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General CV of Mike Berry

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Mike Berry B.Sc., Dip F., Dip Couns. MBACP UKCP AHPP









Employment

South Kent College Counselling & Supervising 2005 - present
Social Services Counselling & Psychotherapy; 2004 - present
Inter-Psyche Lecturer & Supervisor 2003 - present
Private Practice Counselling, Psychotherapy, Supervising 2002 - present
NHS Primary Care Counselling 2002 - 2003
KCC - Ed Dep Home Tutor 2000 - 2005
Magpie Productions Senior Programme Director 1974 - 2003
KCC - Soc. Serv. Session Leader working with children 1991 - 1996


I am the college counsellor at Folkestone and Dover campuses of the Further Education establishment, South Kent College.

For social service departments in several areas, I work 1:1 with children who are being fostered.

At Inter-Psyche I am a tutor for the Diploma in Counselling students lecturing, supporting, facilitating a Process Group and liaising with supervisors.

I have a private practice with adults, couples, adolescents and children.

As a supervisor, currently I am running three groups of counsellors, two groups of support workers and two individual counsellors.

In 2002 - 2003 I worked two mornings a week counselling in Primary Care at two medical centres.

Home Tuition was working 1:1 with adolescents who do not go to school because of physical, social and psychological reasons or because they have not found an establishment that will handle their behaviour.

Between 1991 and 1996, part time work for KCC Social Services included counselling individuals and groups for young people aged 11 to 18. The groups ran from one-off day sessions to 10-week regular meetings on such subjects as "Boys to Men" and "Relationship Forming."

For more than 30 years I have worked with and trained Samaritans and have run courses for other organisations such as Victim Support.

I have also worked in prisons both as a Samaritan counsellor and in training and supervising inmates to be "Listeners".

I have travelled extensively around the world and have had regular work in education, journalism and film production.

For Magpie Productions I make videos that tend to be for Health Authorities or Social Services. Productions include four on Counselling on Sexuality, Two on Pre and Post Aids Test Counselling and two for teenagers on sexual health.



Training

The Minster Centre: Diploma in Integrative Supervision. 2006
Quality Training: Post Qualifying Certificate in Counselling Children and Adolescents. 2005
Training Southeast England: Advanced Transactional Analysis Course in Psychotherapy. 1999-2002
TA Intermediate Course satisfying Level 1 B.O.C. of the Institute of Transactional Analysis. 1991-1992
TA Introductory “101” course satisfying ITAA requirements 1990


Further Education

Inter-Psyche, West Kent NHS & Social Care Trust Centre
for Counselling & Psychotherapy Studies 		Dip. Couns. 2003
London International Film School Dip. Film & TV 1974
St Andrews University B.Sc. 1967


Basic Education

Woodbridge School:
A level - Pure Maths, Applied Maths, Physics
OA level - Chemistry, Use of English, General English		 1964
O level - Numerous 1962


In Service Certificates

2005 - achieved Ups 2 teaching classification.

2000 - achieved Threshold status as a teacher.

1994 - 2 day course in Care Management run by Kent Social Services

July 1993 - a 3 day course "Using Counselling Skills - Level 2" by KCC.

July 1993 - a 2 day course "Negotiation Skills" by KCC.

June 1993 - a 3 day course "Assertiveness" run by KCC.

May 1993 - a 3-day course "Counselling Skills Level 1" run by KCC


I have also attended workshops in: