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About Your Instructor

Diane Clare BA, MA (Hons), Dip. Clin. Psych., AFBPS Memberships: NZCCP, MNZAP, ISSTD Accredited Practitioner in EMDR and is a member of the EMDRNZ Board. Fellow of ISSTD (International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation). Diane Clare is a registered Consultant Clinical Psychologist who trained at the University of Canterbury. Diane has worked in mental health and counselling services since 1981, first as a grief counsellor then as a psychotherapist, before becoming registered as a psychologist in 1993. She has worked in leadership and Director level roles across a range of services in both NZ and the UK including primary care, adult mental health, forensic, intellectual disability and tertiary student services. While in the UK in 2005 she developed the Alternatives to Self-Harm programme and has presented her work internationally since 2012. Now based in Kapiti Coast in the Wellington Region, New Zealand, Diane is a seasoned presenter and provides a range of workshop options with an emphasis on practical solutions for clinical staff. She has a specialist interest in working with people recovering from the effects of complex trauma. In 2022 Diane was made a Fellow of ISSTD in recognition of her outstanding contribution to the field of trauma and dissociation.