of Disabled People; Warwickshire County Council (WCC); University of Warwick, Colin Lago)
EQUALITY (National Union of Journalists)
E-SAFETY - How to keep adults and children safe online and using phones and social networking e technology in all forms (WCC)
FAMILY & COUPLE Relationships , Neuro-Psychology of (Dr Margot Sunderland, Oakland, Harrogate)
FAMILY THERAPY & SYSTEMIC PRACTICE (1 academic year course
NHS Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services)
GRIEF - 3 month course in counselling people with grief issues also useful in other forms of loss
HYPNOTHERAPY, ERIKSONIAN, WITH NEURO LINGUISTIC PROGRAMMING (NLP) (British Hypnosis Research at Selly Oak Hospital Post Graduate Centre) 1997
LAW COURT REPORTING (Kingston News Agency)
LAW FOR EDITORS (National Council for the Training of Journalists)
LEADERSHIP (WCC)
MANAGEMENT: School Governorship (WCC)
MANAGEMENT: Project Management (WCC)
MANAGING a Disaster (WCC/ National Fire & Rescue College)
MENTAL ILL-HEALTH: Certificate in Health Psychology: Understanding Mental Ill-health (Coventry University)
NEGOTIATION SKILLS (Manchester Polytechnic)
NEURO - PSYCHOLOGY of Family & Couple Relationships (Dr Margot Sunderland, Oakland, Harrogate)
OVER EATING (see EATING DISORDERS)
PSYCHOLOGY (University of Sheffield, Open University, Coventry University, Dr Margot Sunderland, NHS)
RADIO JOURNALISM (Radio Hallam)
SAFEGUARDING ADULTS (WCC)
SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN (WCC)
SAFEGUARDING LOOKED AFTER CHILDREN - children in care (WCC)
SAFEGUARDING YOUNG PEOPLE (Warwickshire Association of Youth Clubs)
SCHOOL GOVERNORSHIP (WCC)
SEXUAL ABUSE: Certificate in Working with Survivors of Sexual Abuse (OCN)
SEXUAL ISSUES (Current Issues Conference, University of London)
SEXUAL ISSUES: Psychosexual Studies: Understanding the Sexual Relationship (Tavistock Centre for Couple Relationships)
SUPERVISION: Enhancing Clinical Supervision Skills (of other counsellors, psychotherapist and psychologists, British Psychological Society, London)
TRAUMA: Psychological Welfare Post Critical Incidents (& Disasters) (Centre for Trauma Resilience & Growth / University of Nottingham / NHS / WCC) several courses over years – I have been trained to be a member of the county wide state group on standby to help people after a critical incident or disaster since 2007. We are trained to NICE [National Institute for Health & Clinical Excellence] guidelines.)
Service Categories
Counselling, Hypnotherapist, Life Coaching, Psychotherapy
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