Summary
Overview
Work history
Education
Skills
Languages
References
Timeline
Felly Nkweto  Simmonds

Felly Nkweto Simmonds

Birmingham,West Midlands

Summary

A skilled person Centred Counsellor with a strong commitment to working with clients of diverse backgrounds to navigate life's challenges. As a member of the Black African and Asian Therapy network, has a commitment to racial awareness therapy to enable clients to navigate experiences of racism and exclusion. This includes African focused therapy for second and third generation clients of African descent. Focused on facilitating exploration of issues, developing individualized plans and developing important skills.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Volunteer Counsellor

Frontline Therapist
03.2022 - Current
  • Since May 2022, delivered remote client centred counselling to 130 service users using Meet.
  • Protected patient confidentiality, maintaining all patient information in accordance with Data Protection Act.
  • Attended monthly clinical supervision for eighteen months.
  • Attended regular Continuous Professional Development (CPD) through online courses to achieve learn ne skills and keep up to date with current issues.
  • Since July 2023, conducted four weekly on line pre counselling assessment sessions for new clients.

Volunteer Counsellor

About You Counselling and Psychotherapy (AYCP)
11.2021 - 08.2022
  • Provided one to one therapeutic support to 14 service users over 6 months.
  • Attended regular on line Continuous Professional Development (CPD) to gain new knowledge and skill,.
  • Securely stored and maintained concise and coherent notes for AYCP.
  • Attended monthly clinical supervision,

Volunteer Worker

Freedom from Torture
Birmingham, West Midlands
02.2019 - 03.2020
  • Worked with compassion and empathy to engage people from diverse backgrounds.
  • Showed sensitivity, confidentiality and respect towards clients' needs, providing safe environment for clients accessing services.
  • Sought to understand and keep up-to-date knowledge of internal rules and safety regulations of organisation.
  • Completed relevant training and proactively sought further information.
  • Prepared hot drinks and snacks for service users, offering warm, welcoming environment for duration of stay.
  • Handled incoming calls for staff, answering questions, directing calls and documenting messages.
  • Transcribed or scanned data to create new files.


Private Practice

Self
Birmingham, West Midlands
02.2021 - 10.2022

Conducted one to one and online counselling to one client for 28 hours. with a focus stress, race and racism.

Received supervision once a month.

Senior Behaviour Change Advisor

Family Health International
Lusaka, Zambia
02.2006 - 12.2014
  • Provided technical support and supervision to program staff responsible for supporting community-based organizations in psychosocial support to victims of sexual and gender-based violence.
  • Conducted basic counselling skills training for programme staff and community based women's groups to support survivors of sexual violence.
  • Supported and trained community groups to conduct and document counselling activities.
  • Tracked implementation progress to report feedback and status to management.

Counsellor

Private Practice
Lusaka, Zambia
05.2010 - 09.2014
  • Using client centred modality, conducted general counselling for adults.
  • Conducted one to one counselling for young women who were survivors of sexual violence and abuse.
  • Used co-counselling methodology with a trained counsellor as a means of support and supervision and to develop behaviour change interventions for project work.

Education

Post graduate Diploma - Specialist Counselling

BSY
01.2019 - 05.2021

Postgraduate Certificate - Counselling

Durham University, Durham
10.1998 - 06.2000

For my counselling practice, I was based in a GP practice in Newcastle upon Tyne and conducted 100 supervised hours in my final year.

MA - Interdisciplinary Women's studies

Warwick University, Coventry
09.1986 - 06.1987

Skills

  • Person-centred counselling
  • Diversity counselling
  • Race aware counselling
  • African Centred Counselling
  • Sexual violence counselling
  • Depression and anxiety disorders
  • Online and telephone counselling
  • Emotion focused counselling
  • Safeguarding practices and policies
  • Client confidentiality

Languages

English
Native

References

Ms Dawn Robinson

Supervisor

newdawn.therapy@yahoo.co.uk



Ms Andrea Ignatius

Counselling Manager, Frontline Therapist

andrea@frontlinetherapist.co.uk


Timeline

Volunteer Counsellor - Frontline Therapist
03.2022 - Current
Volunteer Counsellor - About You Counselling and Psychotherapy (AYCP)
11.2021 - 08.2022
Private Practice - Self
02.2021 - 10.2022
Volunteer Worker - Freedom from Torture
02.2019 - 03.2020
BSY - Post graduate Diploma, Specialist Counselling
01.2019 - 05.2021
Counsellor - Private Practice
05.2010 - 09.2014
Senior Behaviour Change Advisor - Family Health International
02.2006 - 12.2014
Durham University - Postgraduate Certificate, Counselling
10.1998 - 06.2000
Warwick University - MA, Interdisciplinary Women's studies
09.1986 - 06.1987
Felly Nkweto Simmonds