Team
The team members listed on this page are Headstrong team members, QHPs who are responsible for the clinical aspects of the service and CPD supervisors who work with trainees to enhance their counselling skills.
Join Supervisor TeamDr. Anne-Sophie Bammens
Founder-Director
Dr Anne-Sophie Bammens is a Counselling Psychologist, accredited by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). She brings an extensive academic background with a BSc in Psychology and an MSc in Psychology from UCL, complemented by a MA in Child Studies from King's College London, and a doctorate in Counselling Psychology.
Anne-Sophie has dedicated her expertise to supporting women at a women’s centre for survivors of gender-based violence, enhancing recovery processes at an NHS drug and alcohol service, and as a primary school counsellor, where she provided support for children facing complex emotional challenges. Her experience extends to family services, assisting parents whose children were placed into care, and she has served in multiple charitable organisations, helping individuals with a wide spectrum of mental health challenges.
In response to the critical need for affordable and accessible mental health services, Anne-Sophie founded Headstrong Counselling in 2019. As the Clinical Director and CEO, she continues to lead with a commitment to providing compassionate and effective psychological support to those in need.
Headstrong Counselling, under Anne-Sophie's leadership, has made a profound impact since its inception. In just five years, the organisation has delivered over 120,000 counselling sessions across the UK, offering both remote and in-person support. It caters to individuals experiencing mild to moderate mental health challenges. A cornerstone of Headstrong Counselling's philosophy is accessibility; the organisation is dedicated to ensuring that everyone, regardless of income, has access to the mental health support they need.
Kerry Vineer
CPD Supervisor
Kerry is a trained integrative psychotherapist and clinical supervisor with over 20 years experience in the counselling profession. In private practice, she works predominately with adult survivors of sexual abuse, and the complexities of trauma. She holds an interest in exploring, and developing a counselling relationship with Dementia clients. Kerry has also been an Integrative counselling trainer and lecturer for over 17 years in a Higher Education college.
Paulo Ribeiro
CPD Supervisor
Paulo is an Existential psychotherapist. He holds a BA in Social Communication and is post-graduated in Integrative Psychotherapy. Before joining Headstrong, Paulo worked for Mind and for the RNIB – Royal National Institute for Blind People. Paulo works with complex clients affected by problems such as borderline personality disorder, severe anxiety, severe depression, trauma, sexual abuse and gender issues. He is particularly interested in the use of Existential Analysis with individuals living with personality disorders as well as in the rehabilitation of individuals affected by physical disablement. One of Paulo's main interest is in the role that philosophy plays in therapy. For that, he is specializing in Existential Analysis, with studies and research on Existential Phenomenology. Paulo is also a guest speaker at the SEA, Society for Existential Analysis.
Dan Storey
Director of Recruitment
Dan is a Psychotherapist integrating psychodynamic and humanistic approaches with mindfulness. His work with teenagers and adults is fuelled by time spent living and working in a mindfulness-based community in Southeast Asia. It was there that Dan started volunteering in local communities to improve awareness around drug and alcohol addiction and teach sex education to teens and young adults living in the mountain regions of the Golden Triangle. This involved supporting those suffering with their mental health who have no access to support from elsewhere.
Having gained a strong personal practice and understanding of specific areas of Eastern Philosophy, Dan spent time working in a private addiction hospital and a public support service in London where he furthered his interest in encouraging those seeking support to explore avenues that may have been unknown or inaccessible.
Now working with both teenagers and adults presenting with a variety of issues, Dan also heads up Headstrong’s interview and applications team and promotes accessibility to Headstrong’s counselling service and placements in the midlands, and Scotland where he is a Service Director.
Amanda Cox
CPD Supervisor
Amanda is is an accredited counsellor and supervisor with the BACP, she holds a Bsc (Hons) in Psychology as well as a Postgraduate Diploma in Person Centred Counselling, and a supervision qualification to support her clinical supervision work.
