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Sandra TaylorFrom my first experience of Emotionally Focused Therapy I was hooked. EFT is an art whilst also giving a clear and logical process to work through collaboratively towards healing. |
I am an ICEEFT certified EFT Trainer, Supervisor and Therapist based in Lancashire, England.
I have a small private practice and am a Co-Director of the British EFT Centre www.beftcentre.org I train in Britain and internationally, face to face and online.
Along with Robert Allan, I run LGBTQ+ Centred Externships, Core Skills and continuing professional development workshops. In 2025 I achieved an Advanced Specialist Diploma in Gender, Sex and Relationship Diversity Psychotherapy from Pink Therapy and my current interest is in developing dementia affirmative EFT, for LGBTQ+ people in particular but not exclusively.
Some of my intersecting identities are that I am a lesbian/queer cis-gender female, white, disabled (a regular wheelchair user), widowed and Catholic.
I am an accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - BACP.
I previously worked as Director of Relationship Counselling in a national charity, and was a Senior Lecturer providing counsellor trainer at the University of Cumbria after more than 10 years as an Occupational Therapist in a range of mental health settings including a mental health unit for deaf people.
I am a warm, engaging and knowledgeable trainer who is passionate about enabling therapists to learn EFT in its simplicity and subtle complexity, with its general principles and its adjustments to affirm clients in their intersectional identities.
I have a small private practice and am a Co-Director of the British EFT Centre www.beftcentre.org I train in Britain and internationally, face to face and online.
Along with Robert Allan, I run LGBTQ+ Centred Externships, Core Skills and continuing professional development workshops. In 2025 I achieved an Advanced Specialist Diploma in Gender, Sex and Relationship Diversity Psychotherapy from Pink Therapy and my current interest is in developing dementia affirmative EFT, for LGBTQ+ people in particular but not exclusively.
Some of my intersecting identities are that I am a lesbian/queer cis-gender female, white, disabled (a regular wheelchair user), widowed and Catholic.
I am an accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - BACP.
I previously worked as Director of Relationship Counselling in a national charity, and was a Senior Lecturer providing counsellor trainer at the University of Cumbria after more than 10 years as an Occupational Therapist in a range of mental health settings including a mental health unit for deaf people.
I am a warm, engaging and knowledgeable trainer who is passionate about enabling therapists to learn EFT in its simplicity and subtle complexity, with its general principles and its adjustments to affirm clients in their intersectional identities.
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Relevant Qualifications:
2025 Advanced Specialist Diploma in Gender, Sex and Relationship Diversity Therapy, Pink Therapy.
2023 Diploma in Gender, Sex and Relationship Diversity Therapy, Pink Therapy.
2018 ICEEFT Certified EFT Trainer
2015 ICEEFT Certified EFT Supervisor
2012 ICEEFT Certified EFT Therapist
2011 Certificate in Relationship Counselling, Marriage Care
2013 PhD – the reciprocal influence of counselling students and trainers
2004 PGCILTHE (post graduate certificate in learning and teaching in higher education), Lancaster University
2000 Certificate in Person Centred Counselling Supervision, PCT Professional Development, Glasgow
1992 Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy, Eigenwelt Studies, Newcastle
I originally trained as an Occupational Therapist and worked in a range of mental health settings before moving into counsellor training in further and higher education. From 2007 – 2010 I was Programme Manager of Counselling Courses at the University of Cumbria and from 2010 – 2013 I was the Director of Relationship Counselling for a national charity. Since 2013 I have worked privately.
2025 Advanced Specialist Diploma in Gender, Sex and Relationship Diversity Therapy, Pink Therapy.
2023 Diploma in Gender, Sex and Relationship Diversity Therapy, Pink Therapy.
2018 ICEEFT Certified EFT Trainer
2015 ICEEFT Certified EFT Supervisor
2012 ICEEFT Certified EFT Therapist
2011 Certificate in Relationship Counselling, Marriage Care
2013 PhD – the reciprocal influence of counselling students and trainers
2004 PGCILTHE (post graduate certificate in learning and teaching in higher education), Lancaster University
2000 Certificate in Person Centred Counselling Supervision, PCT Professional Development, Glasgow
1992 Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy, Eigenwelt Studies, Newcastle
I originally trained as an Occupational Therapist and worked in a range of mental health settings before moving into counsellor training in further and higher education. From 2007 – 2010 I was Programme Manager of Counselling Courses at the University of Cumbria and from 2010 – 2013 I was the Director of Relationship Counselling for a national charity. Since 2013 I have worked privately.