Florence Findlay White

I was a diabetes specialist nurse in Glasgow and a Diabetes UK Northern Ireland Care Advisor for over 30 years. I am now working as an independent consultant in diabetes training and research.

My main interests in nursing have been in psychological care and patient empowerment. I have developed these interests within the context of my roles especially in the areas of research, counselling and communication as methods of enhancing education and behaviour change. In 2000 I was awarded a Master of Philosophy degree for a phenomenological study on the personal experience of empowerment in people with Type 1 diabetes. I completed a post graduate diploma in 2002 in communication & counselling using Transactional Analysis as the underpinning model

I have been a facilitator with the Knuston course since 1987 and have continued to feel privileged to be part of the participants’ experience as they encounter the person centred approach in action and make sense for themselves of the value of the empowerment model.