She has 12 plus years of working within the NHS as a primary care counsellor and during this time she gained an additional qualification in Person Centred Experiential Counselling for Depression, which is a NICE (National Institute of Clinical Excellence) recognised qualification for working with depression and she is currently studying to complete the specific supervisor qualification to supervise in this model.
As well as supporting a private practice she is also working as an assessor for trainee counsellors who are undertaking the Person Centred Experiential Counselling for Depression training with The Metanoia Institute
Charmain Zwart
CPD Supervisor
Charmain is a qualified BSc Hons Integrative psychotherapeutic counsellor and Integrative Supervisor. Charmain has a small private practice and provides supervision for individuals, and groups. She works with both adults and adolescents, in counselling and other professional areas. Charmain has a professional interest in sex and pornography addiction, to help others into recovery, working through past attachment difficulties, trauma, shame, guilt and relationship fragmentation. She is a registered Member of BACP, UKCP (accredited) and accredited with ACC.
Bo Bloomfield
CPD Supervisor
Bo is a senior accredited practitioner with twenty-one years unbroken practice working with children, adolescents, and adults. Bo has worked within the education sector counselling clients at primary and secondary school, and at college and university. Bo has also worked for ten years in the NHS, and for the last twenty-one years in private practice. Bo has experience of working therapeutically with a diverse range of clinical issues both in terms of short-term and long-term clinical contracts. Bo also has a great deal of experience providing clinical supervision to qualified counsellors and to those in training and has experience of providing individual and group clinical supervision sessions.
Over the last nine years, Bo has been working in both primary and secondary schools providing in-person and online counselling to children aged between 5 and 19 years old. Alongside this, and over the last seventeen years, Bo has managed a counselling service in a college managing a team of up to twenty counsellors providing counselling to students and staff studying and working at the college. Over the last twenty-one years Bo has been working in private practice, providing in-person and online counselling to children, young people and adults presenting with a wide range of personal, emotional and social issues. Here, Bo has worked to both time-limited (between four and six sessions) and long-term contracts. Bo has also undertaken work for a number of EAPs but currently works as a freelance counsellor providing counselling to clinical staff at Airedale District NHS Trust. In the past, Bo has worked for Keighley and Craven Relate – in their young people’s service working with 11-18-year-olds, as well as co-facilitating therapeutic groups for adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse. Since 2011, Bo has provided clinical supervision to individuals and groups, and this has included staff engaged in a broad spectrum of work including Social Services staff as well as trainee counsellors studying for the Diploma level and MA qualification at Leeds Beckett University and Leeds University. Currently, Bo also provides clinical supervision to counsellors working at Mable Therapy, an organisation offering online therapy to school-age children across the UK. Bo has provided group supervision to two groups of counsellors working with bereaved children for CRUSE and for Hand in Hand - a project working with young people at risk of sexual exploitation and currently runs two supervision groups for counsellors working within a college setting.
Dr Russ Hargreaves
CPD Supervisor
Russ qualified over a decade ago as an Integrative Counsellor and is accredited by the BACP. His therapeutic career started in a busy London hospital, working with cancer patients and their families. He has since worked in the hospice sector with patients with a life limiting illness. Throughout the pandemic, Russ worked with clients experiencing trauma, largely due to covid-related death. He also counsels couples following the death of a baby or child. Russ has been offering individual and group supervision to therapists since 2018 and runs a busy private practice, as well as continuing to supervise doctors and nurses in both the NHS and at Macmillan Cancer Support.
