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	Chris Brown Training Development Director / City & Guilds HPD in Counselling Course Coordinator & Tutor
	Chris is a Person-Centred trained, BACP Accredited & UKRC Registered Counsellor and Psychotherapist who also works in Private Practice. As well as her Diploma in Person-Centred Counselling, Chris holds an MA. in Counselling & Psychotherapy, a Certificate in Education, and an AEB Certificate in Counselling Supervision. She is currently involved in supervising her students' research in Counselling and Psychotherapy and pursuing her own research into working at relational depth with clients and the other characterisitc.
	Over the last 15 years she has gained broad experience as a Counselling Trainer in FE & AE Institutions London wide. In her Private Practice Chris also offers Supervision to other Counsellors.
	Chri is a co-founder of LC&CTA, based at Lewisham College and this is her fourteenth year teaching in the Borough of Lewisham.
	Chris comes from a Working Class background and Italian immigrant heritage.

	Juanita Harriot Director of Finances / Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Course Coordinator & Tutor / City & Guilds HPD in Counselling Tutor
	Juanita is Person-Centred trained and holds an MA. in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, as well as a PGCE; she is a BACP member and is UKCP Accredited and Registered.
	Juanita currently practices as a Counsellor/Psychotherapist in a North London GP Practice and coordinates the Counselling Service this GP Practice offers to its patients. Juanita is currently embarking on her doctorate in education.
	Juanita is a co-founder of LC&CTA, based at Lewisham College and this is her tenth year teaching in the Borough of Lewisham.
	Whilst her name is of Spanish origin, Juanita is of British /Caribbean heritage.

	Arike Visiting Oppression Training Tutor City & Guilds HPD in Counselling Course and HPD Counselling Practice Supervisor
	Arike trained in the Person-Centred Approach and holds not only his Counselling Diploma but also an MA. in Counselling & Psychotherapy. He has worked in the profession for a considerable number of years in a number of different settings; Private & Institutional. Arike is known for his very successful work with Black Male Offenders and runs Personal-Development Workshops, as well as supervising other Counsellors. Arike is also deeply interested in creativity; his own and that of others and often holds Salons at his home.
	His name is Nigerian and reflects aspects of his upbringing. This is his eighth year teaching in association with the co-founders of LC&CTA.

	George Kwasniewski Introduction to Counselling & Level 2 Certificate in Counselling Skills Course Tutor
	George is a qualified Person-Centred Counsellor presently working with a Youth Counselling service in Greenwich both as a counsellor and Trustee. He has seven years in-depth experience working with young people in school and the community. With a wide-ranging background in the City he is also a freelance Career Management Consultant; coaching clients in transition together with facilitating group seminars and workshops.
	George, whose parents are refugees from the Second World War, comes from Polish stock; his upbringing has given him an insight into issues affecting ethnicity and diversity. He has a son, who is a young adult, with learning disabilities and this experience has immersed him in disability issues. He has a passion for developing opportunities for all people with learning disabilities both in a working environment and independent living.

	Denise Hubble Visiting Existential Tutor City & Guilds HPD in Counselling
	Denise has had a teaching affiliation with the co-founders of LC&CTA over the past nine years and her Existential Unit delivery on the HPD has been highly commended by our City & Guilds External Moderator. Denise is an Existentially Trained Counsellor who developed and manages a local Agency which supports the mothers of children who have been sexually abused. She also works as a School Counsellor and provides Supervision to other Counsellors.
	Denise holds a Diploma in Counselling and a Certificate in Education which she gained at Greenwich University.
	Denise is British and lives and works locally.

	Denise Duncan Introduction to Counselling & Level 2 Certificate in Counselling Skills Course Coordinator & Tutor
	Denise holds both a Diploma in Person-Centred Counselling and a Certificate in Education. This is her seventh year of qualified Teaching in association with the co-founders of LC&CTA, although during her Diploma Training she also worked for us as a Study Buddy on lower grade courses for five years. She has also coordinated a number of Introduction to Counselling Courses run externally in the Lewisham Community.
	Denise practices locally in a number of different settings and is in the process of widening her practice experience still further.
	She is of Afro-Caribbean decent but was born in Britain.

	Tony Taylor Introduction to Counselling Tutor / Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Tutor
	Tony is a Person-Centred Trained Counsellor who is currently in the 2nd Year of his ‘Certificate in Education’. During his Counsellor Training, Tony worked as a highly effective Study Buddy supporting other students in achieving their qualifications at both Introduction and Certificate Levels at Lewisham College. He works in a GP Surgery, is a School Counsellor and has a depth of experience working with children and young people. He also has a profound interest in the way in which oppression impacts on both individuals and groups within society and is an advocate of the need for men to become more expressive of their vulnerabilities through intra and interpersonal exploration and disclosure.
	Tony is Black British of Afro-Caribbean decent.

