ABOUT/ BACKGROUND
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Samia Quddus, MBACP, PGDip, CCATP, PGCert, SEMH Spc. BA (Hons) QTS
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Postgraduate Diploma (PGDip) Tutor: I lecture/ teach on the Postgraduate Diploma for Counselling Children in Schools at Place2be, one of the UK’s leading children’s mental health charity.
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School Practitioner and Special Educational Needs (SEN) Specialist: In addition to my therapist role, I am a Specialist Practitioner in the Special Educational Needs (SEN) area of Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH). Combining my initial profession as a primary school teacher and more recent role as a school clinician, I have over 15 years of experience.
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Author/ Writer: I am creator of a psycho-spiritual Islamic gratitude journal, Taqdeer Life and author of a children's picture book story, Freya's Funny Feeling. I am published writer for the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) Children, Young People and Families magazine.
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Media: I appear as TV Mental Health Expert on Islam Channel.
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Qualifications
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Postgraduate Diploma Level 7 - Counselling Children and Adolescents in Schools - UEL/Place2Be
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Postgraduate Certificate - Social, Emotional and Mental Health - University of Birmingham
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BA (Hons) Primary Education with QTS - Middlesex University
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Level 3 Certificate in - Counselling Skills for Working with Children - Place2Be
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Certified Clinical Anxiety Treatment Professional CCATP
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Certificate of completion: Online Therapy Telehealth CPD Training: Moving Your Practice Online
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Certificate of Completion: Islamic Approaches To Psychology and Psychotherapy Level One, Professor Rasjid Skinner, Ihsaan
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An Islamic Approach to the Treatment of OCD, IIDR
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CPD & Certificate of Completion: Neurodiversity in Girls, The Sunflower Network
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Trauma and the Body: Somatisation and Dissociation, Carolyn Spring
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CPD: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Anger Management, TLA
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CPD: Enactments & Psychotherapy, Dr Javier Castillo
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CPD: Short Term Psychodynamic Therapy and Mentalising, Dr Javier Castillo
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