Our people

I have worked with Network since 2016 although worked as a volunteer counsellor and supervisor for many years before.  Being a graduate of Network Counselling courses myself, I know the training we deliver is of the highest quality and certainly proved to be life changing for me.  I also deliver training on our introductory and CPD workshops.  Outside of Network, I work in private practice as a counsellor and supervisor and have worked in the field of education for over 25 years as a counsellor and mentor, as well as in the field of careers advice and guidance.

I’m in the office on Mondays and Wednesdays. 

My role is to undertake the admin for all our training courses – including being a first point of contact, producing publicity and related materials, and managing the application and booking processes. 

I came into counselling after a long career of more than 20 years as a Primary School Teacher. I have been involved with Network since 2016, as a student, a skills facilitator, a tutor on the Introductory courses and now a member of the Advanced Certificate team. Having benefitted so hugely as a student with Network, it is a privilege to work alongside students as they step into their training journey.

In addition to my training role, I also have a small private practice.

I completed my training at Network in 2019 after a long career in teaching, lecturing and advisory work for children with special educational needs and disabilities.  Having received such life-changing training as a Network student myself, I am keen to support other students on their journey so am delighted to be part of the team. 

I also run a small private practice and work as a counsellor in a large secondary school in Oxfordshire.

I really enjoy meeting and working with people with diverse life experience and backgrounds. I have previously worked in the homelessness sector and in youth mental health, both in the UK and internationally. My counselling and psychotherapy training was integrative, but I’ve always had a firm grounding in the person-centred approach.? 

Outside of Network, I work with affordable counselling agency Heart to Heart and have a small private practice.” 

My background is in youth and community work, usually with those on the edges of society. I realised I needed counselling in my toolbox, so retrained at the University of Bristol and started in private practice in 2012. I have loved returning to education as an adult (I perhaps didn’t make the most of it first time around!) and believe that when someone finds the right course at the right moment it can be profoundly life changing. I have worked at Bath Spa University as a tutor on a research Masters in Counselling and Psychotherapy, and enjoy the academic, as well as the practical side, of counselling.

I started my counselling training on the A Way of Being introductory course in 2018 before moving onto the Advanced Certificate and Advanced Diploma courses, all at Network. Returning to study later in life has been a profoundly enriching and life-changing experience and has opened up new pathways, insights and self-awareness I never knew existed.

Before training at Network, I worked for many years as a teacher of Music and PSHE in secondary schools. More recently, I worked as a student wellbeing adviser and volunteered with Home-Start and Bristol Churches’ Shelter. 

I now have a private counselling practice based at Network and am a student mentor with First Class Support. I am still active as a freelance musician and teacher.