Qualifications
Sharon Mills holds a Masters Degree in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, a Post Graduate Diploma in supervision for individuals and groups, an Advanced Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling, Certificate in Therapeutic Counselling, Combined Certificate in Counselling Skills and Therapeutic Counselling and an ET01 Teaching Certificate.
She is accredited with BACP for 17 years (MBACP governing body for British Association for Counsellors & therapists), full member S.L.P. Luxembourg (5 years), member Gcoach.nl for counselling and life coaching. UKRCP Reg-013007, Accredited/Certified therapist with Family Institute Luxembourg as a Child therapist (Persons under 25 years). SECO AI/CE 201306/85 Fully Insured and accepted by the Ministére De L'Enseignement Superieur et de la Recherche, to practice in Luxembourg as a counsellor and supervisor.
Education
| Date | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | University of Wales Newport & Coleg Gwent | ET01 teaching Certificate |
| 2006 - 2007 | University Of Wales Newport |
Post Graduate Diploma in Consultative Supervision
Modules included: Individual Supervision & Group Supervision |
| 2001 - 2004 | University Of Wales | Master of Arts Degree in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy |
| 2000 - 2001 | Royal Forest of Dean College | Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling |
| 1999 - 2000 | Royal Forest of Dean College | Advanced Certificate in Therapeutic Counselling |
| 1998 - 1999 | Royal Forest of Dean College | Combined Cert. in Counselling Skills & Therapeutic Counseling |
| 1999 | Royal Forest of Dean College | Information Technology Level One Credit |
| 1998 | Open College Network | RSA Computer Literacy & Information Technology Stage One |
| 1986 - 1988 | Royal Forest of Dean College | Diploma City & Guilds in Child Development & Care (Equivalent NNEB) |
| 1984 - 1986 | Kings Norton Girls School & previously Woodrush Comprehensive | Passed Nine Subjects |
Continuous Professional Development
| Date | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 14/06/00 | Gloucester Forum | Sexuality |
| 06/12/00 | SOCA | (Workplace Training) - Relationship Symptomology |
| 31/05/01 | SOCA | Guilt & Shame Issues |
| 06/09/01 | SOCA | Gender & Sexuality |
| 30/10/01 | SOCA | Ambivalence |
| 13/12/01 | University of Exeter (in Bristol) | Cognitive Case Formulation (Complex Cases) |
| 19/01/02 | SOCA | Psychodrama Workshop |
| 02/02/02 | SOCA | Transactional Analysis '101' (2 days) |
| 10/03/02 | SOCA | The Therapeutic Relationship |
| 04/07/02 | SOCA | The Working Alliance |
| 12/03/03 | SOCA | Doing Breif Therapy |
| 08/08/03 | SOCA | Transference & Counter Transference |
| 13/09/03 | SOCA | Working Therapeutically With Children and Young People and Pre Court Trial Work (3 Days) |
| 16/06/04 | Hereford Mind | Working With Mental Health Issues |
| 10/10/04 | CCS | Working With Eating Disorders (Janet Gray) |
| 08/04/05 | BABCP | Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (Cardiff) |
| 23/04/05 | SOCA | Working With Mental Health Issues |
| 05/07/05 | BACP | Accreditation Workshop |
| 15/07/05 | Gwent Eating Disorders Association | Eating Disorders |
| 27/09/05 | Gwent Eating Disorders Association | Eating Disorders |
| 20/10/05 | South Wales Counsellors | Abuse, Safe Guarding Children |
| 14/10/05 | BACP | Annual Conference, workshops all day 'The Fragmented Self' |
| 04/10/06 | University Wales Newport | Consultative Supervision, Groups & Individual |
| 11/04/07 | University Wales Newport | Consultative Supervision, Groups & Individual |
| 15/02/06 | EDA (Eating Disorders Association) | Specialist Training for Supporting People with Eating Disorders |
| 21/06/06 | Trinity College | Imagework |
| 29/06/06 | EPB | How To Deal With Difficult People |
| 17/10/06 | Gwent County Borough | Young Persons Smoking Cessation - Training Groups |
| 12/12/06 | University Wales Newport | GroupWork |
| 05/06/07 | South Wales Counsellors | Clinical Negligence & Litigation Seminar |
| 09/07/07 | University Wales Newport & Coleg Gwent | Teaching Certificate (6 Days) |
| 27/08/07 | Retreat | Reflecting as a Process - On Yourself & Your Client Work |
| 15/11/07 | Cruse | Science, Psychosis & Unconscious |
| 15/03/08 | GCS (Gloucestershire Counselling Service) | Psychodynamic Perspectives on Psychosis |
| 20/06/08 | Enhance Training, Frank Wills | Doing CBT your way |
| 26/11/08 | Glamorgan University, The Family Institute | Non-Violent Resistance, Family Therapy |
| 09/01/09 | CCS | Delivering Workshops |
| 27/03/09 | Andy Neal Coleg Gwent | Personal Risk Assessment |
| 26/10/09 | Travelling | Took one year out of practice - moved to Luxembourg and to further my studies into mindfulness, meditation, Buddhism, and how these can be integrated into CBT therapy/counselling |
| 23/10/10 | Walferdange University | SLP (Luxembourg) - Understanding Clinical and Health Psychology, and how they work together |
| 23/10/10 | Walferdange University – SLP (Luxembourg) | Understanding Clinical and Health Psychology, and how they work together |
| 01/2011 | BACP | Online training |
| 15/08/11 | Human Givens | Working with Psychosis and Asperger’s spectrum with young people |
| 23/03/12 | Frank Datillio | A day workshop Belgium, organized in collaboration with AEMTC. Thérapie Cognitive et Comportementale pour les Couples et les Familles |
| 05/2013 | Meditation practice | 4 Day retreat and mindfulness |
| 19/2013 | Insight Dialogue | One week retreat Insight Dialogue, mindfulness practice by Gregory Kramer |
| 06/2015 | EMDR Luxembourg | Evening workshop |
(Only updated at periodic times)