Nora is an accredited Art Therapist and has experience in facilitating art therapy groups and providing therapy in 1:1 settings. Nora believes Art Therapy gives us the chance to put our insight and inner wisdom into practical play. Nora facilitates a safe and nurturing environment for the participants to engage with the process as the process is the key element in Art Therapy not the end product. Nora loves getting active and outdoor activities. She enjoys yoga and swimming. She finds the nature to be very grounding.

Languages: Vietnamese, English

Joumana believes that life is for living and that despite the challenges and stressors, we all need, want and deserve to be happy, lead fulfilling and productive lives and have loving relationships. Working from the premise that the therapeutic relationship between a counsellor and a client is a collaborative one, with trust, empathy & non-judgement at the forefront, she sees her role as a facilitator to help you reach your desired goals and realize your full potential.

Joumana has over 16 years’ experience providing support to adults and children with multiple and complex needs and uses a variety of highly effective evidence-based interventions including Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Narrative Therapy, Trauma-Informed Care, Solution-Focused and Positive Psychotherapy (PPT).

Her qualifications include a degree in Social Psychology from London University (LSE), and she continued her training in Australia gaining several diplomas and qualifications in Counselling, Case Management and Therapy.

Languages: English, Arabic

Rachel works collaboratively with participants to identify how counselling can be useful and what they need from the process.  Rachel creates a warm, safe counselling environment and draws on the strengths of participants.  Rachel is guided by the expertise of participants about their own unique experience.

Rachel draws on various theories and evidence-based counselling models to tailor her approach for every individual participant.  Some of the approaches Rachel has training in are Narrative Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) and attachment theory.  Trauma informed practice and a strengths based approach underpins Rachel’s counselling style. |

Rachel has a background in community services: working with individuals, couples and families to focus on mental health and fulfilling relationships.
When not at work, Rachel loves spending time at the beach or watching her favourite Netflix picks!

Language: English

James aims to offer you a genuine therapeutic relationship where during the session, you feel accepted, valued and at the centre of the discussion. It will be a safe place and an opportunity to explore issues that are important to you right now.

He recognises that life hasn’t always been fair or kind to people – so offers space to be heard and if wanted, gently explore any injustice or trauma that may have been experienced. He also sees the importance of healthy relationships and connection with our communities.

As an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker, he has found that Acceptance and Commitment therapy (ACT) seems to make sense of his world and will often share some of these ways of seeing things to assist. This may involve staying focused on the present moment in order to better manage difficult thoughts and feelings – or helping you to re-connect with your values, become your best and truest self and live the life that matters. In learning to be more mindful, he has seen the value of getting out of our heads and into our bodies and the world around us. But as we are all unique, other approaches including CBT, Narrative therapy, Motivational Interviewing or DBT may work their way into the conversation.

In his free time, James loves to cook, watch a good “who dunnit?”, walk Maisy on the beach or hide Geocaches!