	Paula Jordan Skills Feedback Tutor City & Guilds HPD in Counselling
	Paula is Person-Centred trained and has a seven year association with the co-founders of LC&CTA. She is now providing our 2nd Year HPD students with Skills Feedback in order to enhance and develop their clinical practice abilities.
	Paula has a strong drive toward congruence and is ever seeking to develop her Personal and Professional Awareness – she is currently taking her ‘PETALS’ Course in order to broaden her Tutoring abilities and develop her teaching skill.
	Paula works in an exciting new project supporting those children who have been or are in danger of being excluded from school – she also runs a small Private Practice. She describes herself as White British.

	Candy Fathers Introduction to Counselling & Level 2 Certificate in Counselling Tutor
	Candy is a Person-Centred trained qualified Counsellor who works for a Youth Counselling Service in Greenwhich. She is currently in the process of working toward her BACP Accreditation.
	Candy has a wide range of interests and possesses a forceful personality; she is street wise and ‘out there’, with an innate ability to be empathic to other’s concerns; which makes her an ideal person to work with young people.
	Candy is a Black woman who was adopted as a very young baby by White parents and she is extremely proud of her mixed cultural and racial heritage; she presented a Research Paper at the BACP National Research Conference in May 2007 in which she used her life experiences to explore the Transracial Counselling process.

	Manda Glanfield Introduction to Counselling & Level 2 Certificate in Counselling Tutor
	Manda Glanfield is a qualified person-centred counsellor with over five years’ clinical experience working with children and adults in a GP’s surgery, primary school and private practice.
	Underpinning her work is a belief in the fundamental healing potential of a client-counsellor relationship based on ‘true’ relating. She is also committed to being aware of diversity and difference in the relationship and to exploring the role of congruence in this context.
	Manda collaborated with Candy Fathers (above) in presenting a Research Paper on the impact of Transcultural and Diversity Training on the Therapeutic Frame at the BACP Research Conference 2007. She is currently working towards BACP accreditation.

	Muriel Sawyerr Introduction to Counselling & Level 2 Certificate in Counselling Tutor
	Muriel is a Person-Centred trained qualified counsellor who is working toward her BACP Accreditation. She is currently self-employed as a Private Practitioner in the Lewisham area and works in a local Counselling Agency.
	Muriel made a great contribution to the formulation of LC&CTA during its ‘birthing period’ and is a highly valued member of our team. She is open, honest and gentle with an ability to give supportive feedback which enhances an individual’s personal and professional development.
	Muriel has had an eight year association with us and is of African decent but describes herself as Afro-British as she has been a UK citizen since she was nine years old.

	Leona Whitehead Skills Feedback Tutor City & Guilds HPD in Counselling
	Person-Centred trained Leona holds a Higher Professional Diploma in Counselling and is currently applying for her BACP Counsellor Accreditation.
	Leona practices in a variety of settings including Private Practice; she was the driving force in setting up a shared Diversity Practice with a number of other Counsellors with whom she trained some years ago.
	This is Leona’s fourth year teaching with us and LC&CTA welcomes her energy, humour and professional dedication.
	Leona is of White British decent and lives and works in the local community.

	Keith Edmondson Introduction to Counselling & Level 2 Certificate in Counselling Tutor
	Keith has a decade of experience working as a qualified Counsellor/Psychotherapist and is the Manager of a South East London Community Service which supports local residents in various ways; which includes access to a 1:1 Counselling Service.
	Keith is Person-Centred Trained and supervises other Counsellors in their Clinical Practice.
	This is Keith’s fourth year teaching with LC&CTA but he has a long association with its founding directors having trained for a year with both Chris Brown & Juanita Harriot. Keith has an avid interest associated with equality and equality of access and he describes himself as Black British.

	Delia Edwards Skills Feedback Tutor City & Guilds HPD in Counselling
	Delia is a dynamic, outgoing and energetic woman who has just won Government Funding to run Career Development Events in the Borough of Lewisham, designed to widen participation and encourage broader and diverse entry into the ‘professions’.
	Delia is Person-Centred Trained and works as a Counsellor with a number of other Counsellors in a Private Practice which is geared toward providing a service which meets the diverse needs of the Lewisham Community.

