Giedre Dian

Mature professional with a large experience in life, travelling and other cultures and languages. Experience in complex trauma, Ace and cultural competent. With a warm and positive way to live and face life.

Have lived in different countries enabled me to be very flexible and inclusive and cultural aware , and to incorporate  in my  integrative approach the relevance of attachment with the SMART goals of CBT and the use of PBS, PACE . BIRR  all positive and acceptance tools identifiable with a supportive role model  to scafold individuals to  to address their needs and get motivated. I like to write and had some articles publicated in specialized magazines. I am open and always eager to learn and  apply tools and aproaches which enable me to walk alongside my clients. I am passinate about cinema and  was granted a special  professional recognition to use it  in support of clients, resulting in a positive social changing.

I had my placement in complex trauma for adults abused as child,  what  have given me the courage and preparation to launch my own practice  called AVENCA, and also deliver my work in different languages such as Portuguese, Italian, besides English and have clients in Portugal and Brazil. I have been tutoring qualification in Counselling since 2021, and writing for  specialist magazines for the same period. I organized and published a  cognitive book as a result of Creative Writing workshops for people living with Dementia. I managed projects targeting older people and wellbeing.

Cutural Awareness Trained

ACE  Trained

Trauma Trained 

Bereavement Specialist Training with CRUSE

PGCE - Brighton University

PG in Marketing

Graduation in Social Communication with specialization in Journalism.