About Adriana

Being in therapy has been both informative and healing in my own life, and I’m privileged providing that experience for others. l have lived internationally from a young age, and learning to adapt to different cultural standards has helped me realise that we’re all shaped not only by what happens to us, but also by the social frames that exist around us, such as culture, race, religion, class, sexuality and gender identity.

I’m an Accredited Member of the NCPS and I’m on their Specialist CYPT (Children and Young People’s Therapist) register. I joined them for accountability and for the safety of my clients, and I am committed to their ethical framework. I meet monthly with my experienced, accredited supervisors who adhere to the same guidelines, to ensure safe and ethical practice. I am fully insured against public liability, and hold an updated enhanced DBS check. I’m an experienced School Counsellor and I’m proudly affiliated with both the BAATN (Black and Asian Therapist Network), and with TACTT (Therapists Against Conversion Therapy and Transphobia.

Core Training & Post Grad CPD’s

Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling (CPCAB L4), Guildford College, 2021
Certificate in Race, Culture & Anti-Discriminatory Practice: Core Competence Training for Counsellors and Psychotherapists, TADF, 2021
Certificate in Working alongside Trans, Gender Diverse and Questioning People, Gendered Intelligence, 2024
Certificate in Trauma-Informed Care: from Theory to Practice, The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, 2024

CPD’s

How To Do Counselling Online: A Coronavirus Primer – BACP & The Open University, 2020
Young People and Gender Identity – Madison-Amy Webb, 2020
Supporting and Counselling Bereaved People During COVID-19 – John Williams, 2020
Uncertainty: An Existential Experience – Ernesto Spinelli, 2021
A Matter of Death and Life – Irvin Yalom, 2021
Intro to Gender Identity Workshop – Radical Therapist Network, 2021
Exploring the Interface between Counselling and Mental Health Services – Rachel Freeth, 2021
Racial Trauma: The Path To Healing – Community Trauma Conference, 2021
The Ethical Framework – Mike Worrall, 2021
Suicidal Ideation – Jan Hawkins, 2022
Anti-Racism in Action: Tackling Islamophobia in Therapy – The Radical Therapist Network and the Inclusive Mosque Initiative, 2022
Sex and the Underage Teen – Youthline, 2023
The Impact of Trauma at Different Developmental Stages – Jan Hawkins, 2023
Becoming a Trauma-Wise Practitioner – Christiane Sanderson, 2023