Denise Milner
MSc in Attachment theory First Class BA Honours in Integrative Counselling MBACP
More than most professions, psychotherapy appears to be shrouded in mystery and underpinned by a multitude of interventions to support the healing process. Please rest assured I cannot read minds, nor do I presume to know you better than you know yourself.
The co-creation of our relationship is integral to the work ahead. The more real we are together the greater the probability for a positive therapeutic outcome.
Collaboration and education lie at the heart of my practice.
You will be seen, heard and valued.
Experience
I work with a range of complex and less complex issues within a variety of different therapeutic settings such as offering long term therapy at a London Women’s Centre as well as both short and long term counselling for a youth and young adult charity.
There is no hierarchy of human suffering within my practice. You may be a senior manager struggling with the loneliness of your role, a menopausal mum grieving for university bound children or the survivor of abuse suffering in silence.
Every client presents uniquely and as such is approached accordingly.
- Registered Member of British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (Membership Number: 00909581)
Training, qualifications & experience
- MSc in Attachment Studies, 2022, Roehampton University
- Reliable Coder for Meaning of the Child Interview, 2022, Roehampton University
- Accredited in Sexual Violence Training, 2022, Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Centre (RASASC), Croydon
- BA 1st Class Honours in Integrative Counselling, 2020, Greenwich University
- Level 3 Award in Counselling Skills, 2017, NCFE
- Level 2 Award in Helping Skills, 2017, NCFE
- Level 1 Award in Interpersonal Skills, 2016, NCFE
Additional Training and CPD
- Single session therapy: Maximising the effect of every therapeutic or coaching encounter, 2023, PESI
- Certified Sex Therapy Informed Professional (CSTIP) Course, 2023, PESI
- Integrate CBT and Exposure & Response Prevention for Treatment of GAD, Panic Disorder, OCD, Social Anxiety, & Phobias, 2023, PESI
- Dr. Sue Johnson's Intensive Course in Emotionally Focused Therapy: Attachment-based interventions for couples in crisis, 2023, PESI
- Working with Adult Survivors of Sexual Abuse, 2020, The Grove Practice Ltd
- Trauma Conference 2020 - Trauma Foundation and Dr Bessel van der Kolk
- The Changing Landscape of College and School Based Counselling, 2020, BACP
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, 2019, Brighter Horizons
- Motivational Interviewing and Solution Focused Brief Therapy, 2019, Joint Diversity
- Making Anger Your Friend, 2019, Anger Planet
- Breathe Workshop, 2019, YMCA – Counselling for children, young people and families
- Suicide Prevention Education, 2019, YMCA – Counselling for children, young people and families
- Counselling Young Children (4-12), 2019, YMCA – Counselling for children, young people and families
- Drugs Awareness, 2019, YMCA – Counselling for children, young people and families
- Understanding Migration, 2019, The Human Hive
- Understanding and Responding to Autism, The Spell Framework, 2019, Kent University
Memberships & Accreditations
Areas of counselling I work with
- Abuse
- Addiction
- ADHD
- Anger Management
- Anxiety
- ASD/Neurodivergent
- Bereavement and Loss
- Bipolar Disorder
- Birth and Bonding
- Bullying (adults)
- Career Coaching
- Children's Support
- Chronic Illness and Pain
- Couples Counselling
- Depression
- Divorce and Separation
- Eating Disorders
- Emotional Abuse
- Faith and Culture
- Family Counselling
- Learning Difficulties
- Loneliness
- Low Self-Esteem
- OCD
- Parenting Support
- Personality Disorders
- Phobias
- Physical Abuse
- PTSD and Trauma
- Redundancy and Unemployment
- Self-Harm
- Sexual Abuse and Rape
- Sexual Identity and Gender Dysphoria
- Sexual Performance/Drive
- Shame and Guilt
- Stress Management
- Teenager and Young Adult Support