Nawar Ahmed
Integrative Psychotherapist
Qualifications
Professional Profile
A driven and empathic Integrative Psycho-
therapist, with an extensive background in
working with vulnerable individuals and
ethnic minorities of all ages. Communicates
effectively with a diverse range of people of all
backgrounds, demonstrating excellent lis-
tening and coaching skills. I work creatively
experimenting with different media. Keen to
secure a job within an organisation offering
therapy, counselling or teaching.
BSc (Hons)
degree:
Integrative
Psychotherapy
Birmingham City University
Neuroscience
Leeds University
MSc degree:
2019
2006
Contact
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107 Wheelwright Road,
Birmingham, B24
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Professional Experience
Integrative Psychotherapist
Private practice
Offering individual and couple therapy online via
www.nawarsourij.com
Nov 2019 - To present
Key Skills
Key I.T skills
Languages: Native English & Ara-
bic, Basic Turkish
Qualified in First Aid
Full, Clean UK drivers Licence
Accredited UKCP member
Integrative Psychotherapist,
Coventry Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre (CRASCA), UK Sep 2016 - Nov 2019
- To provide face to face counselling and support to CRASAC clients aged 11 years and over
(male and female) who have experienced, or been effected by, sexual abuse and/or rape. To be provided during the hours specified, but hours may change due to organisational require- ments.
- To provide support for parent/carers or supporters of clients who have experienced sexual abuse and/or rape.
- To provide assessments for the counselling service including risk assessments and safety planning.
- To provide information, signposting and referrals to and on behalf of clients to other appro- priate statutory and voluntary support services.
- To ensure that where clients are experiencing mental health problems, appropriate liaison and referral takes place.
- To work within the policies and procedures of CRASAC especially with reference to Safe- guarding, Child Protection and Confidentiality and abide by Coventry’s Information Sharing Protocol.
- To observe strict confidentiality at all times in any business associated with CRASAC.
- To actively promote the principles of equal opportunities, anti-oppressive practice and the health and safety of workers, volunteers and service users.
- To take part in any meetings or development opportunities required of you in your role as counsellor at CRASAC such as Team Meetings, Development Afternoons, Strategic Away Days.
- To fully participate in ongoing line management with the Senior Practitioner and undertake any training deemed appropriate.
- To participate in regular clinical supervision to be arranged in negotiation with your line manager.
- To undertake other tasks within the spirit of the job as deemed appropriate by the Senior Counsellor and/or the Management Team or Committee. Duties and Responsibilities:
- Recruiting tutors, observing lessons to maintain quality standards, personally planning and delivering lessons and marking examination papers
Key achievements:
- Significantly improving learning outcomes and enabling students to master a new language
- Supporting IELTS students to achieve the scores necessary to be accepted at English univer- sities
Director and Tutor, Fusion Language School, UK
Language Tutor and Women’s Support Worker, Bangladeshi Islamic Centre, UK
- Teaching English to minority women
- Delivering workshops and seminars including confidence building, parenting and employ- ment skills
Key achievements:
- Enabling hundreds of women to achieve their learning targets
- Providing the emotional support necessary for women to lead more fulfilling lives and gain confidence
2013-2018
2011-2013
Academic Manager and Language Tutor, CITC, Sudan
- Teaching English as a foreign language in international institutes Key achievements
- Organising a trip from Sudan to London with 24 children to support their language learning Chairperson, Sudanese Women’s Group, UK
- Organising language classes, life skills classes and other activities for women and children
- Leading fundraising events and applying for government grants
- Supporting asylum seekers during home office interviews, and providing translation servic- es
Key achievements
- Establishing a multicultural library to break language barriers and support community inte- gration
2011-2013
2011-2013
Professional Development
NLP Practitioner
Hypnosis Practitioner
Time Line Therapy Practitioner
Total Quality Management
How to Start your own Business
Certificate of English Language Teaching (CELTA)
Legal Structures
Minute Taking
Finance
Child Protection
RSA Computer Literacy and Information Technology
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- Resistance to change
- Intimacy and Love in Therapy
- Safeguarding training (children and adults)
- Proximity, Disclosure, Ending and Appreciation in Therapy
- Working with Metaphor with Children and Adults
- Understanding Corrective Control: Readdressing the balance
- Touch in Therapy
- Child Sexual Abuse
- Personality Disorders
- Suicide and Therapy
- UKCP Conference: The Future of Psychotherapy
Attachment across lifespan
Addressing Depression in Muslim Communities
- UPCA Conference (working with sex, violence real or imagined
- Clinical Exploration of Rewind and Lifespan Approaches to Trauma
- Roots, Identity and Personality
- Exploring the client’s words in therapy
2016
Continuing Professional Development
2017
- Force Marriage and Honour Based Violence
Trauma Therapy
- Principles and Practice of GDPR
- Service Standards, Safeguarding, Polices and Procedures
- Addiction therapy
- Addiction Therapy
- Self-care for psychotherapists
- The Future of Work
- Lock down-Anxiety up
- Research, diversity and difference
- Shame and Trauma
- CBT
- Trauma Based Anxiety
2018
2019
2020
References available on request