Priyanka Charansingh Psychotherapist - MBACP (Accred)
Birmingham
Summary
Dedicated Psychotherapist with over 5 years of experience, skilled in trauma-informed care and specialist interventions. Conducts comprehensive assessments and develops personalised treatment plans to address diverse mental health issues. Collaborates effectively within multidisciplinary teams to enhance client outcomes and service delivery.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Bereavement Counsellor
Birmingham Hospice
Birmingham
06.2025 - Current
- Manage client support for end-of-life situations and bereavement under hospice care.
- Conduct pre- and post-phone assessments and document outcomes accurately.
- Provide grief and bereavement therapy while assessing client support requirements.
Psychotherapist
Cygnet Cedars
Birmingham
08.2024 - Current
- Worked with males with learning difficulties, forensic histories, and autism diagnoses to provide tailored therapeutic support.
- Conducting 1:1 and group sessions with service users.
- Creating Interventions and Treatment/care plans.
- Using PCT, DBT, mindfulness and CBT skills/interventions depending on the service users’ needs.
- Completing relevant and regular assessments with service users.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary team to enhance patient care and treatment planning.
- Maintaining personal caseloads, and monitoring improvements via regular MDT meetings and Ward rounds.
- Presenting regular detailed reports (CPA) of the service users.
- Presenting and attending CTRs.
- Led facilitation of data collection for SOTSEC-ID research project, enhancing sex offender treatment program to reduce reoffending rates upon discharge.
- Delivered relevant training for staff during scheduled sessions.
- Supervising Assistants and supporting them in their career development
- Contributed to service development and led projects that improved patient outcomes and care delivery.
- Complying to data protection and confidentiality terms of the organisation.
Psychotherapist
Private Practice- Safe talks
01.2023 - Current
- Manage own caseload.
- Working with clients who are struggling with trauma, depression, anxiety, borderline personality disorder, ADHD, relationship issues and work-related stress.
- Registered with ICO and maintained personal insurance.
- Developed personalized treatment plans based on thorough assessments of clients' mental health needs.
- Attended patient care review meetings to formulate programme adaptations in line with current progress and needs.
- Offered psychoeducation to clients and their families, enhancing their understanding of mental health conditions and coping strategies.
- Treated clients with individual and group work to meet specific social and emotional needs.
Psychotherapist
Keystones
Bristol
04.2023 - 08.2024
- Provided 1:1 psychotherapy sessions while managing caseload and associated administrative tasks to ensure comprehensive client care.
- Supported service users with schizophrenia, personality disorders, neurodiversities, and substance misuse disorders, promoting their recovery and stability.
- Delivered accommodation services to adults with care needs at risk of homelessness, facilitating access to essential support and resources.
Psychotherapist
Cygnet Brunel
Bristol
09.2022 - 05.2024
- Working in an MDT and in a Rehabilitation unit for TBI and ABI (with comorbidities) patients including other highly complex patients.
- Working with cognitively impaired (various levels) male patients across 4 wards.
- Completing relevant and regular assessments with service users.
- Maintaining personal caseloads, and monitoring improvements via regular MDT meetings and Ward rounds.
- Presenting regular detailed reports (CPA) of the service users.
- Conducting 1:1 and group sessions with service users.
- Creating Interventions and Treatment/care plans.
- Using PCT, DBT and CBT skills/interventions depending on the service users’ needs.
- Psychoeducating patients and families.
- Reflective practice for staff and providing training/workshops for staff.
- Implemented mindfulness and relaxation techniques to assist clients in managing anxiety, stress, and emotional regulation.
- Talked with family members when patients were unable to self-advocate.
Customer care advisor (remote)
Eckoh
04.2022 - 10.2023
- Providing customer service over calls to a varied variety of customers with professionalism and courtesy.
- Making bookings, Problem-solving, active listening.
- Awareness of GDPR.
- Computer literacy, team-work.
- Meeting company targets and KPIs.
- Working in a fast-paced environment.
- Handling Ministry Of Justice calls.
Trainee therapist
Kilmarnock Station Counselling Service
05.2022 - 09.2022
- Manage caseload and contracting.
- Conduct sessions face to face.
- Process notes and session notes.
Trainee therapist
Wellbeing Scotland
12.2021 - 09.2022
- Manage caseload and contracting.
- Conduct sessions online.
- Working with clients who have had traumatic experiences.
- Process notes and session notes.
