Experience & Qualifications
I am a Registered Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). I am bound by their Ethical Framework for Good Practice and subject to their Codes of Practice. i am also an Accredited Member of The National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society.
I also work as an Approved LINK Adoption Counsellor with Barnardo's Adoption Agency whom are registered to provide adoption placement and support services.
Part of being a qualified and professional counsellor means I have had counselling as part of my training and will be in and out of therapy for the rest of my career when I feel it necessary for my own self care.
I also undertake regular supervision every month and hold professional indemnity insurance and I am DBS Checked.
Prior to being a counsellor and psychotherapist I worked for many years in retail & hospitality before switching career following a life changing event and training to work with mental health & disability in 2003. I began training as a counsellor in 2006. I have been running my counselling & psychotherapy practice full time since 2010, working in a variety of settings as a consultant and therapist (Mental Health Services, Schools, Charities) and have specialist knowledge around working with survivors of sexual and domestic abuse.
In recent years I have integrated my training in Regenerative Nature Based Therapy and I now live and work on a piece of land set up to share with clients and participants.
M.Morpurgo
Qualifications & Training
BA Hons Counselling UCS (UEA) 2011
Advanced Diploma Eco Psychology and Regenerative Nature Based Practice 2022
ACTO Certificate Online & Telephone Counselling 2024
FdA Counselling(Distinction) UCS 2008/10
Certificate in Integrative Counselling WSC 2008
Therapeutic Art & Play 2008/14
Interpersonal Relationship Therapy 2012
Mindfulness Practitioner Training 2013
Barnardo's Link Safeguarding Training 2024
LINK Barnardo's Adoption Training 2015
Attachment Focused Therapy 2016
First Aider at Work 2024
Paediatric First Aid 2021
Additional Training
'Trauma & the body: Somatisation & Dissociation'
CONFER 'Embodied, Personal and Relational Healing'
WORKTHATRECONNECT Gratitude Training'
BACP Mens Barriers to Mental Health'
BACP Racism, racial trauma and anti-racism'
'Trauma & the body: Somatisation & Dissociation'
'Gender Indentity' 'Sexual Abuse'
'Capacity for Self Care & Self Harm'
'Working with Shame'
'Domestic Violence & Abuse with Children'
'Sand Tray with Symbolic Meaning'
'Communication through Play'
'Attachment Theory - Working with Adults & Children'
'Generic approaches to Disordered Eating in Young People'
'Sand,Clay and Natural Material Play Therapy'
'Psychological Splitting'
'Risk Management'
'Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults'
'Interpersonal Relationship Counselling'
'Mindfulness Training
'Stronger Families Community Programme Facilitator(AVA)'
Working Therapeutically with Transgender
Working Therapeutically with Transgender Youth & their Families'
Professional Bodies
British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)
National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society (NCPS)
Barnardo's Adoption Approved Therapist
Nature & Health Practitioners Network
Cambridge Forum for Childrens Emotional Well-Being
Empathic, Creative & Effective
Counselling & Psychotherapy Mid Suffolk
Outdoor Therapy Ipswich
