Meet: Ruth Roseweir - The Owl Centre

Anxiety Emotional regulation Mental Health issues Self-esteem Bullying Adoption and Fostering Parent/Child relationships Personal Development Parent/Carer Support Developmental Trauma Identity issues Grief and Loss

MA/Diploma in Social Work. (2000)
Postgraduate Diploma in systemic practice with Children and Young People's IAPT (2017)
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Intensive Training (2018)
Registered with Social Work England

I qualified as a Social Worker in 2000 at the University of Hull. Specialist areas of study were children, working with people misusing substances and palliative care.
Between 2000 -2015 I worked with people misusing substances within NHS and local authority settings. This was mostly direct work with adults, but did include work with young people too.
Much of my work in substance use services included supporting individuals with underlying emotional and mental health difficulties, This included identifying finding alternative coping strategies to cope with difficult feelings.
In 2015, I joined NHS Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services. I now have over six years in in this area working with children, young people and their families . I have worked in different NHS trusts in London, enabling me to work alongside, and learn from a range of professionals in different disciplines.
In 2016 I completed the IAPT (Improving Access to Psychological Therapies) Postgraduate Diploma with Kings College University . I specialised in systemic family therapy with children and young people with self-harm and depression, or conduct disorder. This work included supporting parents as well as children, thus I was able to draw on my previous work with adults.
In 2018 I completed dialectical behaviour therapy training. This training was around helping adolescents regulate emotions. A key part of this approach is mindfulness.
I believe that the most important part of working with children, young people and adults is building a therapeutic alliance where people feel safe to talk. My approach is multi-model, holistic and needs-led. This means I draw on a range of theoretical models, adapting to meet the needs of people I work with.
I focus on helping service users and their families to gain an understanding of difficulties and the context in which they occur, thereby identifying different ways of managing them.

I have been experimenting with growing my own vegetables, albeit with slightly mixed success!

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