BREAK FREE FROM ADDICTION

ALCOHOL AND ADDICTIONS COUNSELLOR

BRENDAN GEORGESON

My qualifications include a BSc Honours degree from Bath University in Addiction Counselling and I am also a member of FDAP (Federation of Drug and Alcohol Professionals)

I am trained in CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy), MI (Motivational Interviewing) and RP (Relapse Prevention) and have worked full time in drug and alcohol rehabs (Clouds House, Addiction Recovery Agency and Walsingham House) for over 7 years

Counselling available in central Bristol between 5pm and 7pm Monday to Thursday (next to bus station, unfortunately no car parking available)

Telephone 07870387522

Email brendangeorgeson@yahoo.co.uk

Sessions are £40 each time limited to 12 weeks

Confidential service

NO WAITING LIST INSTANT HELP AVAILABLE

For further information check my profile at Counselling-Directory.org

http://www.counselling-directory.org.uk/counsellor_20572.html

also my directory entry at

http://www.city-visitor.com/bristol/counselling.html

C.V.

CURRENTLY

Treatment Co-ordinator, Walsingham House, Bristol, A tier 4 residential Drug/Alcohol rehab http://www.stjamesprioryproject.org.uk/2.html

PROFESSIONAL BODY MEMBERSHIP:

Individual member of The Federation of Drug and Alcohol Professionals http://www.fdap.org.uk/directory/directory.html

Member of the Society for the Study of Addiction

 http://www.addiction-ssa.org/

Associate Member of the Institute of Healthcare Management

http://www.ihm.org.uk/home

PRESENTATIONS

1       12/06/08 Presentation of evidence to the All Party Parliamentary Drugs Misuse Group Inquiry in to prescription drug misuse at the House of Commons.

2       8^th May 2008 Presentation to UKESAD (U.K. and Europe Symposium of Addictive Disorders), Dual Diagnosis, Double Threat or Double Winners? http://www.ukesad.org/conference/docs/UKESADprogramme.pdf

3       March 2008 Presentation to the National Drug Treatment Conference, Glasgow, on The Matrix Model of Dual Diagnosis Service Delivery. http://www.exchangesupplies.org/conferences/NDTC/2008_NDTC/speakers/brendan_georgeson.html

4       04/12/07 Presentation on Research Recommendations to the Bristol University Addiction Research Forum

5       24/09/07 Presentation to Bristol Criminal Justice Teams as part of a drug treatment information day.

6       15/03/07 Presentation to the 2007 National Drug Treatment Conference in London,  ‘Emergence of an Effective Dual Diagnosis Service Within a Residential Rehab Setting’ http://www.exchangesupplies.org/conferences/NDTC/2007_NDTC/speakers/cliff_hoyle.html

RESEARCH/NEW INITIATIVES

1       2007/8 Partnership research with Bristol Psychopharmological Department headed by professor Nutt on the drug D-Cycloserine and its relapse prevention effects on the brain.

2       July 2008 Walsingham House Program Effects Case Study of Effectiveness Of A Residential Rehabilitation Setting For Treatment Of Dual Diagnosed Clients at Walsingham House.

3       Journey in to Rehab (on going), joint researcher in to waiting times for Bristol residents to access rehab

4       2006 created a residential dual diagnosis abstinence based service in partnership with Cliff Hoyle, a dual diagnosis specialist, which is now in its 3^rd successful year

5       Start up consultant to The Gateway Project (a drug treatment agency), Burnley, Lancashire 2007

6       Single handily completed the EATA (European Association for the Treatment of Addiction) accreditation process for Walsingham House including writing the complete treatment manual.

TRAINING DELIVERY

1       In 2008 specialist tutor with the Custom Course Centre, Care and Health Faculty, City of Bristol College co-delivering the Introduction to Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults course

2       Autumn 2007 in partnership with BSDAS (Bristol Specialist Drug and Alcohol Service) co-delivery of addiction awareness training to the nursing staff of UBHT (University of Bristol Health Care Trust) as part of their on going professional development

3       February 2008 specialist tutor in dual diagnosis to the AoA (Action on Addiction) Foundation Degree in Addiction Counselling in partnership with Bath University

PUBLICATIONS

1       Inventor of the Matrix Model of Dual Diagnosis Service Delivery (2007), reviewed and published in Community Care magazine September 27^th 2007 p.35 http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2007/09/27/105916/tackling-dual-diagnosis-amber-project-st-james-priory-and-turning-points-support-link.html

2       Contributor to the evidenced based Good Practice Guidelines for Treatment of Dual Diagnosis 2007 published by Turning Point September 2007

 http://www.turning-point.co.uk/NR/rdonlyres/9D063EC0-1DF6-4F62-8E99-CFAADC4749BD/771/DualDiagnosisGoodPracticeHandbook.pdf

3       September 2006 Co-authored ‘Dual Diagnosis’, the cover story for DDN (Drink and Drug News - a national drug treatment services magazine) http://www.drinkanddrugs.net/features/sept2506/dual_challenge.pdf

4       Most of the policies and procedures at Walsingham house

FORUMS/GROUPS MEMBERSHIP

1       Chair of the Safer South Gloucestershire Multi-Agency Panel meeting (substance misuse)

2       Member of the All Party Parliamentary Drugs Misuse Group at the House of Commons

3       Member of the Bristol University Addiction Research Forum

TV AND MEDIA APPEARANCES

1       15/06/08 interviewed and featured on the BBC Politics Show (West Country Region) following my journey to the Houses of Parliament to deliver evidence to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Drug Misuse regarding prescription drug abuse.

2       03/03/08 television interview for BBC Points West on the closure of a residential treatment unit in Bristol.

3       13/02/08 interview for Clifton Cathedral Podcast ‘Let Us Pod’ describing the treatment provided at Walsingham House and the work we do in the local community http://www.cliftondiocese.com/let-us-pod

4       14/08/07 interview on BBC Points West regional news, discussing disparity of funding and treatment provision between treatment for drug addicts and help for the families of addicts. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/bristol/somerset/6946487.stm

5       17/11/06 Studio Interview on BBC Points West regional news with anchor man Chris Vacher responding to a Panorama broadcast investigating teenage binge drinking

6       17/09/06 interview on the BBC Politics Show (West Country Region) with roving reporter Scott Ellis discussing disparity of funding between treatment for alcoholics and drug addicts

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