gillian reynolds

I worked at their Creffield Road Surgery one morning a week seeing 3 people for short-term work and one person for longer-term. My clientele were individuals over 17 years. Their main concerns were anger, stress, anxiety, low self-esteem and confidence, loss, abuse, relationship problems, bereavement, depression and suicide.

I work 22.5 hours a week on the 15 bedded inpatient unit. My role is to participate as a member of the inter-disciplinary team to assess, plan, and care for patients as well as assisting in symptom control of pain, nausea and anxiety etc. Caring for patients and their relatives whose lives are affected by illness, loss and grief. I also run group supervision for assistant nurses once or twice a month.

I worked for 3 years on their help-line when the charity was known as CRCL (Colchester rape crisis line). I took phone calls from women / girls who had been abused as well as their concerned relatives, one evening a fortnight. For 5 years i worked as a volunteer counsellor one afternoon a week. This included short-term as well as long-term work

Hypnosis is a great way to utilise the mind to get to the heart of the matter by using hypnoanalysis, psycho-imaginative therapy, imagery or regression. It can also be effective in the treatment of phobias, stress, weight loss and habit control. My particular interest is in teaching self-hypnosis so that people can be empowered to help them overcome pain, insomnia and anxiety through using imagery and positive suggestions.

Activities and Societies: My training was mainly psychodynamic. It also included 2 years of personal therapy.

Arts foundation course The Enlightenment Culture and Belief in Europe 1450 -1600 Working with children and young people Shakespeare Fifth century Athens Democracy and City State Art in Fifteenth Century Italy Liberation and Reconstruction Art, Society and Religion Introduction to Psychology