About Ruth Calland
I have been a therapist for 17 years, and started off by working
as a volunteer counsellor for Relate. In 1996 I was awarded the
Relate Certificate in Couple Counselling (theory and practice).
I worked with teenagers for six years, when I ran a counselling
service in a VIth Form College in Newham, London. There I experienced
working with people from many different cultures, including refugees.
In 1999 I set up a counselling service for unemployed people, and
ran this until 2002. More recently I have also worked as a counsellor in two GP surgeries, receiving referrals directly from the GPs.
In 2002 I was accredited by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, and accepted onto the United Kingdom Register of Counsellors.
In 2004 I graduated in an MSc in the Psychodynamics of Human Development (Jungian stream) from the British Association of Psychotherapists and Birkbeck College. As part of this course I undertook a 2 year infant observation with written paper.
In 2007 established Connect, an assessment and referral service for people in East London. Connect helps people consider whether therapy is right for them, and referrals are made directly to a wide range of qualified and experienced therapists. You can read more about this on the page about Connect. |