Volunteer
Summunum Connect
05.2021 - 08.2021
- Spoke to people in distress and empathised with them, provided acceptance and congruence in a person-centred way.
- Handled calls lasting up to 2 hours, providing uninterrupted support to those in distress.
- Offered telephone support to individuals during and post-lockdown, ensuring continued assistance.
- Delivered helpline services to support individuals in crisis situations.
Clinical psychology internship
Fortis hospital
05.2020 - 05.2020
- Coordinated 50-hour internship placement while completing structured clinical psychology coursework online.
- Managed learning pathways across clinical interviewing, assessment processes, and intervention planning.
Internship
Psymed mental hospital
05.2019 - 05.2019
- Interacted with patients experiencing bipolar disorder, mood disorders, substance-related disorders, and schizophrenia, while documenting case histories to inform treatment approaches.
- Participated in lectures by senior psychiatrist on depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, substance abuse, suicide, and child management for comprehensive understanding of mental health issues.
- Acquired practical experience during 75-hour internship focused on enhancing patient care.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Psychology
Ethiraj College For Women | Egmore
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India10-2020
Master of Science - Counselling and psychotherapy
University of Strathclyde
Glasgow, Scotland09-2022
Class 1 to Class 12th -
Kendriya Vidyalaya IITM | IIT Madras Campus
Chennai03-2017
Skills
- Interpersonal skills
- Communication skills
- Computer Literacy
- Collaborative approach
- Altruistic nature
- Receptive to feedback
- Self-critical
- Emotional and academic resilience
- Therapeutic relationships
- BACP compliance
- Grief counselling
- Treatment planning
- Psychoeducation
- Emotional regulation
- Therapeutic interventions
- Data protection
- Crisis intervention
- Active listening
- Conflict resolution
- Problem solving
- Time-management
- Decision making
- Self-awareness
- Empathetic communication
- Risk Management
- Computer literacy
- Client-centric approach
- Emotional resilience
- Empathetic listening
- Holistic assessment
- Qualitative analysis
- Case Management
- Group therapy facilitation
- Record keeping
- Proactive engagement
- Professional boundaries
- Interpersonal communication
- Non-Judgmental attitude
- Cultural awareness
- Confidentiality maintenance
- Stress management
- Critical-thinking
- Strategic planning
- Risk Assessment
- Self-motivation
- Coping strategies
- Time efficiency
- Report-writing
- Multi-agency working
- Effective communication
- Positive attitude
Languages
English
Hindi
Punjabi
Tamil
Custom
Interpersonal skills, Communication skills, Computer literacy, Building good rapport, Empathy and positive regard, Team spirit management skills, Altruistic nature, Open to feedback, Self-critical, Coping well emotionally and academically, Therapeutic relationship compliant to BACP guidelines, Cognitive assessments/Neuro assessments, ADOS-2, DIVA, Psychometric assessments for mood, impulsivity, quality of life, depression, anxiety, HCR-20, RSVP, Risk assessments like START, SOTP – Sexual offending treatment program, Third-wave therapies
Certification
- Cognitive assessments
- Comprehensive risk assessments, HCR-20, RSVP, SVR-20
- ADOS-2
- DIVA
- Level 2 Foundations of Management
- SOTP – Sexual offending treatment program
- Third-wave therapies
- Regular CPD
Interests
- Yoga
- Gym/fitness
- Sketching
- Singing
- Travelling
- Tennis
- Badminton
Timeline
Bereavement Counsellor
Birmingham Hospice
06.2025 - Current
Psychotherapist
Cygnet Cedars
08.2024 - Current
Psychotherapist
Keystones
04.2023 - 08.2024
Psychotherapist
Private Practice- Safe talks
01.2023 - Current
Psychotherapist
Cygnet Brunel
09.2022 - 05.2024
Trainee therapist
Kilmarnock Station Counselling Service
05.2022 - 09.2022
Customer care advisor (remote)
Eckoh
04.2022 - 10.2023
Trainee therapist
Wellbeing Scotland
12.2021 - 09.2022
Volunteer
Summunum Connect
05.2021 - 08.2021
Clinical psychology internship
Fortis hospital
05.2020 - 05.2020
Internship
Psymed mental hospital
05.2019 - 05.2019
Bachelor of Science - Psychology
Ethiraj College For Women | Egmore
Master of Science - Counselling and psychotherapy
University of Strathclyde
Class 1 to Class 12th -
Kendriya Vidyalaya IITM | IIT Madras Campus