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Patrick Lund

Patrick is an accomplished personal development consultant and facilitator of change at both individual and organisational level. With over 15 years experience in the public and private sector, he has a wealth of expertise in people management and leadership. His early career was spent in education, and he then went on to specialise in community development, before eventually moving into management consultancy and the coaching and counselling arena.  

He is a graduate from Lancaster University, with a BA honours in English + Drama and qualified teacher status. He also holds a graduate level diploma in counselling, a TA foundation certificate in Psychotherapy and is a qualified performance and life coach and NLP practitioner. He is also registered with the British Psychological Society to level A + B for occupational testing.

He is committed to enhancing personal and corporate wellbeing through innovative approaches which incorporate psychological treatments, coaching and education. One of the single and most profound factors in human misery in the UK is the history of poor mental health - and with this comes his vision and passion to expedite emotional health and wellbeing for individuals, teams and organisations with creative, experiential and dynamic services.

Margaret De Petro

Margaret is an experienced and versatile practitioner, offering an eclectic mix of therapies and coaching services to individuals and organisations based in the UK and across Europe. She is a much sought after master of education in all forms of healing, and teaches part-time at a therapy centre in Switzerland.

Margaret has an enduring passion and commitment to enhance wellbeing and is a specialist in working with stress-related problems, self-esteem building, personal development and therapeutic touch. 

Pauline Bromwell

Pauline is a UKCP Registered Psychotherapeutic Counsellor with over 20 years experience of effective therapeutic work with people suffering emotional distress. She is trained in Traumatic Incident Reduction. She is also a qualified and highly experienced supervisor, providing case-work supervision to counsellors and non-managerial supervision for other professionals in a wide variety of care settings.

Since qualifying as a counsellor in 1989, she has worked in a wide variety of settings, including the NHS, Voluntary Sector, Student Services and Private Practice. She has managed two voluntary sector counselling services (Waterloo Community Counselling Service and Yorkshire MESMAC Counselling Service).

Throughout all her years of practice, Pauline has remained passionately committed to alleviating the distress suffered by people who have experienced early neglect, trauma and abuse. 

Daisy Davey

Daisy has worked extensively in the third sector, and is an experienced project manager and people developer. She is highly skilled in supporting individuals and teams, focusing specifically on communications skills, team-building, volunteer management and working with diversity

She is a graduate from Leeds Metropolitan University, and holds qualifications in management practice, counselling skills and is currently working towards a post graduate certificate in education. 

Daisy is committed to the development of people and is a creative and dynamic trainer and skilled facilitator of change. She draws on accelerated and experiential learning techniques to provide inclusive and person centred training environments. 

Carolyn Back 

Carolyn is a trained and accredited counsellor with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. She currently works in both private practice, and for a local Primary Care Trust as a counsellor in GP surgeries. She is a skilled and experienced practitioner, with a background in social services and adult education.

She has also worked for many years as a facilitator and trainer, and brings a wealth of experience in the areas of family learning, literacy, working with young people, parenting, interpersonal skills and personal development.

Carolyn specialises in helping clients with stress, anxiety and depression, bereavement and loss, and family relationship issues. She also supports both men and women, who are going through periods of change in their lives, and need time for reflection or to think about the future.

Carolyn’s person-centred approach to counselling will give you the opportunity to explore whatever is important to you.  It will also help you develop self-awareness, gain fresh insights, and  build your confidence in dealing with the situations you face. 

David Shindler

David is an experienced coach and people development practitioner, with a background in management consultancy and training. He has worked with a wide range of organisations in the public and private sector, and brings a wealth of knowledge in the areas of organisational development, leadership and management and employability.

David is comfortable working with individuals, teams and organisations and believes that at the heart of realising potential is greater self-awareness of our values, strengths, motivations and goals to provide the platform for creating positive and lasting change.

His qualifications include a Masters degree in Management, a Law degree, a Diploma in Corporate + Executive Coaching and he is a licensed practitioner of psychometric assessments including Myers Briggs Type Indicator.

Hattie Campbell

After six years of working in marketing in the music and media industries, Hattie re-trained and qualified as a counsellor with a Certificate in Counselling from wpf, London (2006) and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Counselling with Distinction, from Thames Valley University, Middlesex (2008).  Her approach is integrative, incorporating the psycho-dynamic, person-centred and existential approaches.

Before moving to Yorkshire in 2009, Hattie worked in London with both adults and children, in NHS and primary school settings.  Since November 2009, Hattie has been working with clients who have been affected by gambling. 

Hattie is currently working towards her BACP full accreditation.