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Christine Joseph

Christine gained a Post Graduate Diploma in Counselling from the University of Hertfordshire.  She has completed a Post Graduate Certificate in Supervision with the Open College Network and is a qualified Play Therapist.  She is a practicing integrative Counsellor with over 20 years’ experience of working in education (Primary and Secondary) and in private practice, working with people of all ages.  This is Christine’s 5^th year teaching Levels 3 & 4 and she is looking forward to developing new creative experiential opportunities to facilitate the learning and vital self-development for more students and trainee counsellors.

Christine is a registered member of BACP.

Ann Gluckstein

Ann has many years’ experience working in both the public employment sector and voluntary sector with a strong focus on social inclusion and in developing and building resilience in clients and families. Finding that some programmes failed to help the most disadvantaged, Ann retrained to be a counsellor with North Hertfordshire College, qualifying in 2005.  Ann has a Certificate in Creative Person-Centred Supervision and a qualification in coaching and mentoring and regularly undertakes more creative training to maintain her personal development which balances her interest in written policies and procedures and her enthusiasm for criteria.  Ann works part-time in a secondary school as Senior Therapist and also has a small private practice.

Ann is a registered member of BACP.

Dawn Wilson

Dawn has been in private practice as an Integrative Counsellor since completing her counselling diploma in 2020, working with both adults and young people aged 11-18 years. She also offers Walk & Talk Therapy sessions where the counselling session takes place in outdoor spaces walking side by side, both literally and metaphorically.

As well as working with a variety of issues including anxiety, depression, exam stress, relationship issues, childhood trauma and intrusive thoughts, Dawn also has considerable experience in supporting friends and family of alcoholics.

This will be Dawn’s first year of tutoring, but she is passionate about the profession having high-quality, qualified practitioners and is looking forward to facilitating others gaining a deeper understanding of themselves and learning how they might be able to help others.

In addition to tutoring Level 2, Dawn will run experiential workshops this year that will broaden students’ learning opportunities and enhance self-growth and awareness.

Dawn is an Registered member of BACP.

Kate Ramsay

Kate is an experienced Person-Centred Therapist and Supervisor with 12 years’ experience in agencies and Private practice.  She has worked in drug and alcohol, schools and colleges, mental health and palliative care settings. Kate has 4 years’ experience of delivering Counselling training at Levels 2 and 4.

Kate has a busy private practice and has a keen interest in trauma particularly with adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse as well as social diversity and social justice.

Kate is an accredited member of BACP.

Jane Cross

Jane is a person-centred counsellor who initially studied and received her qualification through Marriott’s Counselling Academy.

Jane has a keen interest in working with mother-daughter relationships as well as people who may be experiencing symptoms of depression.

Jane runs her own private practise, and continues to also work for the mental health charity, Mind as well as a domestic abuse charity.

Before coming to counselling later in life, Jane has been a residential social worker working for Barnardo’s with 15 to 19 year olds, a primary school teacher and literacy tutor, tutoring children and young adults.

Jane is looking forward to joining the counselling tutor team this year and being back together and feeling connected in the classrooms after the long lockdowns!

Jane is a registered member of BACP and ACTO

Jo Ansell (External Trainer)

Jo is a BACP Accredited counsellor with 11 years’ experience.  She has developed a specialism in bereavement through work in hospices and for Cruse Bereavement Care.  She has experience in the management of counselling services and of delivering specialist training.  Jo has also worked at a women’s resource centre and for several years in private practise.  She is also a supervisor and last year qualified to work with couples.

Jo is an accredited member of BACP.

Kim Barber (External Trainer)

Kim has a Diploma in Person Centered Counselling which she gained from North Herts College in 2001, she then went on to study for a Diploma in Supervision. Kim has worked since qualifying, as a Counselling practitioner and Supervisor in a variety of settings; Homeless Centres and Hostels, Drug and Alcohol Services, NHS primary care, Palliative care and Private Practice.  During the last 19 years Kim has stepped away from direct client work only briefly to follow her interest in Managing Counselling Services in the NHS and Social Care.  Kim’s has a special interest in Trauma, experience, integration and memory.

Kim is an Accredited member of BACP.

External Tutors and Consultants

We are delighted to work with many experienced and knowledgeable practitioners and the following tutors maintain ties with CCA as external consultants.

You might find them delivering workshops, contributing to classes, facilitating supervision or helping with our experiential All Academy days.  We are also grateful for some of their “behind the scenes” contributions too!

You can reach us on:

07957 312 315  &  07504 959 227

Email us at

info@collaborativecounselling.academy

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