Daniel Johnstone
Service Manager
Daniel is a registered MBACP Pluralistic therapist with an MSc in Counselling from Abertay University in Dundee. He completed his counselling placements at Headstrong and Govan HELP, a small family support charity based in one of the most deprived areas in the UK. As a counsellor he has particular experience of working with lone parents, refugees and asylum seekers, and LGBTQIA+ clients, and he has previously worked in youth work, outdoor education, and funeralcare. While on placement at Headstrong Daniel volunteered and worked in various roles in the assessment and triage team before becoming Headstrong's Service Manager in September 2023. Outside of Headstrong Daniel is a Counselling Skills tutor at the University of Aberdeen, volunteers as a counsellor at Govan HELP, and is involved in various projects with charitt organisations in Scotland's Central Belt. Away from counselling he lives with his wife and their rescue dog, collects piles of unread books and has an unhealthy obsession with Katmai National Park's Fat Bear Week.
Loredana Roiter
CPD Supervisor
Loredana is BACP Accredited and has practiced as a clinical supervisor since 2011, when she attained a Diploma in Individual and Group Supervision for Counselling, Psychotherapy and Related Professions.
She has extensive experience of working with both trainees and accredited counsellors practicing within different modalities. As well as counsellors/therapists she has supervised individuals working in other helping professions, such as helpline advisors and professionals working within health settings.
Loredana’s approach is Humanistic Integrative. She favours the theoretical model of Hawkins & Shohet. Inskipp & Proctor’s creative approach has also been influential in her formation as a clinical supervisor. Loredana has worked for different charities and mental health organisations since she completed her first Diploma training in Counselling in 2001. In the past 13 years she has combined a clinical role with a managerial position in a counselling service of a large national charity. As a component of this latter role, she has offered clinical supervision to volunteer counsellors and external counsellors, both individually and in a group format.
Simone Bol
CPD Supervisor
Simone is a UKCP and BACP registered Integrative Counsellor and Psychotherapist who has completed a Doctorate in Counselling Psychology (research viva pending). Simone has decades of experience supporting university students on accredited Psychology and health professions courses as a Senior Lecturer and Tutor. She has worked in the NHS and in Special Education as a Speech and Language Therapist, developing patient care, service delivery and staff training, and has an ongoing research interest in language (diversity) and mental health. She has worked as a group and individual psychological therapist in social enterprises and charities with clients with a wide range of mental health needs, and also maintains some work in acute psychiatry.
Simone’s approach to therapy starts from a Humanistic and Existential perspective, whilst being informed by Psychodynamic and Attachment Theory, as well as neuropsychology. She includes elements of Compassion Focused Therapy, Narrative Therapy, CBT and EMDR depending on client needs.
Simone is a keen life-long learner. She likes to supervise in a warm and empowering way, using her enthusiasm for learning and her sensitivity to diverse life experiences.
Dee Albert
CPD Supervisor
Dee Albert is a UKCP Accredited Transactional Analysis Psychotherapist of British Caribbean descent. Currently studying towards a Diploma in Integrative Supervision.
Dee provides a space for process and supervision to enhance practise through an Integrative, Transcultural, Relational lens. Her holistic approach to supervision encourages people to bring their whole self to a space where they can observe, and learn through the movement of their work.
As well as providing exploration of emerging themes when working with racism, diversity and spirituality in the therapeutic space.
Toni Byrne
CPD Supervisor
Toni Byrne is a psychotherapist, MBACP, with 10yrs experience of working with adults therapeutically in a variety of settings including Private, Voluntary, Education and the Health Service. She has BA in Psychology, Post- graduate Diploma in Transactional Analysis, trained in working with PTSD and qualified as a bereavement counsellor with Cruse. She is a qualified clinical supervisor (CPCAB} supervising staff at working for Age UK and Beechwood Cancer Care Centre. Qualified as an assertiveness trainer [Redwood National Association] and as a mediator, Toni has worked with women experiencing domestic violence, with women’s development programmes and organisations/ individuals that are challenging/ experiencing bullying and harassment. As a learning and development professional she delivers sessions on mental health awareness, stress management , diversity and inclusion and emotional intelligence. Toni works with both short term and long term clients in a collaborative manner using an integrative approach. As a supervisor she supports and challenges counsellors to promote their self awareness, their professional development and their ability to work competently and confidently with a range of clients.
