Rachel Cooper - SOMATIC SELF

Work experience

For the past 16 years I have worked within education and for 8 years I have worked within a hospice setting. I have worked as a counsellor, a counselling service manager and have also delivered training and supervision to other counsellors.

Qualifications

I hold an MA in Psychotherapeutic Counselling from the University of Brighton, 2008. I hold a diploma in Counselling Supervision from Wealden Psychotherapy Institute, 2012. In October 2021, I qualified as a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner with SOSI in London.

Continuing CPD
In 2022 I qualified with Aline LaPierre in NeuroAffective Touch. I have since further studied memory reconsolidation (the only known brain process in which neural pathways update) with Juliane Taylor Shore and Alun Parry.

Professional registration

I am an accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP accred), 2011. I am also a member of the Somatic Experiencing Association United Kingdom, SEAUK.

Ethical standards

I adhere to the ethical framework as outlined by the BACP and attend regular professional supervision. I have indemnity insurance and am transparent about my privacy policy (GDPR) before the start of sessions.