ABOUT ME

Samia Quddus, (PGDip Counselling Psychology and Psychotherapy, MBACP, Accred). I am a fully qualified and accredited integrative counsellor-therapist providing therapy to children, young people and adults in my private practice based in North London.

I worked in primary education as a teacher for over 15 years, both in the UK and five years in the Middle East, specialising in the SEN area of social, emotional, and behavioural difficulties (SEBD). Becoming a therapist felt like a natural next step (it was my headteacher, during my very first year of teaching, who suggested that I might be well-suited to this kind of work). I went on to complete a BACP-accredited Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling Psychology and Psychotherapy with the University of East London and Place2Be.

I lecture and teach counselling psychology and psychotherapy as Postgraduate Diploma (PGDip) Tutor for Place2Be alongside my role as School Clinician within state secondary education. As an MBACP Registered Member, I adhere to their ethical framework. I am fully insured and hold an Enhanced DBS check.

Qualifications

Education:

Postgraduate Diploma Level 7 - Counselling Psychology and Psychotherapy; Children and Adolescents in Schools - UEL/Place2Be

Postgraduate Certificate - Social, Emotional and Mental Health - University of Birmingham

BA (Hons) Primary Education with QTS - Middlesex University

Memberships:

Registered Accredited Member, British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP)

Counselling Directory

Certificates:

Level 3 Certificate in - Counselling Skills for Working with Children - Place2Be

Trauma and the Body: Somatisation and Dissociation

Certified Clinical Anxiety Treatment Professional CCATP

Online Therapy Telehealth CPD Training: Moving Your Practice Online

Islamic Approaches To Psychology and Psychotherapy Level One, Professor Rasjid Skinner, Ihsaan

Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST), Papyrus

Neurodiversity in Girls, The Sunflower Network