Martina Jean-Jacques
CPD Supervisor
Martina is an NCS Accredited Psychotherapist and Counsellor trained in both Psychodynamic and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy approaches and qualified in Integrative Supervision. She has worked for the NHS IAPT team, community counselling settings and private practice for five years. Prior to this, she was working in various community and statutory settings with children, young people, adults, and families for twelve years. Martina is currently a counsellor at The Royal Academy of Music and Black Minds Matter charity and practicing privately. Martina is also a mentor at BAATN, supporting students on psychotherapeutic programmes of study. As well as counselling and psychotherapy, Martina enjoys working within communities and has an interest in working with young people and transcultural and intergenerational factors within psychotherapy. Martina trained at Birkbeck University, London.
Allison Claughan
CPD Supervisor
Allison is a BACP accredited Counsellor with over 20 years’ experience. She is a Integrative Supervisor, wife and mother. Half of her Private Practice work is spent working with long term clients, many of which have complex needs. She works with Individuals, Young People and Couples and enjoys all aspects of each. The other aspect of her Private Practice work is contract Solution Focussed Therapy. she receives referrals from Employee Assistance Programmes and a counselling provision working specifically with racialised communities. Outside of this she also leads a small online Supervision group. Allison is Person Centred in her approach to Counselling and Supervision.
Cesare Saguato
CPD Supervisor
Cesare is a Registered Member of the BACP and is an Integrative Counsellor and Clinical Supervisor, having trained with the NHS through Inter-Psyche and Bedonwell Training, respectively. He is also a Registered member of BAMBA and is a Mindfulness and Mindfulness Based Compassionate Living Teacher and Mindfulness Supervisor.
Cesare has been training and working in the field of mental health since 2012 and currently works as a Counsellor and Supervisor in full time private practice as well as running courses and workshops about Mental Health and Mindfulness within the public, private and third sectors.
As well as private practice, Cesare has experience working as a Counsellor for young adults in further education and with adults in drug and alcohol services within HM’s Prisons. He has been engaging in peer supervision since 2015 and has worked with trainee and qualified Counsellors at Ellenor Hospice and within his private practice as a Clinical Supervisor.
Prior to working in this field he worked in education, training and employability skills with adults and as a secondary school teacher. Cesare is also an Associate Mindfulness Teacher with Tenterden Mindfulness Group, delivering mindfulness courses to NHS Primary Care staff, and is co-founder plus Mindful Running Coach with RUN:ZEN, delivering mindful running workshops and training to the public and in organisations for greater all round wellbeing. His study and practice of mindfulness began in 2008 under the direction of world renowned teachers and continues to this day.
Dr Mandeep Kaur
CPD Supervisor
Mandeep is a HCPC accredited Senior Counselling Psychologist, qualified Counsellor and EMDR Therapist with a BPS accredited Supervision qualification. Mandeep has over thirteen years clinical and research experience in Primary and Secondary Care and has a published paper in the 2009 peer journal titled 'BPS Clinical Psychology and people with a Learning Disability’.
Mandeep has vast experience in working therapeutically (psychological assessments and interventions) with clients on a one-to-one and group basis across the lifespan (Older Adults, Adults, Children and Young People, Learning Disability, Specialist Autism Service) within multi-disciplinary settings (NHS and Private) including Staff Counselling. She has also provided teaching, consultation and supervision to other professionals, trainees, and Assistant Psychologists. Additionally, she is trained in EMDR and specialist Autism diagnosis tools such as ADOS and ADI-R.
Ebi Eldridge
CPD Supervisor
Ebi is a MBACP Integrative counsellor in private practice working with Better Help and Phoenix Counselling Services, Brixton.
