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Multi-Awards Winner. UK 1st Deaf-Led Counselling Therapy Services using a Culturally, Linguistic Affirmative Model #DeafTherapy ▫️Email: info@deaf4deaf.com ▫️
Sep 30, 2022 15 tweets 4 min read
Would like to flag up the inaccessibility of counselling training for deaf people too (to add to the previous tweet regarding the lack of therapists in Black/ Asian/ Ethnic/ global majority fields 1/ We’ve received many requests from deaf trainees for placements/ supervisors in certain modalities of therapy (person-centred/ humanistic/ TA/psychodynamic/etc) 2/
Sep 26, 2022 14 tweets 8 min read
Wow, we’re at 2,999 followers. Incredible! How did we start? June 2016, we decided to set up a deaf-led therapy service, via zoom & f2f. Why? No other service was doing online remote therapies, however it made sense to reach deaf people in places that no one else could. Interest increased, reviews were good, and NHS & health boards took notice of #DeafTherapiesWork #DeafTherapy Awards were given #bestdeafbusinessstartup #DisabilityEnterpreneurWinner @SteliosPhilFdn £30,000 prize money @LeonardCheshire @ndawards #2deafwalk injection of £30,000.