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The TEAM

therapist
Alvina Cassidy

Mindfulness and Meditation Counselor

Professional Qualifications

  • Certified Teacher: Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Mindfulness based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) for depression with the European Institute for Mindfulness Based Approaches.
  • Certificate in the Fundamentals of Counselling & Psychotherapy and Certificate in Counselling, The Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy Education (CCPE), London
  • Certificate in Bereavement Counselling, The Bereavement Service, Royal London Hospital
  • Deep Listening Trainer
  • BA (Hons) Soc / Psych, Stirling University, Scotland.
About Alvina Cassidy

Alvina has 22 years meditation experience and over 12 years’ experience bringing mindfulness and compassion based training to health, social care, the workplace and the public. She is a trained counsellor and certified teacher of the 8 week Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy programmes.

Prior to becoming a team member at The Lymph Clinic she was the National Co-ordinator of The Spiritual Care Programme an accredited, secular training programme in meditation, compassion and mindfulness methodology. She has many years’ experience using mindful and compassionate approaches in supporting and guiding people living with illness or bereavement and has a specialised training in end of life care.

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

  • The Fundamentals of Counselling& Psychotherapy, Certificate in Counselling –The Centre for Counsellingand Psychotherapy Education (CCPE), London.
  • Certificate in Bereavement Counselling, The Bereavement Service, Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel.
  • Educator with The Spiritual Care Programme – aprofessional training programme bringing meditation,compassion and mindfulness methodology intohealthcare.
  • Developed Deep Listening, an advanced listening training, with Rosamund Oliver.

Alvina is one of the course trainers.

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