She have trained across Person Centred Theory, Cognitive Behavioural Therapies, Transactional Analysis Theory and Brief Solution Focused Therapy. She incorporates Mindfulness and Energy Tools for trauma into my practice. Ebi is also a NLP coach interested in championing career development. Her CPPD interests include ensuring space and time are given to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion within the counselling and psychotherapy profession.
Ebi would describe her supervision style as relational, humorous and congruent! Having further trained in Online and Telephone Counselling and Supervision she is able to work with supervisees looking to develop and increase their Online and Telephone practice as well as practitioners that work face to face.
The supervision modalities Ebi works with are the 7 Eyed Model and the Integrative Developmental Model. Ebi feels the combination of these two models attend to the needs of the client and the supervisee. Client welfare and positive therapeutic outcomes occur side by side with Counsellor confidence and competence. Supervision is the space where all three dynamics meet and create new possibilities.
Jinny Gupta
CPD Supervisor
Jinny Gupta is a UKCP registered psychotherapist, who holds an Advanced Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy (ADIP) from Regent’s University, London and a Master’s in Economic Development and Policy Analysis from the University of Nottingham.
Drawing on her abiding interest in the intersection of psychology and spirituality, she has trained in the Mindfulness and Meditation tradition as a student and teacher. She brings forward the practices of mindfulness and compassion to her work.
In addition to running a private practice, she has worked at Mind Hammersmith & Fulham, the West London NHS Trust, Ealing Abbey Counselling Service and West London Centre for Counselling. Prior to psychotherapy, she worked as an Economist and Healthcare advisor for more than a decade in the government and private sector in India, Malawi and Iceland.
Carly Harries
CPD Supervisor
Carly is a Clinical Supervisor and Play and Creative Arts Therapist specializing in post adoption therapy, trauma and therapeutic group work. Carly’s career path has included working in restorative justice with adult male offenders in prison, setting up young parents and outreach groups for the youth service and leading parenting programmes which all led to her passion in supporting children and young people with their mental health and wellbeing to avoid exclusion and entering the criminal justice system. Carly was appointed as the first Specialist Leader in Education for Mental Health for two teaching schools to support the mental health and wellbeing of all children, young people and staff across the multi-academy trusts. Carly has a background in law and specialized in family law and criminology. She is the author of research studies focusing on therapy in schools and has written extensive case studies on play therapy in school and its efficacy, participating in national research. Now in private practice, Carly currently provides supervision to Designated Safeguarding Leads and Senior Leadership teams in education and clinical supervision to therapists in private practice. She works with children, young people and adults using an integrated, holistic play and creative arts approach to support a wide range of concerns. Carly is currently studying her 200hr Yoga teacher Training and is passionate about how somatic movement and meditation through yoga practice can support her clients in mind body healing. Carly is a BACP member.
Carleen Robinson
CPD Supervisor
Carleen is a qualified Supervisor and a member of and registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). She resides in Birmingham, trained in Psychotherapy and Person-Centred theory, however she practices inclusively with supervisees and clients. She has experience working with trauma, mental health, those with Autism and learning disabilities, Asylum seekers and refugees. She is dedicated when working with creative and play therapy, CBT, Gestalt, Solution focused and Psychodynamic interventions. Calreen works with children, young people and adults.
Louise Hiles
CPD Supervisor
Louise Hiles is a UKCP registered psychotherapist, who holds an MSc and Diploma in Psychotherapy from Newman University and Northern Guild Psychotherapy & Counselling. As a practitioner she offers in depth and short term work. She is also an EMCC accredited Coach Practitioner. As a relational integrative psychotherapist she offers a tailored approach for each individual client and within this framework draws upon many approaches including her core model of Transactional Analysis. She is skilled at working creatively with clients using a variety of techniques such as sandtray, guided imagery and body work. Clients tell her she provides a warm, calm, and professional space where they feel safe to explore, heal and grow through the therapeutic process. She has clinical experience in both the NHS, including an Occupational Health setting, and private practice with a broad spectrum of presenting issues. In recent years she has worked as a psychotherapy skills and course tutor and has a great deal of experience offering therapy to trainee therapists. Louise holds a Certificate in Clinical Supervision from Northern Guild Psychotherapy & Counselling and is currently completing her Diploma in Clinical Supervision which will allow her to join the UKCP register of supervisors.
