Nilanthiny Pushparajah
Welling
Summary
Dedicated mental health professional with extensive expertise in trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy and substance abuse counselling. Proficient in delivering psychoeducation and managing anxiety, anger, and self-harm prevention techniques. Skilled in child and adolescent therapy, family systems theory, and risk-taking behaviour management. Committed to counselling ethics compliance and adept at phone and 1-to-1 counselling. Fluent in English, German, and Tamil, with a strong foundation in therapeutic techniques utilisation and ethical understanding.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
2011
2011
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Counsellor/Psychotherapist
Self Employed
Wembley / Bexley
01.2022 - Current
- Providing counselling to service users face to face, over the telephone, or online.
- Communicating effectively with clients to assess their needs and progress.
- Providing targeted counselling and emotional support to both individuals and couples in need of assistance.
- Keeping up to date and accurate administrative records of client interactions and appointments.
- Ensuring the confidentiality of sensitive records relating to service users.
- Keeping up to date with admin task over new clients, and other administrative issues.
- Referring clients to appropriate third party external partners.
- Delivering counselling assessments to identify the individual’s support needs.
- Attending team meetings and making contributions to any discussions taking place.
- Working with clients who have mild to moderate mental health problems.
- Helping people to deal with challenges and make positive changes to their lives.
- Passing on and referring clients to other sources of help, as and when is appropriate.
- Can establish rapport with people from all backgrounds and to gain their trust.
- Liaising with other healthcare providers, agencies, and community resources to put together client care plans.
- Assess clients for their suitability for counselling.
- Keeping accurate and coherent records of all clinical activity in line with service protocols.
Estates Support Officer and PA of Service Director
Commercial at North Herts District Council
Letchworth Garden City
11.2019 - Current
- Keeping Check of E-mail and responding accordingly from internal and external departments
- Managing manager’s diary and E-mails
- Basic office duties: telephone, photocopying, scanning, filing, etc
- Arranging meetings
- Visiting sites for estates purposes
- Attending meeting and taking notes, as well as typing up notes
- Writing up newsletter briefings for the team
- Dealing with purchase orders and invoices
- Typing up estates information and dealing with confidential details
- · Balancing two separate area of work
Volunteer counsellor
Westminster Drug Project
Harrow
01.2018 - 01.2020
- Assessing Clients face to face and providing counselling support
- Dealing with clients with substance addiction
- Emphasizing/Listening/Reflecting to clients
- Weekly therapy of 5o min each
- Protecting sensitive information and confidentiality
- Delivering one to one counselling service
- Conducting paperwork and entering in ICT system
- Sharing concerning information with key workers
- Receiving supervision
Support Officer – Children’s Services
Hertfordshire County Council
Stevenage
05.2018 - 10.2019
- Prepare & send assessment checks within a timescale
- Manage the checks that have been received & update the system accordingly
- Arrange teleconference – External/Internal
- Booking rooms/meetings
- Send sensitive letters to professionals/parents
- Peer checking your work & colleagues
- Minute taking/typing of minutes
- Type up case supervisions
- Scanning and uploading documents
- Working along with social workers and team managers
TV Presenter
IBC Tamil TV
London
01.2016 - 01.2019
Product Replacement Operator
Domestic & General
London
01.2017 - 07.2017
Payroll Administrator
Giant Group Plc
Holborn
12.2012 - 03.2014
Payroll Administrator
SME Group Plc
South Ruislip
09.2011 - 12.2012
Payroll Administrator
Justa & Co Chartered Certified Accountants
Coventry
05.2005 - 08.2011
Education
Diploma of Higher Education - Therapeutic Counselling Practice
Crysalis
Stevenage, Hertfordshire 09.2020 - 06.2022
Diploma of Higher Education - Psychotherapeutic Counselling MNCS(Accredited Registrant)
Crysalis
Stevenage, Hertfordshire 09.2019 - 06.2020
Diploma of Higher Education - Foundation Certificate in Psychodynamic Counselling
Crysalis
Stevenage, Hertfordshire 01.2015 - 06.2015
BSC - Psychology & Sociology
Middlesex University
London 09.2007 - 06.2010
A-Levels - Sociology, Psychology and German
Butts City College
Coventry 09.2004 - 06.2006
GCSEs - 10 GCSE's Including Maths & English
Barrs Hill School
CoventrySkills
- Trauma-Focused cognitive behavioral therapy
- Substance abuse counselling
- Ethical understanding
- Therapeutic techniques utilisation
- Anxiety management expertise
- Anger management techniques
- Knowledge of psychoanalysis
- Psychoeducation delivery
- Self-Harm prevention techniques
- Child and adolescent therapy
- Family systems theory
- Counselling ethics compliance
- Phone counselling
- Therapeutic expertise
- 1-to-1 counselling
- Risk-taking behavior management
Languages
English
Fluent
German
Fluent
Tamil
Fluent
References
References available upon request.
IT Proficiency
Word, Excel, Outlook, Publisher, PowerPoint, Sage, Smart VAT, Resource Link, Genio, AS400, IRIS
Timeline
Counsellor/Psychotherapist
Self Employed
01.2022 - Current
Diploma of Higher Education - Therapeutic Counselling Practice
Crysalis
09.2020 - 06.2022
Estates Support Officer and PA of Service Director
Commercial at North Herts District Council
11.2019 - Current
Diploma of Higher Education - Psychotherapeutic Counselling MNCS(Accredited Registrant)
Crysalis
09.2019 - 06.2020
Support Officer – Children’s Services
Hertfordshire County Council
05.2018 - 10.2019
Volunteer counsellor
Westminster Drug Project
01.2018 - 01.2020
Product Replacement Operator
Domestic & General
01.2017 - 07.2017
TV Presenter
IBC Tamil TV
01.2016 - 01.2019
Diploma of Higher Education - Foundation Certificate in Psychodynamic Counselling
Crysalis
01.2015 - 06.2015
Payroll Administrator
Giant Group Plc
12.2012 - 03.2014
Payroll Administrator
SME Group Plc
09.2011 - 12.2012
BSC - Psychology & Sociology
Middlesex University
09.2007 - 06.2010
Payroll Administrator
Justa & Co Chartered Certified Accountants
05.2005 - 08.2011
A-Levels - Sociology, Psychology and German
Butts City College
09.2004 - 06.2006
GCSEs - 10 GCSE's Including Maths & English
Barrs Hill School
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