	Maya Gangi Dramatherapist and Senior Workshop Facilitator
	Maya is a qualified Dramatherapist and Person-Centred Counsellor and Supervisor with 8 years post qualification experience. She has extensive experience working with a variety of clients’ issues; abuse, addiction, sexuality, cultural issues and identity, depression and child sexual abuse.
	Since 2005 Maya has been facilitating Person-Centred Dramatherapy Groups for Women, Person-Centred Support Groups and Personal Development Workshops for women affected by domestic violence. She also offers various one day Workshops on ‘Using Masks’ and ‘Puppetry in Therapy’ as well as co-facilitating Workshops on ‘Therapeutic Drumming’. She is also a theatre Performer, Director, Deviser and Producer and has worked for a number of theatre companies. She co-founded “Third Eye Theatre Co.” and specialised in physical theatre focusing on masks, mime and puppetry.
	Maya is of Afro-Italian decent and has lived and worked in Britain for over a decade.

	Tanya Doenges Senior Specialist Workshop Facilitator
	Tanya is a qualified Critical Incident Debriefer who has worked in various residential settings with clients who have learning disabilities. She is now a Company Trainer and has been training staff for the last six years on up-grading their personal and professional skills, time management and assertive abilities.
	Tanya has eighteen years experience working in the Health & Care Sector and is now working with LC&CTA developing a series of exciting and innovative Workshops which will be delivered throughout 2008.
	Tanya lives and works in the South East England Region and is of white British heritage – she was born and raised in London.

	Shirani Situnayake Senior Workshop & Specialist Courses Facilitator
	Shirani is a Person Centred Counsellor and Supervisor who has over ten years counselling experience and she practices in a small Women’s Counselling Service in SE London. Shirani works extensively with survivors of both child abuse and domestic violence and believes strongly that counselling should be accessible to all people, regardless of income. She is a member of BACPSL and although eligible for BACP accreditation she is actively resisting it on principle.
	Shirani also facilitates Drumming Workshops in a variety of community based, educational and therapeutic settings, is a Group Facilitator and uses visualisations and a variety of creative media in her work with clients. She believes that developing creativity is a fundamental aspect of ‘recovery and health’.
	Shirani brings to counselling her awareness gained at the edges of our society and has a profound understanding of dislocation, distress, oppression and rage honed from her own life experiences. She is a mixed heritage Sri Lankan Immigrant and a lesbian.

	Lynne Stevens Autogenic Therapy Course Trainer
	Lynne has worked as a personal trainer in the fitness industry for a decade and is a Person-Centred trained Counsellor, working towards BACP Accreditation. She is also a qualified Autogenic Therapist. and has a profound belief in the holistic, mind, body, spirit approach to health and well-being. Lynne was co-author of a research paper presented at the BACP National Research Conference in May 2008, which explored the role of Spirituality as an agent in the recovery from addiction.
	From Autumn Term 2008, Lynne will be teaching Autogenic Therapy Courses at LC&CTA. Autogenic Therapy is a highly effective, well-researched self-help technique that can be used to manage stress, reach deeper emotional balance and release creativity thus promoting inner well being and enhancing general health.
	She describes herself as a Scot in self-inflicted exile.

	Ian Holt Ian is a qualified person centred counsellor.
	Ian has a broad range of work and life experience, which informs his practice. Currently he is continuing to develop his counselling experience at a large North London GP surgery and at a centre for adults with sensory and motor disabilities. After moving to London from the north, Ian worked for most of thirty years with children and young people in a variety of contexts, being for twenty years a full time teacher in comprehensive education. He is also the father of two teenaged children of colour who on a personal level have further deepened his awareness of diversity and discrimination.
	Ian Holds a BA hons. in Film and Photographic Arts and a PGCE. He hails from a northern working class background and would describe himself as a humanitarian socialist who would like to marry Carl Rogers with Karl Marx. He is also interested in masculinity and vulnerability and the affects of traumatic experience.

	Mavis Lartey Study Facilitator / Introduction Tutor
	Mavis has had a long association with many members of the LC&CTA Tutor Training Team and is a fully qualified Person-Centre Counsellor. She has experience of working with both children and adults in a variety of clinical settings and she operates a small Private Practice. Mavis is also currently working toward her BACP Accredited status.
	She is extremely interested in the 1:1 supportive learning process and assists our students who require additional help in completing assignments. Mavis is a highly skilled study facilitator and a valued member of our team. She is looking toward extending her teaching abilities by taking the PETTLS Teacher Training course which starts in January 2009.