Margarita Chacin
Clinical Supervisor
Margarita is a psychologist, with a master’s in Health and Clinical Psychology and registered with the HCPC and she holds a Chartered Status with the British Psychological Society. Margarita believes therapy should be a journey of self-discovery and not just a treatment of disorders... She offers an integrative model including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Exposure Therapy and Grief Therapy.
She believes strongly that psychological interventions can make a significant and meaningful difference to the quality of people’s lives whether they are struggling with mental health difficulties or have just become stuck and want to find new ways to move forward in their personal lives, relationships or work.
She has over 15 years of experience working with children and adults in Hospital settings, including NHS and Private practice. She is an international speaker and has been invited to more than 30 international conferences. She speaks fluent English and Spanish
Dr Jana Hoyte
Clinical Lead
Jana (pronounced Yana) is a HCPC accredited Counselling Psychologist and currently Clinical Lead at Headstrong Counselling. She has over eight years of clinical experience in mental health and therapeutic interventions for children, adolescents and adults in NHS, private and third-sector settings. Jana is passionate about supporting racialised and marginalised individuals. As such she utilises a holistic approach that considers how intersecting identities and wider systemic factors such as migration and/or the State influence an individual’s life experiences. She aims to provide a validating space where each client is reminded of the innate tools, they possess to manage life’s challenges. Jana’s therapeutic style is one that is collaborative and pluralistic in nature. This means that she ‘works alongside’ each individual by placing importance on their needs whilst also adapting and drawing upon different approaches/theories to suit this. Jana has been trained within the Humanistic approach: Person-centred approach, Gestalt and Transactional Analysis, Psychodynamic approach and Cognitive Behavioural Therapies (including Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy). Jana believes there should be a degree of flexibility within therapy to account for each individual’s unique life experience and strives to mold each therapeutic experience to fit this ethos.
Sharon Palmer
CPD Supervisor
Sharon Palmer is a Humanistic Integrative Counsellor and Clinical Supervisor with an MA in Therapeutic Counselling & Psychotherapy. Her integrative approach draws on a variety of modalities, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Psychodynamic, Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), Person-Centred, Transactional Analysis (TA), Gestalt, and Existential therapies.
Sharon works with clients aged 16 and above, addressing a wide range of issues such as anxiety, depression, anger management, stress, and life challenges. She supports clients in developing healthier habits, emotional regulation, and self-esteem, helping them build meaningful relationships with themselves and others. Her goal is to enhance clients' self-awareness and help them find purpose and fulfilment in life.
With nearly seven years of experience running her private practice in Southeast London, Sharon collaborates with other counsellors to offer a range of services, including Coaching, Mentoring, Christian Counselling, and Systemic Family Therapy. In response to the pandemic, she has transitioned her services online, with occasional park therapy sessions.
As a Clinical Supervisor, Sharon supports individuals and groups, including both qualified and trainee counsellors. She employs the 7-Eyed Supervision Model to promote self-awareness and professional development, ensuring high ethical standards and encouraging ongoing CPD and self-care.
Marian Hanson
CPD Supervisor
Marian Hanson is a BACP registered and qualified Counsellor and Supervisor, as well as a qualified Confidence and wellbeing Coach. Marian has experience of working in private practice as well as previously working as a counsellor for an EAP service and Women's Aid, a Domestic Abuse Charity. I work as an Integrative Supervisor and my specialisms as a counsellor are Domestic abuse, Low Self-Esteem, Depression, and Relationships. Marian has a social work background, enjoys working with clients on a short-term and long-term basis, and individual and group supervision.
