Alison Colquhoun

• Provided one-on-one counselling to help students deal with personal, academic, family and / or behavioural issues.
• Upheld counselling best practise by consistently adhering to BACP ethical framework guidelines.
• Conducted regular assessments by implementing appropriate psychological tests.
• Maintained confidential records of all counselling sessions, ensuring privacy compliance.
• Adhered to strict confidentiality protocols to safeguard and accurately store student information.
• Liaised with external agencies when necessary to provide additional support services.

Private practice offering online / telephone counselling and supervision services.

• Provided one-on-one counselling to help students deal with personal, academic, family and / or behavioural issues.
• Upheld counselling best practise by consistently adhering to BACP ethical framework guidelines.
• Conducted regular assessments by implementing appropriate psychological tests.
• Maintained confidential records of all counselling sessions, ensuring privacy compliance.
• Adhered to strict confidentiality protocols to safeguard and accurately store student information.
• Mentored and supervised counselling trainees, supporting their clinical skills.

• Delivering counselling services on a range of contracts with General Practitioners, CAMHS, The Westminster Foundation, West Cheshire Domestic Violence and The Church Warden services on mental health issues, addressing issues including anxiety, depression, bereavements, relationships and abuse.
• Assessed clients including psycho-social assessments to identify clients needs, strengths and challenges, creating tailored treatment plans for positive change.
• Applied person-centred, cognitive-behavioural and psychodynamic approaches, adapting techniques to individual preferences.
• Signposting service users to community resources and local charities where appropriate.
• Maintained confidential case documentation in line with data protection regulations.
• Executed appropriate risk-assessment and mitigation strategies.

Provide a school counselling service for children and young people aged 11-18, within the school environment. Includes completing initial assessment,, individual and small goup work. reporting on service use, safeguarding concerns, liasing and signposting with other external agencies as required.

Providing counselling services for adults in health centre enviroments on a range of issues including depression, anxiety, bereavement, domestic abuse, low self esteem and anger issues.

Mentoring students struggling with a range of issues. Assisted set up and runing of first school counselling service.

Worked at a range of secondary state, independant specialist and private schools both locally within the Uk and overseas as a subject leader, teacher and form tutor. Working with an age range of 11-18 across a variety of different learning styles a mixture of different economic and ethnic backgrounds.