Rose Crowley

Rose was a clinical nurse specialist in General Practice. She now holds a BA in Counselling and MA in Integrative Psychotherapy .She is an accredited therapist and supervisor with IACP. Her special interest is trauma and she has trained in Mindfulness Based Somatic Experiencing and EMDR Therapy. Rose is also a group facilitator and trainer. Having experienced our ABLE model as a group participant, she found it provided a bridge between the separate roles she has held, front line practitioner and psychotherapist. “As a psychotherapist I have an hour to sit and listen to my client .As a front line practitioner I was lucky if I had 10 minutes. When someone is upset or struggling in life or relationship their first port of call is not the counsellor or psychotherapist. It is person they know that they often turn to. This might be a family member or friend, the playgroup leader, teacher, school principal, hairdresser, beautician, publican, shop assistant, the clerk in the housing department or the worker in the homeless shelter, the social worker, occupational therapist, speech therapist, audiologist, physiotherapist, public health nurse, practice nurse, secretary, General practitioner, hospital doctor or others. Without the proper skills, overburdened front line workers may either burn out or put up walls to protect themselves .The relationships then suffer. The client is left without support and the helper is left feeling dissatisfied and unfulfilled. The ABLE model can help anyone no matter what their background to maintain relationships, personal and professional, to keep themselves well and manage their time and boundaries better.