 Simon Gunn
Managing Director
Experience
Simon has been working
in the Drug and Alcohol field since 1993 with various organisations, including 5
years specialising in counselling young people with drug or alcohol problems.
Counselling
Certificate in Counselling (1994)
Richmond College London
Diploma (with distinction) in Brief
Strategic Therapy. (2000) Member of the British Society of Brief Strategic
Therapists.
Studied Brief Solution Focused Therapy
under Harvey Ratner of the Brief Therapy Centre in London. Clinical Supervision
with Harvey Ratner.
Other Qualifications
Diploma in Management (2004) Kingston
Management Centre (part of Kingston University)
City and Guilds Diploma (2001) in
Training the Trainer
Certificate in Auricular Acupuncture
from the Society of Auricular Acupuncturists. (1999)
Trainer for the Society of Auricular
Acupuncturists
Other information
Simon has a wide range of experience
spanning 15 years focusing on drug and alcohol treatment. Truly showing his
passion for helping people overcome there addiction issues.
He has been a consultant to the governments
of Israel and the Czech Republic on CBT programmes and its use for drug users.
On many occasions he has been invited to speak and advise to Government groups,
members of parliament, as well as legal and education professionals on issues of
drug and alcohol treatment.
Simon was also involved in the
Methamphetamine Task Force at Scotland Yard as well as the London Drug Policy
Forum.
He has started several clinics in the UK to
treat drug and alcohol misuse clients as well as a Steroid Users Clinic. He
has also worked as an educator teaching Relapse Awareness, Drug Education, and
Solution Focused therapy to teachers and counselors.
As an author he developed the ThinkingCap
Relapse Awareness programme which is used at several rehabilitation programmes
around the world as well as here at Channah Thailand. He has also
designed a range of drug advice playing cards for schools,
prisons and treatment centres in the UK. Available from
www.educationalcards.co.uk
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