Charlotte Young

I am an aspiring counsellor for children and adolescents in my final year in mamaster’s degree in this area at Birkbeck University. I have completed several placements in the field both on this course and during my undergraduate degree. I am also an experienced teaching assistant having spent several years working with children in a variety of different environments including schools, hospitals, and private practices.

This involved working with children of different age groups. I am now looking to continue in my career, focusing on working with adolescents and am actively looking for opportunities that will allow me to gain further experience in this area.

Further from my current studies, I had the opportunity to gain better knowledge about this field by obtaining a graduate certificate in Psychodynamic Practice at the same university in May 2020. In July 2019, I received a Level 2 Award in Counselling Skills for Working with Children at Place 2 Be.

Prior to coming to England, I completed my undergraduate degree in Psychology at PUC University in Rio de Janeiro. From the very early years, it was clear to me that my greatest interest was working with children. An essential part of the program was to gain practical experience and for this I did several internships and was involved in some voluntary experiences.

My placement experience and project participation as an undergraduate and postgraduate include: a six-month experience teaching English to children aged 8-9 who lived at a favela (slum) in Rio de Janeiro; giving support to children with problems at school through psychological and pedagogical pedagogic service for nine months; giving support as a teaching assistant to children on school events and outings for four months; following the psychologist at the homo pediatrics oncology sector at a hospital as well as giving support to children and parents at a cardiac hospital for four months. I also provided psychotherapeutic counselling at the university for one year. Finally, I established a private practice, together with a colleague, and provided care to adult and children clients for two years prior to my coming to the UK in 2018.

My actual masters degree in psychodynamic and plsychotherapy with children and adolecent