Indu Khurana
CPD Supervisor
Indu is a qualified and experienced Psychotherapist, Life Coach, Supervisor and Workshop Facilitator, having worked in the fields of psychological wellbeing for 25+ years.
She has been fully in private practice for 2 years although has held a small practice alongside her day job for many years. She specialises in providing Psychotherapy & Coaching for people with physical long-term health conditions such as MS, ME, FND etc. Indu’s other niche is supporting people experiencing difficulties in life transitions. She is also a qualified and experienced Supervisor for nearly 20 years.
Indu’s work is informed by creative methodologies, which includes (but is not limited to) visualisation, writing, journaling, as well as drawing; this is an interest inspired and underpinned by her Masters in Transpersonal Integrative Child, Adolescent and Family Therapy, which was from a creative and Sufi tradition, and more recently her Masters in Creative Writing. Her work is also influenced by the structure of coaching to ensure that the client continues moving forward in their journey Attachment theory, Object relations, Gestalt, TA and the Person-Centred approach. Indu works in a relational way, working with the person in a tailored and fluid way.
Indu has experience of working with young people and adults within the NHS and charitable sector. She is an Accredited member of the BACP and keeps up to date with her CPD. She has a keen interest in attachment, neuroscience and the link between the emotions and the body.
Fauzia Gaba
CPD Supervisor
Fauzia Gaba is a qualified M(BACP) Accredited Counsellor/Psychotherapist and Clinical Supervisor. Fauzia has over eighteen years of professional experience as a Psychotherapist, having trained in the Psychodynamic Model. She has worked as an Adult Psychotherapist in the Psychiatry unit and at the Macmillan Cancer centre of her local NHS Trust. She also has extensive experience of Adolescent Psychotherapy and was responsible for establishing the first counselling service at a girl’s secondary school in London. For the last several years, she has been running a private practice offering therapy to both adults and adolescents, and supervision to trainee and established counsellors. Fauzia is a graduate of Brunel University, where she gained a degree in English and History. She also holds a second degree in Counselling awarded by Surrey University, and a BPS Certificate in Clinical Supervision. Fauzia has a special interest in trauma work arising from the impact of racism and discrimination on the individual. She has recently had an article published in Psychotherapy and Politics International regarding the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
Jacqueline Bascombe
CPD Supervisor
Jaqueline has over 20 years of experience in therapy and clinical supervision. She is skilled in project management, focusing on building counseling projects in communities facing disadvantages and limited access to therapeutic services. Jaqueline offers one-to-one person-centered therapy, emphasizing that taking the first step is essential for making changes in one's life. Her approach to therapy provides individuals with the space to gain a better understanding of themselves without judgment, assuring them that they do not have to shoulder their burdens alone.
In addition to her therapeutic work, Jaqueline supports both trainee and experienced therapists through clinical supervision, offering a safe environment to further develop their practice. As a Person-Centred Integrative therapist, she specializes in attachment, relationships, anxiety, low self-esteem, and bereavement. She also provides cross-cultural counseling, creating a confidential space to discuss issues related to race, culture, and identity. Furthermore, Jaqueline is a qualified clinical supervisor with experience in supporting trainee counselors across a range of modalities.
Zena Lennon
CPD Supervisor
Zena is a Registered Member of the British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP).
She runs a small private practice working 1 to 1 with counselling clients supporting them with a wide range of issues including anxiety, depression, low self esteem bereavement and loss, anger and difference. She works both long and short term with clients and offers face to face, online and telephone counselling and psychotherapy, also working 1 to 1 and in groups as a clinical supervisor. She has gained extensive experienceof working with and supporting counsellors through different stages of their training through supervision, counselling and as a team leader. Zena has also volunteered in her local community for a small counselling charity supporting young people. Zena’ssupervision style is relational and is guided by 2 models of supervision that support the therapists, their clients and the building of relationships.