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
2022.01 - 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
2019.11 - 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
2018.01 - 2020.01
- 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
2018.05 - 2019.10
- 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
2016.01 - 2019.01
Product Replacement Operator
Domestic & General
London
2017.01 - 2017.07
Payroll Administrator
Giant Group Plc
Holborn
2012.12 - 2014.03
Payroll Administrator
SME Group Plc
South Ruislip
2011.09 - 2012.12
Payroll Administrator
Justa & Co Chartered Certified Accountants
Coventry
2005.05 - 2011.08
Education
Diploma of Higher Education - Therapeutic Counselling Practice
Crysalis
Stevenage, Hertfordshire 2020.09 - 2022.06
Diploma of Higher Education - Psychotherapeutic Counselling MNCS(Accredited Registrant)
Crysalis
Stevenage, Hertfordshire 2019.09 - 2020.06
Diploma of Higher Education - Foundation Certificate in Psychodynamic Counselling
Crysalis
Stevenage, Hertfordshire 2015.01 - 2015.06
BSC - Psychology & Sociology
Middlesex University
London 2007.09 - 2010.06
A-Levels - Sociology, Psychology and German
Butts City College
Coventry 2004.09 - 2006.06
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
2022.01 - Current
Diploma of Higher Education - Therapeutic Counselling Practice
Crysalis
2020.09 - 2022.06
Estates Support Officer and PA of Service Director
Commercial at North Herts District Council
2019.11 - Current
Diploma of Higher Education - Psychotherapeutic Counselling MNCS(Accredited Registrant)
Crysalis
2019.09 - 2020.06
Support Officer – Children’s Services
Hertfordshire County Council
2018.05 - 2019.10
Volunteer counsellor
Westminster Drug Project
2018.01 - 2020.01
Product Replacement Operator
Domestic & General
2017.01 - 2017.07
TV Presenter
IBC Tamil TV
2016.01 - 2019.01
Diploma of Higher Education - Foundation Certificate in Psychodynamic Counselling
Crysalis
2015.01 - 2015.06
Payroll Administrator
Giant Group Plc
2012.12 - 2014.03
Payroll Administrator
SME Group Plc
2011.09 - 2012.12
BSC - Psychology & Sociology
Middlesex University
2007.09 - 2010.06
Payroll Administrator
Justa & Co Chartered Certified Accountants
2005.05 - 2011.08
A-Levels - Sociology, Psychology and German
Butts City College
2004.09 - 2006.06
GCSEs - 10 GCSE's Including Maths & English
Barrs Hill School