Dr Jessica Parmar
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I am a HCPC registered Counselling Psychologist qualifying in 2016 and have 10 years’ experience working in mental health and residential care services predominately with children and young people. I have experience with a wide range of mental health presentations and working with those who have experienced severe trauma and attachment difficulties. I have previously worked in Specialist Tier 4 CAMHs services developing therapeutic group programmes for the ward based on DBT informed skills.
I am currently pursuing my interests in neurodiversity, and I am trained using the ASOS-2 supporting a multi-disciplinary approach towards diagnosis. I support specialist children’s residential care homes via a consultation model to support staff teams in understanding and therapeutically informing of the complex issues around neurodiversity, learning disabilities and developmental trauma.
Qualifications/Training:
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Doctorate in Counselling Psychologist, University of Wolverhampton – 2016
BSc in Psychology, Nottingham Trent University – 2009
Solution Focussed Practice Unit 1, Change Birmingham - 2011
Psychometric Testing, University of Wolverhampton – 2013
ADOS-2, Hogrefe – 2016
DBT Essential Skills, British Isles – 2016
Compassion Focussed Staff Support, Compassionate Minds – 2020
Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics Workshop, The Family Place – 2020
Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy Level 1, Adopt West Midlands – 2020